{"product_id":"9781430262961","title":"Automation through Chef Opscode: A Hands-on Approach to Chef","description":"\u003cp\u003e    \u003ci\u003eAutomation through Chef Opscode\u003c\/i\u003e provides an in-depth understanding of Chef, which is written in \u003ci\u003eRuby\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eErlang\u003c\/i\u003e for configuration management, cloud infrastructure management, system administration, and network management. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Targeted at administrators, consultants, and architect, the book guides them through the advanced features of the tool which are necessary for infrastructure automation, devops automation, and reporting. The book presumes knowledge of Ruby and Erlang which are used as reference languages for creating recipes and cookbooks and as a refresher on them to help the reader get on speed with the flow of book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The book provides step by step instructions on installation and configuration of Chef, usage scenarios of Chef,  in infrastructure automation by providing common scenarios like virtual machine provisioning, OS configuration for \u003ci\u003eWindows\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Linux\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnix\u003c\/i\u003e,  provisioning and configuration of web servers like \u003ci\u003eApache\u003c\/i\u003e along with popular databases like \u003ci\u003eMySQL\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  It further elaborates on the creation of recipes, and cookbooks, which help in deployment of servers and applications to any physical, virtual, or cloud location, no matter the size of the infrastructure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The books covers advanced features\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003elike \u003ci\u003eLWRPs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKnife \u003c\/i\u003eand also contains several illustrative sample cookbooks on MySQL, Apache, and CouchDB deployment using a step by step approach.        \u003c\/p\u003e    What you’ll learn\u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eFeatures and resources that power Chef as an optimum automation tool \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eInstalling and configuring Chef \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eManaging your infrastructure using Chef \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow to develop cookbooks and recipes \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eReal-time automation to deploy servers and applications to any physical, virtual, or cloud location \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  Who this book is for      \u003cp\u003e     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eIT administrators \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eOS administrators \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eLinux administrators \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eConsultants \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eCloud architects \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eCloud computing consultants \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eInfrastructure architects \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eAutomation consultants \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eAutomation architects \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e        \u003c\/p\u003e     Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The Chef Server\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Installing and configuring the Chef Server\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Installing and configuring a Workstation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Nodes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Knife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Cookbooks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Using Cookbooks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Develop a Complex Cookbook\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Resource and Providers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11 HA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Cloud Provisioning with Vagrant and Chef\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Troubleshooting\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127998103792,"sku":"9781430262961","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430262961_p0.jpg?v=1763750483","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430262961","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}