Learn Chef

From Chef to Continuous Automation to DevOps – satisfy your hankerin’ to learn more.
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Want a set curriculum? Tracks will guide you every step of the way.

Getting Started10 mins

Ready to dig in? Start your Chef journey here. We’ll talk about how to get started, what to do first and where to go next.

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Infrastructure Automation8 hrs

Discover how Chef's test and repair approach enables you to turn infrastructure into code and serve it up quickly. You'll learn what Chef does during a run and how to configure a system using a mix of resources, recipes, and cookbooks. Watch the intro video.

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Demos and Quickstarts1 hr

Want a taste of Chef right away? Our preconfigured, ready-to-go environments will help you explore how Chef works in minutes.

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Local Development and Testing8 hrs

Not what you thought you ordered? See how to find errors in your cookbooks by testing them on your local machine. Learn to set up a virtual environment, develop code, and use every tool in the kitchen to ensure everything works. Watch the intro video.

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Integrated Compliance4 hrs

Serve up continuous automation to automatically detect and remediate compliance failures in Chef cookbooks. Put your InSpec knowledge to the test and try your hand at ensuring that a service is HIPAA-compliant. Watch the intro video.

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Compliance Automation5 hrs

Use the InSpec language to specify compliance and security requirements as code. Find problems early, during development, and not after the fact. Watch the intro video.

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Developer Essentials2 hrs

Add some more goodness to your plate by learning to analyze web operations and describe each component as code in a Chef cookbook. Go hands-on with the tools needed to write, store, and test that code in a collaborative DevOps environment. Watch the intro video.

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Becoming a Part of the Chef Community2 hrs

Go through the menu of ways to get involved with the global Chef community, and find out how to build a community within your own organization. Learn about Chef Supermarket, messaging tools, and in-house groups as ways to meet and work with other Chefs. Watch the intro video.

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DevOps Transformation6 hrs

Digest the cultural and technological changes that need to happen to mix DevOps principles into your organization. Begin your own DevOps journey through videos, case studies, and exercises to evaluate your progress. Watch the intro video.

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Writing Cookbooks8 hrs

Sample advanced techniques for writing cookbooks, including how to turn scripts into recipes. Get familiar with common patterns used in cookbooks, as well as how to use notifications, helper methods and data bags.

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Extending Chef8 hrs

Learn to extend Chef's out-of-the-box capabilities with your own a la carte creations, like developing an Ohai plugin to collect a custom set of attributes or creating custom resources. Apply refactoring techniques that let you write multi-platform cookbooks. Watch the intro video.

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Continuous Automation9 hrs

Hungry for continuous automation? Satisfy your appetite with Chef Automate, the platform for continuous development, and learn how it can provide visibility into your infrastructure. Also discover how to deploy a cookbook using the Chef Automate pipeline. Watch the intro video.

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Administering a Chef Installation3 hrs

Acquaint yourself with the Chef server's individual ingredients and how they work together. Learn best practices for securing the server by controlling access to secrets. Watch the intro video.

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Chef Certification Prep7 hrs

Think you know Chef and are ready for the next step? To help you prepare for Chef certification, size up your skills with these hands-on, real-world challenges.

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Want to learn à la carte? Modules let you choose your own path.

Get a brief overview of Learn Chef Rally and learn how to earn badges, set up a curriculum, and reach out to the community.