Chef-solo: Basic cookbook intro using NTP from scratch

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JJ
James J
May 22, 2018

In many air-gapped networks connecting back to a chef server is simply not practical. How can we still get the benefit of driving our machines using automation, but still maintain our isolation? The answer is chef-solo. Lets take a look at creating a cookbook, and getting started using a very basic recipe from scratch.

JJ

James J

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