Apprentice Level
4 Hands-on labs

Chef Principles Certification

By Kevin James

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10 hours
  • 40 Lessons
  • 4 Hands-On Labs
  • 6 Course Quizzes
  • 1 Practice Exam

About the course

This course is designed to help you obtain the knowledge and skills required to sit the Chef Principles certification exam. By taking this course, you will gain foundational applied knowledge using Chef OSS tools, products, and solutions. You will learn about:
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  • Chef Infra<br>
  • Chef InSpec<br>
  • Chef Habitat<br>
  • Chef Automate<br>
  • Chef Compliance<p>

Additionally, we will discuss the Ruby programming language as it applies to this exam.

Lab Highlights

Chef Compliance Waivers Use an InSpec Test Use Chef Infra and Test Kitchen Configure Chef Infra
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  • Chapter 1 2 Lessons Introduction 7:22

    Course Introduction and About the Training Architect

    3:16

    About the Exam

    4:06
  • Chapter 2 7 Lessons About Chef 22:57

    About This Section

    1:33

    What Is Chef Infra

    3:39

    What Is Chef InSpec

    3:35

    What Is Chef Habitat

    4:13

    What Is Chef Automate

    3:05

    Using Chef's Documentation

    4:32

    Section Review

    2:20
  • Chapter 3 9 Lessons Installation 2:42:34

    About This Section

    1:27

    Installing Chef Workstation

    7:40

    Installing Chef Infra Server

    7:09

    Configuring Chef Workstation and Bootstrapping a Node

    9:52

    Installing Chef InSpec

    2:26

    Installing Chef Habitat

    3:23

    Installing Chef Automate

    8:47

    Section Review

    1:50

    Installing Chef Infra for the Chef Principles Certification

    2:00:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 4 3 Lessons The Ruby Language and YAML with Chef 22:04

    Ruby and Chef

    2:49

    YAML and Chef

    4:15

    Ruby and Chef Basics

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 5 6 Lessons Chef Infra 1:33:13

    Using Chef Infra

    9:00

    Recipes and Resources

    7:08

    Testing Locally with Kitchen

    8:55

    Using Knife

    8:10

    Using Chef Infra

    30:00 Quiz

    Using Chef Infra and Test Kitchen

    30:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 6 6 Lessons Chef InSpec 1:41:33

    Using Chef InSpec

    7:50

    Defining InSpec Resources

    3:54

    InSpec Profiles

    8:06

    Running InSpec Tests

    6:43

    Chef Inspec

    45:00 Quiz

    Use an InSpec test

    30:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 7 4 Lessons Chef Habitat 32:27

    Using Chef Habitat

    9:45

    Chef Habitat Builder

    2:32

    Chef Habitat Packages

    5:10

    Chef Habitat

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 8 2 Lessons Chef Automate 22:01

    Chef Automate and the Exam

    7:01

    Chef Automate

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 9 5 Lessons Chef Compliance 1:14:27

    Using Chef Compliance

    3:50

    Chef Compliance Profiles

    4:26

    Waivers and Remediations

    6:11

    Chef Compliance

    30:00 Quiz

    Chef Compliance scanning and remediation

    30:00 Hands-On Lab
  • Chapter 10 3 Lessons Conclusion 1:18:58

    Chef Principles Certification Practice Exam

    1:15:00 Quiz

    Course Summary and What’s Next

    2:31

    Preparing for the Chef Exam

    1:27

What are Hands-on Labs

What's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real skills? Practical real-world experience. That's where Hands-on Labs come in! Hands-on Labs are guided, interactive experiences that help you learn and practice real-world scenarios in real cloud environments. Hands-on Labs are seamlessly integrated in courses, so you can learn by doing.

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