An Introduction to Shef, The Chef Shell

Using Shef, the Chef Shell

The Chef Shell (Shef) is a powerful wrapper around an Interactive Ruby (IRB) session that allows Chef admins to easily debug recipes. With the ability to emulate both a Chef Solo and regular Chef Client, it's an incredibly valuable tool for doing anything from basic expression evaluation to in-depth debugging.

This session will provide an introduction to Shef and demonstrate how it can be incorporated into your daily workflow.

The Speaker

Julian Dunn is a Senior Systems Operations Engineer with SecondMarket, the next generation investment platform that is building a better stock market for private companies. He uses Chef (and Shef) to manage SecondMarket's sophisticated technology platform. Prior to working at SecondMarket, Julian worked as operations manager for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, overseeing sysops for the largest media website in Canada, CBC.CA.