Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef Bring Behavior-Driven Development to Infrastructure as Code

✍ Scribed by Stephen Nelson-Smith

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 308
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.