Chef 101 presentation at the Atlanta Cloud User Group meeting on 02/09/2010 (Awsome).

1. Cloud Configuration
with Chef
Joshua Timberman
Senior Solutions Engineer @ Opscode
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2. Who Am I?
System Administrator.
Web Operations.
Training and Support.
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3. Who Are You?
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4. Who Are You?
System Administrators
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5. Who Are You?
System Administrators
Software Developers
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6. Who Are You?
System Administrators
Software Developers
Using Chef?
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7. What is the Cloud?
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8. What is the Cloud?
No definitions today.
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9. What is the Cloud?
No definitions today.
Hope you’re using it!
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10. What is the Cloud?
No definitions today.
Hope you’re using it!
Amazon EC2.
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11. What is Chef?
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12. Configuration management.
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13. What is Chef?
Configuration management.
System integration.
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14. What is Chef?
Configuration management.
System integration.
Infrastructure API.
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16. Flexible
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18. Idempotent
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20. Predictable
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21. Architecture
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22. Architecture
Solo.
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23. Architecture
Solo.
Client / Server.
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24. Architecture
Solo.
Client / Server.
Opscode Platform.
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25. Resources
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26. Resources
Abstractions.
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27. Resources
Abstractions.
Define desired state.
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28. Resources
Abstractions.
Define desired state.
Fully developed and lightweight.
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29. Resources
Abstractions.
Define desired state.
Fully developed and lightweight.
Each has 1+ providers.
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30. Providers
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31. Providers
Run the commands.
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32. Providers
Run the commands.
Take actions to configure resources.
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33. Providers
Run the commands.
Take actions to configure resources.
Some are platform specific.
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34. Roles
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35. Roles
Describe Nodes.
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36. Roles
Describe Nodes.
Attributes.
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37. Roles
Describe Nodes.
Attributes.
Run list (roles, recipes).
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38. Roles
Describe Nodes.
Attributes.
Run list (roles, recipes).
Indexed.
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39. Roles
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40. Cookbooks
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41. Cookbooks
Distribution.
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42. Cookbooks
Distribution.
Recipes, Attributes.
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43. Cookbooks
Distribution.
Recipes, Attributes.
Assets.
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44. Cookbooks
Distribution.
Recipes, Attributes.
Assets.
Definitions, LWRP, Libraries.
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45. Cookbooks
Distribution.
Recipes, Attributes.
Assets.
Definitions, LWRP, Libraries.
Metadata.
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46. Cookbooks
Distribution.
Recipes, Attributes.
Assets.
Definitions, LWRP, Libraries.
Metadata.
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47. Clients
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48. Clients
Server access.
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49. Clients
Server access.
Authenticate (pre-shared keys).
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50. Clients
Server access.
Authenticate (pre-shared keys).
API (Knife, WebUI).
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51. Nodes
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52. Nodes
Infrastructure components.
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53. Nodes
Infrastructure components.
Managed with run list.
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54. Nodes
Infrastructure components.
Managed with run list.
Data stored on server.
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55. Nodes
Infrastructure components.
Managed with run list.
Data stored on server.
Indexed.
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56. A Sample Architecture
Load Balancing
Web Servers
Databases
http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanneanette/2710667213/sizes/o/
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57. AWS LB
haproxy/nginx A Sample Architecture
S->M
Load Balancing
Web Servers
Databases
http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanneanette/2710667213/sizes/o/
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58. AWS LB
haproxy/nginx A Sample Architecture
S->M
Load Balancing
Your
App Stack
M
Web Servers
EBS?
Databases
http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanneanette/2710667213/sizes/o/
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59. AWS LB
haproxy/nginx A Sample Architecture
S->M
Load Balancing
Your
App Stack
M
Web Servers
EBS?
Master/
Slave
M->L->XL Databases
EBS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanneanette/2710667213/sizes/o/
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60. Load Balancer
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61. Load Balancer
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64. Web/App Servers
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65. Web/App Servers
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66. Web/App Servers
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67. Web/App Servers
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68. Web/App Servers
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69. Database Master
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70. Database Master
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71. Database Master
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72. Opscode Platform
Managed Chef Server as a service.
Scalable, multi-tenant, auditable, secure.
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73. Opscode Platform
Managed Chef Server as a service.
Scalable, multi-tenant, auditable, secure.
http://www.opscode.com/signup
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74. Questions?
Twitter: @jtimberman
Email: joshua@opscode.com
IRC: irc.freenode.net #chef
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