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Learning Chef
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Learning Chef

by Mischa Taylor, Seth Vargo
November 2014
Beginner
366 pages
8h 8m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Symbols

! (bang) operand, True and False
! (exclamation point), Generate a Coverage Report
" (double quotes), Strings
string literals and, Recipes Specify Desired Configuration
# (hash) character, Comments
#{} (string interpolation), Accessing Node Information
$HOME reference in Windows, Recipes Specify Desired Configuration
$PATH, verifying, Verify the Chef Development Kit/Chef Client Install on Linux
' (single quotes), Strings
string literals and, Recipes Specify Desired Configuration
.erb files, Revisiting the Apache Cookbook
.kitchen.yml file
configuring Test Kitchen with, YAML OverviewYAML Overview
for environments, Simulate a Production Environment
format of, YAML OverviewYAML Overview
sections of, Test Kitchen Configuration with .kitchen.yml
syntax of, checking, Your First Cookbook: Message of the Day (Chef Development Kit)
tabs in, Spinning Up Your First Virtual Machine, YAML Overview
whitespace in, Spinning Up Your First Virtual Machine, YAML Overview
.pem files, Configure Enterprise Chef Server
/ (forward slash), Recipes Specify Desired Configuration
// (regular expression literals), More Serverspec Resources
: (single colon), To Uninstall, Specify What Not to Do
:: (double colons), Roles and Search
<% %> (ERB scriptlet tag), Simulate a Production Environment, Revisiting the Apache Cookbook
<%= %> (ERB string tag), Introducing the Template Resource, Simulate a Production Environment
<< (heredoc notation), Heredoc Notation
=~ operator, Regular Expressions
[ ] (square brackets), Roles and Search ...
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