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Getting Started with Chef Cookbooks
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 7 hours
  • Course by Whizlabs
  • Offered by

About

Chef is a powerful automation platform that transforms infrastructure into code. Chef automates how infrastructure is configured, deployed, and managed across your network without worrying about its size. Cookbooks are fundamental working units of Chef, which consists of all the details related to working units, having the capability to modify configuration and the state of any system configured as a node on Chef infrastructure. Cookbooks help in configuring the infrastructure with the help of other components like recipes, templates, files etc. This course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of Chef Cookbook and covers all the key aspects necessary to become proficient in managing infrastructure as code using Chef. You would gain step-by-step walk through from scratch on how to install and configure Chef. Later in the course, you would understand what are cookbooks, recipes, resources and attributes in Chef, you would also learn how to create cookbooks and write recipes. This course provides 3 hours of training videos which are segmented into modules. The course concepts are easy to understand through lab demonstrations. In order to test the understanding of learners, every module includes Assessments in the form of Quiz and In Video Questions. A mandatory Graded Questions Quiz is also provided at the end of every module. Module 1: Chef Cookbook: Introduction and Setup Module 2: Create and Generate Chef Cookbooks Module 3: Chef Cookbook: Advanced Topics Getting Started with Chef Cookbooks will provide career growth to developers as many organizations are actively using Chef. The target audience for can be any learner: -Who wants to learn configuration management using Chef -Who wants to automate infrastructure management By the end of this course, Learners will be able to : -Introduction to Chef Cookbook and its setup and configuration. -Gain a comprehensive understanding of Chef Cookbook -Explore key aspects necessary to become proficient in managing infrastructure as code using Chef -Generate Security, compliance, maintenance, and troubleshooting. To be successful in this course, you should have a background in system administration, infrastructure, and network protocol communication, Experience with IaC tools in Cloud

Modules

Introduction to Chef Cookbook

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Introduction to Chef Cookbook Knowledge Test

1 Discussions

  • Meet And Greet

3 Videos

  • Overview of this Course
  • Chef Cookbook_Part 01
  • Chef Cookbook_Part 02

2 Readings

  • Course Outline
  • Chef Cookbook: Introduction and Setup Overview

Setup and Configuration

    • 5 Videos
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Setup and Configuration Knowledge Test
  • Chef Cookbook: Introduction and Setup Assessment

5 Videos

  • Setup and Configuration
  • Chef Installation and Configuration_Part 01
  • Chef Installation and Configuration_Part 02
  • Chef Installation and Configuration_Part 03
  • Chef Installation and Configuration_Part 04

Recipes and Resources

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Recipes and Resources Knowledge Test

5 Videos

  • Recipes and Resources_Part 01
  • Recipes and Resources_Part 02
  • Generating Chef Cookbook_Part 01
  • Generating Chef Cookbook_Part 02
  • Generating Chef Cookbook_Part 03

1 Readings

  • Create and Generate Chef Cookbooks Overview

Attributes and Templates

    • 6 Videos
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Attributes and Templates Knowledge Test
  • Create and Generate Chef Cookbooks Assessment

6 Videos

  • Attributes and Templates
  • Creating Cookbook using ChefDK_Part 01
  • Creating Cookbook using ChefDK_Part 02
  • Creating Cookbook using ChefDK_Part 03
  • Files and Directories
  • Chef Permissions

Testing and Validation

    • 6 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Testing and Validation Knowledge Test

6 Videos

  • Testing and Validation
  • Chef Unit Testing Template
  • Chef Unit Testing_Part 01
  • Chef Unit Testing_Part 02
  • Advanced Topics_Part 01
  • Advanced Topics_Part 02

1 Readings

  • Chef Cookbook: Advanced Topics Overview

Security , Compliance and Troubleshooting

    • 5 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Security , Compliance and Troubleshooting Knowledge Test
  • Chef Cookbook: Advanced Topics Assessment

5 Videos

  • Security and Compliance_Part 01
  • Security and Compliance_Part 02
  • Generating RSA Key-pair
  • Maintenance and Troubleshooting_Part 01
  • Maintenance and Troubleshooting_Part 02

2 Readings

  • Key Takeaways of the course
  • Course Conclusion

Auto Summary

Discover the essentials of infrastructure automation with "Getting Started with Chef Cookbooks." This foundational IT & Computer Science course, led by Coursera, offers a comprehensive 3-hour training on Chef—a leading automation platform. Learn to create and manage Chef Cookbooks, recipes, and more, through engaging video modules and hands-on lab demonstrations. Ideal for developers and system administrators aiming to master configuration management and automate infrastructure. Available with Starter and Professional subscriptions.

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