In this chapter, we focused on provisioning in the traditional data center. With the widespread use of VMware vSphere, it is appropriate that we started with using the knife-vsphere plugin to deploy VMs into our vSphere environment. You learned how to provision and manage vSphere VM's configuration with Chef using this plugin. We also covered setting up a personal development environment using VMware's desktop hypervisors and Vagrant. We also provided references for you to do your own homework on several other VMware-related knife plugins, and with the information you have learned so far, you should be able to figure out how to make them work in your environment. Next, we took a look at provisioning into OpenStack environments. With the strong growth of OpenStack deployments and the ever-growing list of developers backing this technology, having a good foundation for provisioning into OpenStack is vital. You definitely have that knowledge now. And following the track of having a...
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Overview of this book
This book will show you the best practices to describe your entire infrastructure as code.
With the help of this book you can expand your knowledge of Chef because and implement robust and scalable automation solutions. You can automate and document every aspect of your network, from the hardware to software, middleware, and all your containers. You will become familiar with the Chef’s Chef Provisioning tool. You will be able to make a perfect model system where everything is represented as code beneath your fingertips.
Make the best possible use of your resources, and deliver infrastructure as code, making it as versionable, testable and repeatable as application software
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Mastering Chef Provisioning
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Setting Up a Development Environment on Your Workstation
Knife Tooling and Plugins
Leveraging Roles, Environments, and Policies
Custom Resources
Provisioning in the Traditional Data Center
Provisioning in the Cloud
Test-Driven Development
Using Chef Provisioning
Index
Customer Reviews