awesome-chef

An article in Wikipedia

by official chef.io

Knife, chef-repo, Chef DK etc by official chef.io

Chef server components

How chef-client runs, run-list, node names, etc

What is a cookbook and its components (metadata, recipe, resource, attributes, templates, etc)

attibutes defined by type (default, normal, automatic), by useage (node, role, environment)

Chef resource which is a building block of a recipe

Data bag and its usage

A short descriptoions for key concepts of Chef

Learn how to configure, manage and provision cloud servers with Chef by following practical examples with real world applications

configure

Deprecated

Installs the nokogiri gem into Chef's Ruby environment

Apache HTTP server v2.x

for Apache2

Hadoop 2.0+

and other components

-

-

elkstack

Combine Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana

build-essential

gcc, make, autoconf, bison, gettext etc

xml

Installs development package for

consul

-

etcd

is a distributed key value store that provides a reliable way to store data across a cluster of machines

zookeeper

-

-

datadog

-

fail2ban

-

grafana

(A Graphite Dashboard and Graph Editor)

graphite

-

graphitus

-

graylog

-

/

kibana

-

munin

-

monit

-

sensu

-

-

zabbix

-

resolver

Configures via attributes

ssh-key

Creates in user directory from a data bag (encrypted data bag supported)

Chef builtin resource

cron_d

LWRP to manage files in

Chef builtin resource

magic_shell_alias, magic_shell_environment

Create a command alias or shell environment variable

Chef builtin resource

ark

extract/build/configure

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource

rsync_serve

rsync server module

s3_file

fetch files from AWS S3

Chef builtin resource

append_if_no_line, replace_or_add, delete_lines, add_to_list, delete_from_list

Edit lines in a file rather than replacing whole file

Chef builtin resource

user_ulimit

-

Chef builtin resource, manage user

users_manage

manage user using data bag search

certificate_manage

Manages x509 certificates and keys from encrypted Data Bags

letsencrypt_certificate

Automatically get/renew free and trusted certificates from

random_password

useing openssl

openssl_x509

Generates self-signed, PEM-formatted x509 certificates

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource

web_app

setup Apache HTTP server v2.x virtual host

Chef builtin resource

runit_service

Configure

Chef builtin resource

hostsfile_entry

/etc/hosts file

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource, manage system's routing table

sysctl_param

set the kernel parameter

Microsoft Internet Information Services

sql_server

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2012 server and client

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource, manage batch script

windows_auto_run

Configure an software to run at login

Chef builtin resource. Manage packages using. windows package management system

Chef builtin resource, manage environment keys in Microsoft Windows

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource

Chef builtin resource, Windows compatible

windows_certificate

Installs a certificate into the Windows certificate store from a file

Chef builtin resource

Official reference page

Handlers registered in

A chef handler that reports on per-resource elapsed times in a simple graphical form

Get Chef stats directly into Datadog. Add the gem as an execution and report handler to your Chef run

Chef SNS Handler

Chef report handler to send Amazon SNS notifications on failures or changes, includes IAM roles support

A dead simple Chef handler to report changes in users. Can send emails using the Pony gem

A simple Chef report handler to send notifications to ZooKeeper about Chef runs

Chef Airbrake Handler

Chef handler for sending exceptions to Airbrake

Chef Zabbix Handler

Send chef-client statistics to zabbix using a report handler

Chef Exception & Reporting Handler for Campfire

Chef Cookbook Version Handler

This cookbook installs a Chef report handler to log the cookbooks and versions run on the node as part of the Chef run

Chef Flowdock Handler

A Chef handler that collects exception and report handler data and reports it to Flowdock, a web-based team inbox and chat tool

Chef Graphite Handler

Simple handler to send data to Graphite about your node's Chef runs, including elapsed time, total number of resources, number of resources updated, and success or failure

Chef Graylog2/Gelf Handler

A Chef handler that reports to Graylog2 servers

Chef Growl Handler

A simple Chef report handler using ruby_gntp to send growl notifications

Chef HipChat Handler

A handler that collects exception and report handler data and then sends it as a Growl notification

Chef IRC Snitch Handler

An exception handler for OpsCode Chef runs, GitHub Gist & IRC

Chef Librato Handler

A handler that sends Chef run metrics to Librato

Chef Mail Handler

A simple chef report handler that uses the Pony gem to send email reports generated from an Erubis template

Chef Splunk Storm Handler

A Chef Exception & Reporting Handler for Splunk Storm

Chef Syslog Handler

Syslog report and error handler for Chef

Chef Updated Resources Handler

Simple Report Handler of Updated Resources

Chef Rewind

Monkeypatch chef to edit existing resources in place

Chef Sugar

Chef Sugar is a Gem & Chef Recipe that includes series of helpful sugar of the Chef core and other resources to make a cleaner, more lean recipe DSL, enforce DRY principles, and make writing Chef recipes an awesome experience!

Knife Spork

A workflow plugin to help many devs work with cookbooks and environments at once

Knife Flip

A knife plugin to quickly move a node between environments

Chef Whitelist

Simple library to enable host based rollouts of changes

Poise Appenv

Helpers for application-specific envronment settings in Chef

Chef-Guard

An add-on that protects your Chef server from untested and uncommitted (i.e. potentially dangerous) cookbooks

The Podcast where DevOps chefs do battle

-

A Podcast about all things Operations, DevOps and Systems Administration

There's always DevOps in the banana stand

For systems administrators and developers this book could revolutionize your cloud and server infrastructure through automation. Packed with real world situations and practical recipes, it’s a dazzling insight into Chef

Getting the Most Out of Your Infrastructure Automation. Take advantage of Chef’s highly customizable design to tackle specific automation issues that you can’t solve by simply using Chef’s tools, resources, and services out of the box

A Guide to Configuration Management and Automation

Bring behaviour-driven development to infrastructure as code

Bring Behavior-Driven Development to Infrastructure as Code

Harness the power of Chef to automate management of Windows-based systems using hands-on examples

The chef-book

People Keep Asking Me How to Start With Chef

Learn how to configure, manage and provision cloud servers with Chef by following practical examples with real world applications

This newsletter is intended for the Chef practitioner who uses Chef every day and wants to learn something new, make their lives easier, and stay up to date

Everyone has secrets. Database passwords, API credentials, recovery questions. These secrets need to be stored somewhere, and then made available to servers that use them

-