awsome cloud meetup 02/09/2010 - chef 101

Cloud Configuration with Chef

Joshua TimbermanSenior Solutions Engineer @ Opscode

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Who Am I?

System Administrator.

Web Operations.

Training and Support.

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Who Are You?

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Who Are You?

System Administrators

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Who Are You?

System Administrators

Software Developers

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Who Are You?

System Administrators

Software Developers

Using Chef?

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What is the Cloud?

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What is the Cloud?

No definitions today.

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What is the Cloud?

No definitions today.

Hope you’re using it!

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What is the Cloud?

No definitions today.

Hope you’re using it!

Amazon EC2.

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What is Chef?

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Configuration management.

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What is Chef?

Configuration management.

System integration.

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What is Chef?

Configuration management.

System integration.

Infrastructure API.

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Flexible

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Idempotent

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Predictable

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Architecture

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Architecture

Solo.

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Architecture

Solo.

Client / Server.

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Architecture

Solo.

Client / Server.

Opscode Platform.

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Resources

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Resources

Abstractions.

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Resources

Abstractions.

Define desired state.

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Resources

Abstractions.

Define desired state.

Fully developed and lightweight.

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Resources

Abstractions.

Define desired state.

Fully developed and lightweight.

Each has 1+ providers.

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Providers

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Providers

Run the commands.

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Providers

Run the commands.

Take actions to configure resources.

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Providers

Run the commands.

Take actions to configure resources.

Some are platform specific.

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Roles

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Roles

Describe Nodes.

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Roles

Describe Nodes.

Attributes.

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Roles

Describe Nodes.

Attributes.

Run list (roles, recipes).

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Roles

Describe Nodes.

Attributes.

Run list (roles, recipes).

Indexed.

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Roles

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Cookbooks

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Cookbooks

Distribution.

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Cookbooks

Distribution.

Recipes, Attributes.

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Cookbooks

Distribution.

Recipes, Attributes.

Assets.

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Cookbooks

Distribution.

Recipes, Attributes.

Assets.

Definitions, LWRP, Libraries.

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Cookbooks

Distribution.

Recipes, Attributes.

Assets.

Definitions, LWRP, Libraries.

Metadata.

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Cookbooks

Distribution.

Recipes, Attributes.

Assets.

Definitions, LWRP, Libraries.

Metadata.

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Clients

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Clients

Server access.

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Clients

Server access.

Authenticate (pre-shared keys).

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Clients

Server access.

Authenticate (pre-shared keys).

API (Knife, WebUI).

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Nodes

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Nodes

Infrastructure components.

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Nodes

Infrastructure components.

Managed with run list.

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Nodes

Infrastructure components.

Managed with run list.

Data stored on server.

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Nodes

Infrastructure components.

Managed with run list.

Data stored on server.

Indexed.

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A Sample Architecture

Load Balancing

Web Servers

Databases

http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanneanette/2710667213/sizes/o/

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A Sample Architecture

Load Balancing

Web Servers

Databases

AWS LBhaproxy/nginx

S->M

http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanneanette/2710667213/sizes/o/

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A Sample Architecture

Load Balancing

Web Servers

Databases

AWS LBhaproxy/nginx

S->M

Your App Stack

MEBS?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanneanette/2710667213/sizes/o/

Thursday, February 11, 2010

A Sample Architecture

Load Balancing

Web Servers

Databases

AWS LBhaproxy/nginx

S->M

Your App Stack

MEBS?

Master/Slave

M->L->XLEBS

http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanneanette/2710667213/sizes/o/

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Load Balancer

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Load Balancer

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Web/App Servers

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Web/App Servers

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Web/App Servers

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Web/App Servers

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Web/App Servers

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Database Master

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Database Master

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Database Master

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Opscode Platform

Managed Chef Server as a service.

Scalable, multi-tenant, auditable, secure.

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Opscode Platform

http://www.opscode.com/signup

Managed Chef Server as a service.

Scalable, multi-tenant, auditable, secure.

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Questions?

Twitter: @jtimberman

Email: joshua@opscode.com

IRC: irc.freenode.net #chef

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