ChefConf

Chef enables you to transition your installs seamlessly from one environment to another, but when we transitioned from a private data center to the AWS Cloud, our old trusty cookbooks failed. What happened? This talk covers making cookbooks more portable and robust to deal with a multitude of environments both physical and virtual. From best practices for migrating to a new environment and writing better recipes, to some tips and technical tricks for debugging and extending Chef, you too can soon be in the Cloud!