What CHEF and CHEF- CLIENT For Configuration Management

What is CHEFF . (over come a system admin position)

Cheff is configuration management tools (configuration means each and every minute details of your Machine (Server, Storage) )

Two Types of CM Tools

1. Push Based : -

server push a code and automatically updated (server code push kar ke update kar deta hai)

2. Pull Based : -

pull Conf node check with the server particularly and fetch the configuration (server per manually check karna padhta hai )

Push based means all control in your hand.

pull based means when you add new machine automatically server check karega our update kar lega

Cheff : -

Architecture of Cheff :-

Important terms of Cheff:-

Recipe : - Recipe of Code written in workstation .

CookBook : - is a collection of recipe (Notes :- cookbook stored in cheff server )

Knife : - tool for upload data from workstation to cheff server.

Bootstrap :- process node connect to server is called

Cheff Client : - tools server a code from server

Ohai :- Data based of machine store current configuration is called ohai.

Details Overview of Important terms in Chef : -

Workstation : - are personal computers or virtual servers where all configuration code is created tested or changed.

Recipe : -Devops Engineer actually site her and write codes. This code is called Recipe.

Knife : - Workstation communicate with the chef server using knife. knife is command line tool that uploads the cookbook to the server.

Chef - Server :-

The cheff server is middle man between workstation and the nodes.

Node : - where you apply code

node are the system that required the configuration

Summary

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