{"id":2146,"date":"2019-08-22T09:07:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T09:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.com\/tutorial\/?page_id=2146"},"modified":"2022-03-04T07:30:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T07:30:37","slug":"opsworks-basics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/aws-devops-engineer\/opsworks-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"OpsWorks Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here, we will understand the basics of OpsWorks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is a configuration management service <\/li><li>configure and operate applications in AWS by using <ul><li>Chef <\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Puppet<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>There are 2 variants: AWS OpsWorks Stacks and AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate.<\/li><li>OpsWorks Stacks Chef Automate can use Chef cookbooks <\/li><li>Puppet Enterprise configure Puppet Enterprise master server in AWS.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>OpsWorks Structure<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>OpsWorks Stack &#8211; collection of resources for\nspecific purpose<\/li><li>OpsWorks Layer &#8211; set of shared functionailty\napplied to a group of components<\/li><li>OpsWorks Instance &#8211; actaul units of compute;\ninherits some from stack\/layer<\/li><li>OpsWorks Application &#8211; app deployed into one or\nmore instances<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>OpsWorks Details<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>OpsWorks Agent &#8211; <ul><li>CHEF, responsible for configuration\/reconfiguration of machines as per recipes <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>OpsWorks Automation Engine &#8211; <ul><li>responsible for creating, deleting, updating EC2 instances and other services; handle load balancing, Autoscaling, Auto healing, Lifecycle events<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Recipes &amp; Cookbooks &#8211; Desired state engines; <ul><li>Recipes tell OpsWorks WHAT you want the end result to be; Cookbooks contain recipes and all associated data to support them. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AWS OpsWorks for Puppet Enterprise <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Can create AWS-managed Puppet master servers<\/li><li>A Puppet master server can <ul><li>manages nodes <\/li><\/ul><ul><li>stores facts about those nodes<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>serve as central repository for Puppet modules. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Puppet modules are Puppet code for infrastructure configuration, which are<ul><li>Reusable<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>shareable units <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>For custom modules<ul><li>Download community modules from Puppet Forge<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Can also use Puppet Development Kit<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>manage module deployment with Puppet Code Manager.<\/li><li>Use Puppet to automate how nodes are <ul><li>Configured<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Deployed<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Managed<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Full-stack automation is provided which includes<ul><li>software and operating system configurations<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>package installations<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>database setups<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>change management<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>policy enforcement<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>monitoring <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Create AWS-managed Chef servers having Chef\nAutomate premium features<\/li><li>Use the Chef DK and other Chef tooling <\/li><li>A Chef server is used to <ul><li>manage\nnodes in AWS<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>stores\ninformation about those nodes<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>serve\nas central repository for Chef cookbooks<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Cookbooks contain recipes executed by Chef Infra\nclient agent on each node <\/li><li>Available Chef tools to manage nodes and\ncookbooks on a Chef server<ul><li>knife\n<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Test\nKitchen <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Chef Automate installs and manages <ul><li>Chef\nAutomate<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Chef\nInfra<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Chef\nInSpec <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Can also use community-authored or custom Chef cookbooks<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AWS OpsWorks Stacks<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>AWS involves groups of resources, and group of instances is called stack.<\/li><li>OpsWorks Stacks, creates and manages stacks and applications. <\/li><li>Deploy and monitor applications in stacks. <\/li><li>Manage AWS resources in specialized groups called layers. <\/li><li>A layer is a set of EC2 instances serving a particular purpose like database, web hosting <\/li><li>Does not require or create Chef servers<\/li><li>Can be accessed globally <\/li><li>use to create and manage instances globally<\/li><li>Can integrate with IAM for resource access control<\/li><li>Stacks can <ul><li>monitor instance health<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>provision new instances, if needed<\/li><li>makes use of Auto Healing and Auto Scaling.  <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"327\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image025-327x400.png\" alt=\"OpsWorks\" class=\"wp-image-2147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image025-327x400.png 327w, https:\/\/www.testpreptraining.ai\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image025.png 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Opsworks Events<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Events can run manually using events stack run\ncommand functionality; When event occurs it runs set of recipes assigned to\nthat event.<\/li><li>Each layer has own recipes for that event. <\/li><li>SETUP &#8211; Occurs when an instance has finished\nbooting<\/li><li>CONFIGURE &#8211; Occurs when instance enters\/leaves\nonline, associate\/disassociate EIP, attach\/detach LB to a layer <\/li><li>DEPLOY &#8211; Occurs when run the deploy command on an\ninstance<\/li><li>UNDEPLOY &#8211; Occurs when delete an application or\nrun Undeploy command<\/li><li>SHUTDOWN &#8211; Occurs when an instance is shutdown,\nbut before its terminated; allows cleanup by running recipes<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here, we will understand the basics of OpsWorks. 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