Episode 250 - PowerScripting Podcast - Julian Dunn from Chef on Configuration Management and PowerShell

Julian Dunn on configuration management and Chef


Interview

Guests - Julian Dunn
Links



here's the "marketing" entrypoint for Windows -
http://www.opscode.com/solutions/windows/




and here's the "tech person's reference manual entrypoint" to
Windows - http://docs.opscode.com/windows.html




random chef code example i found on the internet:
http://cookingclouds.com/2012/06/23/chef-simple-cookbook-example/




here's another:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Garlic-Chicken/Detail.aspx?evt19=1




http://community.opscode.com/




this article isn't new but seems interesting, talks about
when they first went windows.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/24/opscode_chef_does_windows/




https://www.google.com/search?q=decadal&oq=decadal&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4531j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=91&ie=UTF-8#es_sm=91&espv=210&q=decadal+definition


Chatroom Buzz-

## If DSC and Chef are simular and I haven't
used either, why would I learn Chef over DSC at this point?


## tell us more about configuration management
of some "non-traditional" nodes like the network and storage
hardware that you mentioned earlier


## Do you use PSH within Chef?


## please igonre if already asked.  Does it
work with clients or just servers. Does it have a client install
piece?


## what about "what clients are supported", XP,
Win7 Server 2003 etc...


##As an enterprise why should I consider Chef
over Puppet.  Sorry if this has been addressed


## what about cost?


## if you have a run list and one thing fails,
how is the admin notified that it failed, how easy is it to
recover?


## how many cookbooks exist today and how ofter
do new ones get added/updated?


## if the cookbooks are community
created/driven, how is the quality of the cookbook verified?
 Does anyone validate the cookbook?


## how long has Chef been "in the business".
 In other words can I trust it to be around for the long
term in light of DSC?


## does it maintain a "state" or is it primarly
used for installation of software?


## wait wait.... just kidding



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