Chef workstation
The Chef workstation serves as the administrative machine where administrators develop, test, and manage the Chef infrastructure. To set up a Chef workstation, administrators install the Chef Development Kit (ChefDK) on their local machine. The ChefDK includes all the tools, libraries, and dependencies required for cookbook development and management.
Development workflow
The Chef workstation provides a development environment where administrators author and test cookbooks before deploying them to nodes. Administrators use text editors or integrated development environments (IDEs) to write cookbooks using the Ruby-based Chef DSL. The workstation also includes tools such as Test Kitchen, which allows for cookbook testing in various virtualized or containerized environments.
Managing environments and roles
In Chef, environments and roles play a crucial role in managing infrastructure configuration. Administrators define environments to represent different...
