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- Discover how Chef can be used to manage a heterogeneous network of Windows and Linux systems with ease
- Configure an entire .NET application stack, deploy it, and scale in the cloud
- Employ a step-by-step and practical approach to automate provisioning and configuration of Windows hosts with Chef
This book is designed for systems administrators who have had some exposure to Chef and are interested using it to manage their Windows-based systems. Some exposure to programming or scripting languages is expected for portions of this book.
What You Will Learn- Integrate Windows systems with Linux-based systems in a heterogeneous network
- Automate the configuration of new Windows servers to provide various network services such as a web application
- Scale your Windows infrastructure in a consistent and automated manner with cloud providers such as AWS, Rackspace Cloud, and Azure
- Deploy new hosts into your infrastructure in minutes instead of hours
- Develop cookbooks and recipes for your custom Windows configuration
- Deploy and configure a complete .NET / IIS application to a Windows server using Chef
This book begins with an introduction to the functionality and benefits of using Chef to manage Windows systems. From there, you are shown an overview of the Chef architecture and how to prepare a Windows host so that it can be managed by Chef, followed by an example of writing code to install a popular .NET application with Chef.
This book looks at how Windows system administrators can effectively leverage Chef as an automated system management tool to simplify their lives through managed infrastructure. Included are practical examples that will help you to understand how to take advantage of Chef when managing your infrastructure.
By the end of the book, you will be able to deploy software, provision hosts (including cloud servers), develop and test recipes for multiple platforms, and manage Windows hosts using the powerful tools that Chef provides.
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John Ewart is a system architect, software developer, and lecturer. He has designed and taught courses at a variety of institutions including the University of California, California State University, and local community colleges covering a wide range of computer science topics including Java, data structures and algorithms, operating systems fundamentals, Unix and Linux systems administration, and web application development. In addition to working and teaching, he maintains and contributes to a number of open source projects. He currently resides in Redmond, Washington, with his wife, Mary, and their two children.
Joshua Black has been working with computers professionally for 20 years. He has a broad range of experience and expertise including systems and network administration, mobile app development, and production web applications. He earned a BS in Computer Science with a minor in Math from California State University, Chico, in 2005. He currently resides in Chico, California, with his wife, Rachel, and their four children.
Thabo Fletcher is a software developer at Degreed and co-founder of Coderbits with a background in network appliance engineering, web application development, and JavaScript injection.
Lauren Malhoit has been in the IT field for over 10 years and has acquired several data center certifications. She's currently a technical virtualization architect specializing in virtualization and storage in the data center. She has been writing for a few years for TechRepublic, TechRepublic Pro, and VirtualizationSoftware.com. As a Cisco Champion, EMC Elect, VMware vExpert, and PernixPro; Lauren stays involved in the community. She also hosts a bi-weekly technology podcast called AdaptingIT (http://www.adaptingit.com/). She has been a delegate for Tech Field Day several times as well. She recently published her first book, VMware vCenter Operations Manager Essentials , Packt Publishing .
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Welcome to Managing Windows Servers with Chef . This book is designed to familiarize you with the concepts, tools, and features available to help you manage Windows hosts with Chef. Inside the book, you will learn what you can expect from Chef on Windows, how to get started using it, and what Chef provides for managing Windows hosts that differs from Linux systems. Included are examples of deploying a complete .NET/IIS application stack, cloud integration, and some information on developing and testing for heterogeneous networks of Windows and Linux-based hosts.
, Chef and Windows , serves as an introduction to Chef's support for Windows, what sort of features you can expect from Chef on the Windows platform, and how to get started.
, Installing the Client an Overview of Chef Concepts , provides coverage of how to install the client on a Windows host as well as a quick overview of Chef's architecture and terminology and other important information to get you started with managing Windows.
, Windows-specific Resources , introduces you to the resources that are unique to managing Windows via Chef. This chapter provides descriptions and examples of each resource, including roles, features, package installers, batch scripts, the Windows registry, and many more.
, Provisioning an Application Stack , provides a hands-on guide to provisioning a complete application stack (the .NET framework, IIS configuration, database server installation, and so on), including defining roles, setting up configuration data, installing requirements, and configuring the application.
, Managing Cloud Services with Chef , covers integrating with various cloud providers such as AWS, Rackspace Cloud, and Azure.
, Going Beyond the Basics , focuses on the integration of existing systems in heterogeneous networks, how to deal with recipes and multiple platforms, testing, organization, and publishing of recipes.
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