Section 3-WorkStation

Step4:-System Diagram

In Brief,

1. This is a modified version of the configuration posted in learn chef.
2. Instead of local laptop, using AWS instance on RHEL, to mimic server environment.

Notes,

1. Please have the system diagram handy
2. Correlate every step we do to the system diagram.

Step5:-WorkStation

In Brief,

1. From local machine, use the ssh keys to login to the workstation.
2. Checkout and modify cookbooks.

Notes,

1. This is the part that is marked by 6, in the system diagram.
2. Same set of ssh keys are selected when creating the instance, so i use the same set even when connecting to chef server.

Step6:-Configure Workstation

In Brief,

1. Upload starter kit to workstation instance.
2. Organize workstation.

Notes,

1. Starter kit,is the one we downloaded when creating the chef automate server.
2. When doing knife commands ,starter kit is invoked to communicate with chef automate.

Step7:-Workstation To Opsworks

In Brief,

1. Checking connection by knife ssl check.
2. As always recall the system diagram.This is marked as (10) in the system diagram.

Notes,

Remember the interactions marked.

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