Last year, we celebrated Chef’s 10th birthday. A lot can happen in ten years, but a lot also stays the same. One of our other projects that is nearly as old as Chef Infra itself is the Apache2 cookbook. For folks who were managing their Apache2 installations with Chef when Lady Gaga’s Poker Face was […]
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AlgoSec Cookbook Certified by the Chef Partner Cookbook Program
I’m pleased to announce that AlgoSec is now part of the Chef Partner Cookbook Program. They have certified the AlgoSec Cookbook. AlgoSec The AlgoSec solution intelligently automates and orchestrates network security policy management to make your enterprise continuously more agile, secure, and compliant. AlgoSec Cookbook The new AlgoSec Cookbook implements the innovative “Connectivity as Code” […]
Read MoreContinuous Monitoring
The word continuous describes a process that never ends, marked by uninterrupted extension in space, time or sequence. In the world of DevOps many things are continuous: Continuous Integration, Continuous Server Deployment, Continuous Application Deployment, Continuous Everything. Inspired by this definition, the term Continuous Monitoring is an ongoing process where the monitoring software is changed […]
Read MoreCertified: Lenovo CNOS Cookbook
I’m delighted to announce that Lenovo is now part of the Chef Partner Cookbook Program. They have certified the Lenovo CNOS Cookbook. Lenovo CNOS cookbook The Lenovo CNOS cookbook provides a set of recipes and resources for managing Lenovo switches. The cookbook provides resources to upload images, upload/download configurations, and VLAN provisioning. The recipes use […]
Read MoreIcinga 2 Cookbooks: Breaking up the All-In-One Cookbook
For vendors, configuration management has become as important as the software itself. As a vendor you should take responsibility and provide proper cookbooks for your software that fulfill the requirements for as many users as possible. The Icinga 2 cookbook used to manage all of the components you need to get your monitoring servers and […]
Read MoreSignal Sciences Cookbook Certified by the Chef Partner Cookbook Program
Signal Sciences is now part of the Chef Partner Cookbook Program. This certifies the Signal Sciences Cookbook as a top quality Chef cookbook. The cookbook installs and configures Signal Sciences in your infrastructure. About Signal Sciences Signal Sciences Web Protection Platform (WPP) provides comprehensive threat protection and security visibility for web applications, microservices, and APIs […]
Read MoreAnnouncing enhanced Chef support to provision and configure resources on Google Cloud Platform
We are excited to announce a new integration between Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Chef. For the ever increasing number of Chef customers using GCP, these GCP specific cookbooks are consistent, cohesive and comprehensive. They enable Chef practitioners to quickly, declare and request resources from GCP. The work for these Chef cookbooks to automate GCP […]
Read MoreI did the tutorial, now what? Getting started with Chef on real infrastructure
After taking Chef Essentials or spending time on learn.chef.io, you might still feel there’s a gulf between what you’ve learned and the details of automating your real-world infrastructure. In this article, I’ll outline some common starting points for writing your own Chef recipes, and point you to frequently-used tools and reference resources. What should you […]
Read MoreChef 101: The Road to Best Practices
When someone asks a question about best practices, myself included, they’re usually looking for a ‘what’ and a ‘how’. It’s important, however, not to lose sight of the ‘why’ as well. Any best practice can easily become an anti-pattern if we don’t have a clear idea of how it benefits us. Once again, context can […]
Read MoreChef Community Engineering – Q2 Update
It’s hard to believe we’re half way through the year already, but having had a chance to meet with and celebrate our community at ChefConf in Austin a couple months ago, we’ve had a really phenomenal second quarter. I’m really excited to share some of the things we’ve been up to, together! Cookbook Engineering The cookbook […]
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