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ChefConf ’21 ends, and a Hackathon begins
ChefConf ’21 ended on a high note, with one last session and a six-week hackathon kickoff.
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ChefConf Day 2 Spotlights Compliance, Infrastructure and Product Updates
Panelists and speakers on Day 2 of ChefConf ’21 kept the momentum and the fun going strong. Plus, see the winners of our Awesome Chef Awards!
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’21 Awesome Chef Awards
Congratulations and thank you to our 2021 Awesome Chef Award winners!
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ChefConf Day 1 Assembles Pros from SAP, Facebook & More
ChefConf ’21 kicked off with conversations around community, product, and sharing stories for how Chef is used around the DevOps world.
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Chef Announcements: New Product Features Unveiled at ChefConf ‘21
Chef announced new features supporting compliance and multi-cloud, operator productivity, and deployment flexibility.
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Just a week away! Explore the Three-Day Schedule for ChefConf ‘21: Online
It’s almost that time again: ChefConf ’21 is on the horizon, and we’re bringing together some of the best in DevOps and IT to discuss best practices, new techniques and cutting-edge innovations. Featuring 60+ speakers from H&R Block, Google, PagerDuty, env0 and more, this three-day virtual event is one you won’t want to miss.
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Explore DevOps, Infrastructure, Security and More at ChefConf 21: Online
Explore different tracks at ChefConf ‘21: Online with 30+ sessions on DevOps, Security and Compliance, Infrastructure Management, and Chef Product Updates.
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Chef Infra Best Practices: #5 Using Chef Infra Policyfiles
The fifth installment of the Shape-Up Your Infrastructure Webinar Series – Building Immutable Infrastructure with Policyfiles. What is a Chef Infra Policyfile A Chef Infra Policyfile is the simplest method to manage role, environment, and community cookbook data with a single document uploaded to the Chef Infra Server.
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Getting Started with Chef Infrastructure Management in 30 Minutes
Whether you’re new to automation and configuration management or just new to Chef Infrastructure Management Automation, it can be difficult to know just where to begin. Two new how-to videos are now available to walk you through the steps to get you up and running with Chef quickly. Chef Infrastructure Management consists of several components that are critical to any enterprise automation deployment.