Chef Workstation on Azure - WinOps 2018

Presentation delivered at WinOps London conference in November, 2018.

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1. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston Chef Workstation on Azure Stuart Preston Principal Engineer at Chef Software Microsoft Azure MVP stuart@chef.io
2. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston Agenda • Overview of Chef and roadmap • Chef on Windows engineering focus for 2019 • DEMO: Chef Workstation on Azure • DEMO: InSpec on Azure • Wrap up demos • AMA - ask me anything (time permitting!)
3. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston Chef Portfolio ECOSYSTEM Open Source (please contribute!) Commercial (please pay us!) Infrastructure Automation Compliance Automation Application Automation
4. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston Chef Roadmap Over the years, the scope of Chef expanded • Configuration Management • Service Discovery • Provisioning • Scheduling • Clustering • Dependency verification • Secrets Management
5. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston Chef Roadmap Over the years, the scope of Chef expanded • Configuration Management • Service Discovery Habitat • Provisioning Your provisioning tool • Scheduling Your scheduling tool • Clustering Habitat • Dependency verification Habitat • Secrets Management Your secrets management tool
6. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston Need automation for your app? https://habitat.sh
7. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston Chef + Windows ecosystem (Chef 12 to 13-era) CHEF ECOSYSTEM WINDOWS CHOCOLATEY POWERSHELL IIS powershell_script dsc_script/dsc_resource windows_* resources OTHER COOKBOOKS APP COOKBOOKS
8. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston CHEF ECOSYSTEM Chef + Windows - "batteries included" CHOCOLATEY POWERSHELL IIS WINDOWS powershell_script dsc_script/dsc_resource windows_* resources OTHER COOKBOOKS APP COOKBOOKS
9. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston Chef Ecosystem Business Value Revenue Growth Velocity Agility, Speed, Efficiency, Safety Infrastructure Automation Compliance Automation Application Automation FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES AD-HOC Standardization leads to initial cost reductions and delivery success REPEATABLE Service delivery team productivity increases MANAGED Customer-focused innovation delivered continuously OPTIMIZED Delivering sustainable competitive advantage Achieving Continuous Automation Idea Ship
10. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston Chef Workstation Business Value Revenue Growth Velocity Agility, Speed, Efficiency, Safety Infrastructure Automation Compliance Automation Application Automation FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES AD-HOC Standardization leads to initial cost reductions and delivery success REPEATABLE Service delivery team productivity increases MANAGED Customer-focused innovation delivered continuously OPTIMIZED Delivering sustainable competitive advantage Achieving Continuous Automation Idea Ship CHEF WORKSTATION
11. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston Chef Workstation The easiest way to get started with Chef • Replaces Chef Development Kit (ChefDK) • Ad-hoc, remote task execution mode • Auto-updating • Stable vs Current channel switch • Free/Open Source - https://github.com/chef/chef-workstation
12. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston chef-run command - ad-hoc execution 1. chef-run <TARGET(S)> <RESOURCE> <RESOURCE_NAME> [PROPERTIES] 2. chef-run <TARGET(S)> <RECIPE> 3. ssh:// or winrm:// targets supported
13. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston Chef resource > chef-run example user 'stuart' do action :create end becomes chef-run winrm://user@192.168.1.50 --password password \ user stuart action=create
14. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston Chef resource > chef-run example chocolatey_package 'notepad2' do action :install end becomes chef-run winrm://user@192.168.1.50 --password password \ chocolatey_package notepad2
15. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston Azure Cloud Shell • Container running inside Azure Container Instances • Access via Azure Portal or via dedicated site https://shell.azure.com • Pre-loaded with tools required to administer and deploy within the Azure environment
16. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston ENOUGH SLIDES ALREADY DEMO TIME!
17. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston What did we show? • Chef Workstation running in Azure Cloud Shell • Running ad-hoc tasks using the chef-run command • Cookbook generation inside Azure Cloud Shell using chef generate repo • Code Editor (Monaco) running in Azure Cloud Shell • Testing resources inside the VM with InSpec • Testing Azure resources with InSpec
18. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston AMA (Ask me anything!) Chef Workstation on Azure
19. #WinOpsLondon2018 @stuartpreston https://learn.chef.io