CINC Essentials
The perfect base to learn how to use configuration management for your services.
What you will learn in this course
Our CINC Essentials training is the perfect starting point to get in contact with CINC because you do not need any former knowledge on the topic.
Using the open source alternative to Chef Infra – CINC, you will learn how to automate the configuration, deployment, and management of your server infrastructure. In addition to that, we will teach you how to test your configurations so that you are able to automate your whole infrastructure.
Agenda
Introduction
Resources
Cookbooks
Client
Testing cookbooks
Details about the system
Desired state and data
Using Workstations
The CINC server
Community cookbooks
Managing multiple nodes
Roles & Environments
Search
audience
This course is designed for
- System- and Cloud-Administrators interested in, or responsible for, maintaining a large number of servers or virtual instances
prerequisites
To get most out of this course, you should have:
- Basic understanding of Linux
- Basic experience with the Linux terminal
style
Our trainers have years of experience and will deliver the right mix of:
- Insightful theory
- Practical examples
Technical requirements
We recommend the following equipment:
- Stable internet connection
- Modern browser

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