ChefChef Certification Training
Manage infrastructure as code with Chef cookbooks, recipes, resources and Test Kitchen
- Duration
- Live batches
- Format
- Live online
- Modules
- 8 modules
- Certificate
- On completion
- ✓Live online instructor-led training in scheduled batches
- ✓Chef Workstation, Chef Infra Client and Chef Infra Server architecture
- ✓Cookbooks, recipes, resources, attributes, templates and data bags
- ✓Testing with Test Kitchen, InSpec and ChefSpec
- ✓Bootstrapping nodes and managing environments and roles
- ✓Policyfiles and the Chef ecosystem overview
About the course
What this course covers
Chef is a configuration management tool that describes infrastructure as code in Ruby-based recipes. You declare the desired state of a server (packages installed, files in place, services running) and Chef Infra Client converges each node to that state. Chef remains in use in organisations that adopted it early, and its ideas of idempotent, testable infrastructure code carry across tools.
The course explains Chef's architecture and then makes you write real code. You install Chef Workstation, use resources such as package, service, file, template, directory and user, and organise code into cookbooks with recipes, attributes and templates. You manage nodes through a Chef Infra Server or in local mode, use roles, environments and data bags, write custom resources, and test your cookbooks with Test Kitchen, InSpec and ChefSpec before they reach production. We also introduce Policyfiles and how Chef compares with Ansible and Puppet.
There is no exam inside the course. Progress Chef has run Associate and Executive certification tracks, but we could not verify the current exam requirements from official sources; please check the Progress Chef site if you want a vendor credential. Delivery is live, instructor-led and online.
Who should attend
- ● System administrators and infrastructure engineers using or evaluating Chef
- ● DevOps engineers who maintain configuration management code
- ● Developers who write infrastructure code
- ● Release engineers automating environment setup
- ● Learners comparing configuration management tools
Key skills
Skills you will walk away with
Chef architecture
Explain workstation, server, client and node roles and how convergence works.
Resources and recipes
Write recipes using core resources with guards and notifications.
Cookbooks
Structure cookbooks with attributes, templates, files and metadata.
Node management
Bootstrap nodes and manage run lists, roles and environments.
Data and secrets
Use data bags and encrypted data bags for shared data.
Custom resources
Create reusable custom resources.
Curriculum
Module-by-module syllabus
8 modules · 32 topics
1Module 1: Configuration Management and Chef Overview4 topics ▾
Learning objective: Understand the approach.
- ▸ Infrastructure as code and idempotency
- ▸ Chef components: Workstation, Infra Client, Infra Server
- ▸ Chef Habitat and Automate overview
- ▸ Lab environment setup
2Module 2: Resources and Recipes4 topics ▾
Learning objective: Write your first code.
- ▸ chef-run in local mode
- Package, service, file, directory, user resources
Schedules
Upcoming live batches
Enroll now and choose your batch dates
Send an enquiry and we'll reserve your seat in the next batch.
Certification
How you get certified
- 1Enrol in a live batch and attend the instructor-led sessions
- 2Complete the cookbook labs and the capstone
- 3Receive an Assure Success course-completion certificate after meeting attendance and capstone requirements
- 4Optional: check the Progress Chef site for current certification options and book directly with the provider
Career outcomes
Roles this opens up
DevOps / Configuration Management Engineer
₹5–15 LPA (approx.)Maintains infrastructure code for server fleets.
Infrastructure Automation Engineer
₹5–14 LPA (approx.)Automates builds and configuration.
Systems Engineer
₹4–12 LPA (approx.)Manages servers with code-driven tools.
Salary ranges are approximate figures for India and vary by city, company and experience.
Why this certification is worth it
Testable infrastructure
Chef's testing tools teach good infrastructure code habits.
Idempotency mindset
Core to every configuration management tool.
Legacy and new environments
Useful where Chef is already deployed.
Why Assure Success
Learn it once, pass it once
Trainers from the field
Every session is led by a practitioner who uses this material at work.
Batches that fit your week
Weekday and weekend batches in IST, scheduled for working professionals.
Exam-style practice
Practice questions and, where available, a full simulator free with the course.
Exam voucher help
Discounted vouchers and step-by-step help booking your exam.
Human support
WhatsApp support Mon–Sat, 9 AM–8 PM IST — a person answers.
Pay your way
UPI, cards, netbanking and EMI in India; international cards accepted.
FAQs
Questions learners ask us
Q.Is Chef still used?
Yes, in organisations that adopted it, though newer teams often choose Ansible or Terraform. Chef knowledge is most valuable where Chef estates already exist.
Q.Is there an exam?
This course has no exam. Progress Chef has run certification tracks, but we could not verify current requirements, so check the Progress Chef site.
Q.Do I need Ruby?
No. We teach the Ruby needed for recipes, which is small.
Q.How is Chef different from Ansible?
Chef uses an agent (Chef Infra Client) and Ruby-based code. Ansible is agentless and uses YAML. Both manage desired state.
Q.Will we use a Chef server?
Yes, we cover server-based workflows, and also local mode for easy practice.
Q.Is it suitable for freshers?
Freshers with Linux basics can follow, though Ansible is easier as a first tool.
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