ChefConf ’21 kicked off with conversations around community, product, and sharing stories for how Chef is used around the DevOps world.

Chef announced new features supporting compliance and multi-cloud, operator productivity, and deployment flexibility.

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.

Explore different tracks at ChefConf ‘21: Online with 30+ sessions on DevOps, Security and Compliance, Infrastructure Management, and Chef Product Updates.

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.

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.

ChefConf returns this fall and is celebrating a noteworthy milestone; the event is now 10 years old! Along with commemorating this occasion, ChefConf ‘21 will feature an abundance of panels and discussions surrounding all subjects related to the Chef platform.

As an organization grows, so does its IT footprint. To manage and troubleshoot endpoint issues, every enterprise has its own trusted team of System Administrators who usually juggle various tasks such as deploying operating systems, managing and baselining assets, reporting on endpoints, and much more. But as issues keep mounting, so does the pressure on the IT resource management team.

In this day and age of automation, automating repetitive and mundane tasks is highly valued to developer productivity and efficiency. Tasks like user management and creating backups, though simple, can eat away a lot of time and effort to execute.