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berks

Berkshelf (also known as Berks) is a command line tool used for managing cookbook dependencies in Chef-based infrastructure environments. It is a part of the Chef ecosystem and helps in managing the cookbook dependencies that a Chef cookbook requires.

Berks allows you to specify cookbook dependencies in a Berksfile, similar to a Gemfile in Ruby. It can automatically resolve and download the required cookbooks from various sources such as the Chef Supermarket, git repositories, or local filesystem paths. This dependency management simplifies the process of managing complex Chef environments with multiple cookbooks.

Berks provides commands to download cookbooks, resolve dependencies, upload cookbooks to a Chef server, and generate a vendor directory with all the required cookbooks for a particular environment. The vendor directory can then be used to distribute a self-contained Chef cookbook repository.

Berks offers additional features such as version constraints, which allow you to specify the desired versions of cookbook dependencies, making it easy to enforce compatibility requirements. It also supports handling cookbook metadata and dependency updates, ensuring the integrity and consistency of the Chef cookbook ecosystem.

In summary, Berks is a powerful command line tool that simplifies the management of cookbook dependencies in Chef-based infrastructure environments, making it easier to maintain and distribute complex Chef configurations.

List of commands for berks:

  • berks:tldr:29f4b berks: Update a specific cookbook and its dependencies.
    $ berks update ${cookbook}
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  • berks:tldr:4e879 berks: Install cookbook dependencies into a local repo.
    $ berks install
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  • berks:tldr:9b755 berks: View the dependencies of a cookbook.
    $ berks contingent ${cookbook}
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  • berks:tldr:f7e65 berks: Upload a cookbook to the Chef server.
    $ berks upload ${cookbook}
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