Chapter 1. Installing Chef
Before you can start using Chef, you will need to install it. Here you will find a guide to install Chef, and because Chef requires Ruby, some Ruby concepts as well. This chapter discusses the following:
- Key terminology and concepts related to Chef
- An overview of Chef's architecture
- Working with Ruby gems
- Installing chef-solo (a local-only engine to use Chef)
- A brief example on using chef-solo
- Installing the Chef server on your own host
- Verifying your Chef installation
Terminology
As with any other technology, Chef has its own terminology. As you will see, Chef's nomenclature is a mix of technological terms (nodes, workstations, servers, roles, and so on) and cooking terms (cookbooks, recipes, and so on). There are three primary ...
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