Design and Automate Infrastructure with Chef on AWS

By the end of this course, learners will be able to design automated infrastructure workflows, implement Chef-based configuration management, provision cloud virtual machines, and deploy applications consistently across environments. This hands-on course provides a practical, project-driven approach to mastering Chef for infrastructure automation. Learners progress from understanding real-world automation challenges to building a complete Chef ecosystem, including secure SSH access, Chef workstations, standalone and centralized Chef setups, repositories, node data management, and dynamic configuration using attributes. The course culminates in deploying and managing applications such as Nginx using Chef recipes. Learners benefit by gaining job-ready DevOps skills, learning how to eliminate configuration drift, improve system reliability, and scale infrastructure efficiently in cloud environments like AWS. Each concept is reinforced through an end-to-end project that mirrors real production scenarios. What makes this course unique is its project-first structure, step-by-step progression, and focus on practical automation rather than theory alone. It is ideal for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and cloud practitioners looking to apply Chef confidently in real-world environments

• Design and implement automated infrastructure workflows using Chef-based configuration management
• Provision cloud virtual machines and deploy applications consistently across environments using Chef recipes
• Build scalable, reliable DevOps automation to manage infrastructure and prevent configuration drift

• Basic familiarity with the topic and its common terminology
• Readiness to practice through applied exercises or case-based work