Configuration Management with Chef-Solo

116 Pages·2014·2.017 MB·English

by  Naveed ur Rahman

Configuration Management
with Chef-Solo
A comprehensive guide to get you up and running
with Chef-Solo
Naveed ur Rahman
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Configuration Management with Chef-Solo
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Naveed ur Rahman Aboli Ambardekar
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Stuart Ellis Paul Hindle
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About the Author
Naveed ur Rahman is a self-taught programmer and an avid traveler. When
he is not experimenting with the latest in programming and deployment, he is out
camping and watching cricket.
His adventures in programming began at a very young age when he got introduced
to GW-BASIC. Now, he has experience working for one of the biggest tech names in
the Middle East.
Having worked at the largest technology company in the Middle East, Naveed has
helped teams create and deploy applications written in various languages using
configuration management tools.
I would like to thank my family for supporting me throughout the
process of writing. Also, the help of Packt Publishing staff has been
incredible. I would like to thank my project coordinator and content
development editor who supported me in writing and finalizing
the content. Also, the technical reviewers provided me with a clear
guideline to make this book more effective. Moreover, their valuable
critiques allowed me to refine my work.
About the Reviewers
Anirudh Bhatnagar is a technology consultant with an extensive experience in
Agile product development and consulting. He started his career working as a Java
developer with product-based companies such as Adobe Systems, India, where most
of his experience was in Java, J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, XML, Web Services, REST,
CMS, SSO, ESB, and Liferay. Currently, he is working as a Principal Consultant in
Xebia, India with specialization in Continuous Delivery methodology, and working on
developing a PaaS for service orchestration using Mule ESB, ActiveMQ, Elasticsearch,
Jenkins, Maven, Chef, and AWS. He has been contributing to the software community
through his blogs, articles, projects, meetups, and conferences. Recently, he has started
a DevOps community in New Delhi and has spoken at DevOpsDays India 2013.
Stuart Ellis works for a Ruby on Rails and mobile software development company,
where he has many hats. In his current and previous roles, he has developed
software with .NET and Ruby, written SQL in a surprising number of dialects,
managed different combinations of Windows and Linux, and studied history.
Jorge Moratilla has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and has been
working for Internet companies since 1998. He has been working as a contractor for
companies such as Sun Microsystems and Oracle, working as a certified instructor
and field engineer for several years. He has a large background working with
technologies and products such as Linux, Solaris, LDAP, and Check Point. Recently,
he has been working in development companies, mainly as a system administrator,
and performing several tasks related with Agile management, testing, and
Continuous Deployment. As a coordinator of the technical group Madrid DevOps,
he promotes the adoption of a culture of continuous improvement in the enterprise.
You can meet him at talks and hangouts he organizes in the community.
I would like to personally thank my wife Nuria and son Eduardo for
being so understanding and supportive while I was reviewing this
book. Also, I would like to thank my dear mom Milagros and dad
Toñi, who put in all the effort to give me an education. Finally,
I would thank also all those who have contributed to my personal
and professional development through the years.
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: Introduction to Chef and Chef-Solo 5
Getting started with Chef 5
Understanding Chef-Solo 7
Terminologies 9
List of terminologies 9
Node 9
Workstation 10
Cookbooks 10
Recipes 11
Resources 12
Roles 13
Attributes 14
Templates 14
Data bags 15
Different use cases 15
PHP WordPress 15
Python/Django application 16
An overview of Chef 16
Summary 17
Chapter 2: Setting Up an Environment for Chef-Solo 19
Installation on Linux and Ubuntu 19
Installing Chef as a Ruby gem 20
Installing Chef as a package manager 21
Using the Omnibus installer 22
Prerequisites of Chef-Solo 22
Cookbooks 23
The folder structure 24
Attributes 24
Files 25