Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef, 2nd Edition

Paperback: 308 pages
Publisher: O&#8217;Reilly Media; 2nd Edition (October 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1449372201
ISBN-13: 978-1449372200

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Since Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef first appeared in mid-2011, infrastructure testing has begun to flourish in the web ops world. In this revised and expanded edition, author Stephen Nelson-Smith brings you up to date on this rapidly evolving discipline, including the philosophy driving it and a growing array of tools. You’ll get a hands-on introduction to the Chef framework, and a recommended toolchain and workflow for developing your own test-driven production infrastructure.

Several exercises and examples throughout the book help you gain experience with Chef and the entire infrastructure-testing ecosystem. Learn how this test-first approach provides increased security, code quality, and peace of mind.

Explore the underpinning philosophy that infrastructure can and should be treated as code
Become familiar with the MASCOT approach to test-driven infrastructure
Understand the basics of test-driven and behavior-driven development for managing change
Dive into Chef fundamentals by building an infrastructure with real examples
Discover how Chef works with tools such as Virtualbox and Vagrant
Get a deeper understanding of Chef by learning Ruby language basics
Learn the tools and workflow necessary to conduct unit, integration, and acceptance tests

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Philosophy of Test-Driven Infrastructure
Chapter 2. An Introduction to Ruby
Chapter 3. An Introduction to Chef
Chapter 4. Using Chef with Tools
Chapter 5. An Introduction to Test- and Behavior-Driven Development
Chapter 6. A Test-Driven Infrastructure Framework
Chapter 7. Test-Driven Infrastructure: A Recommended Toolchain
Chapter 8. Epilogue