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Real World Django Deployment with Chef
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Presented by Noah Kantrowitz
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Getting started with chef
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* Resources

    * type
    * name
    * parameters
    * takes actions
    * can send notifications

* Recipes

    * A collection of resources
    * Recipes are evaluated for resources in the order they appear.
    * Can include other recipes
    * Dynamic configuration through search
    * Can be extended through Ruby scripting

* Roles
    * describe nodes
    * holds a list of recipes

* Cookbooks are collections of recipes

* Environments are pegged cookbook versions

Python-specific tools
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* python::package, python::source -- install python
* python::pip, python::virtualenv -- make it dance
* gunicorn::default, gunicorn_config
* supervisor::default, supervisor_service

.. note:: https://github.com/coderanger/djangocon2011

.. note:: http://pydanny-event-notes.readthedocs.org/en/latest/DjangoCon2011/deploy-via-chef.html