What you need for this learning path

The primary requirements are as follows:

  • Administrative access to a host that runs a modern version of Linux; Ubuntu 13.10
  • If you do not have access to a dedicated Linux host, a virtual host (or hosts), running inside of virtualization software, such as VirtualBox will work.
  • An installation of the Ruby programming language Version 1.9 or higher.
  • A computer running OS X or Ubuntu Linux 14.04.
  • It helps if you have Ruby 2.1.0 with bundler (http://bundler.io/) installed on your system as well.
  • ChefDK version 0.12.0

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