knife-azure
Microsoft Azure is a cloud hosting platform. It offers cloud and database services, as well as virtual machines for Linux and Windows servers. Use the knife azure subcommand to manage the cloud servers powered by Microsoft Azure's API.
Installation
Chef Workstation contains knife-azure, and it can be installed using this link.
knife-ec2
The Amazon EC2 web service provides resizable processing capacity in the cloud that are based on Amazon Machine Images(AMI) and preconfigured operating systems. The knife ec2 subcommand is used to administer API-driven Amazon EC2 cloud servers.
Installation
Chef Workstation contains knife-ec2, and it can be installed using this link. You can manually install the gem if Chef Workstation isn't an option for you.
For bundler users, you can add knife ec2 and chef to the Gemfile by adding the following line.
gem ‘knife-ec2’
If you don't use bundler, you can manually install the gem from Rubygems by using the following command.
$ gem install knife-ec2
knife-google
Google Compute Engine is a cloud hosting platform. GCE offers flexible and scalable virtual computing machines. The knife google subcommand is used to administer API-driven cloud servers. These servers are hosted by Google Compute Engine.
Installation
First, install the gem. You can install the gem with the following command.
gem install knife-google
For bundler users: You can simply add it to your Gemfile by adding the following line.
gem "knife-google", "~> 2.0"
Then run bundle install.
knife-openstack
The knife openstack subcommand is used to control API-driven cloud servers. These servers are hosted by Openstack.
Installation
You can use Chef Workstation to install the gem into the Workstation installation. Use the following command for installation.
chef gem install knife-openstack
knife-rackspace
Rackspace is a virtualized server platform that is cloud-driven. It offers cloud computing, platform and networking, and storage and data services. To handle API-driven cloud servers hosted by Rackspace cloud services, users use the knife rackspace subcommand.
Installation
You can simply install the Gem using ChefDK by running the following command.
chef gem install knife-rackspace
knife-vcenter
System provisioning using VMware vCenter is accomplished using the knife vcenter subcommand.
Installation
You can simply install the Gem using ChefDK by running the following command.
chef gem install knife-vcenter
For bundler users: You can simply add it to your Gemfile by adding the following line.
gem 'chef'
gem 'knife-vcenter'
knife-vsphere
System provisioning using VMware vSphere is accomplished using the knife vsphere subcommand.
Installation
Installing Chef Workstation is the simplest method to get started.
Bundler users: add knife and knife-vsphere to your Gemfile by adding the following line:
gem 'knife'
gem 'knife-vsphere
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the Chef's clients and servers?
The hub of the workstation and the nodes is the Chef Server. Here, all of the metadata, cookbooks, and recipes are kept.
What is the Chef automation tool?
A chef is an automation tool. It provides a way to define infrastructure as code. It means managing infrastructure by writing code. It is also called a programmable infrastructure.
What is the difference between a chef and Ansible?
A chef is a for-profit tool, whereas Ansible is an open-source IT automation solution. Ansible is used for application deployment automation, configuration management, and short procedures like updating the RHEL or Linux operating systems.
Is Chef a programming language?
Chef is an esoteric programming language. Programs in Chef look like recipes. The main principle of language design is: that program recipes should not only generate valid output but be easy to prepare and delicious.
What is the Knife?
The command-line tool for communicating with the Chef server is called Knife. It is used for managing other Chef features as well as uploading cookbooks. It connects the local machine's chefDK (Repo) and the Chef server.
Conclusion
In this article, we have learned about plugins, and also we have discussed different cloud plugins that are used in a knife.
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