How to automate your BizTalk Installations and Deployments using Chef?Dwight Goins

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwight-goins-5918361

How-To Automate BizTalk with ChefMETHODOLOGY BEHIND BIZTALK SERVER AUTOMATION WITH CHEF SCRIPTS

Who Am I

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• Ex MVP Integration

• Current MVP Windows Development

• MCT, MCSD

• 20+ years of development – C++/C#

• Likes Emerging Experiences

Agenda

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• BizTalk Server?

• Why Automate?

• How to Automate?

• Chef?

• BizTalk Cookbook

What Is BizTalk Server?

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Why Automate?

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• Prerequisite Downloads

• Preparing reveals hidden secrets

• Multiple Steps

• 2 Whole Weeks on Client Network

How to Automate

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Automated Script

Research automated

options

Record Actions

Do Manual Install

Chef?

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• Chef = Framework

for building

Automated Scripts

Chef Architecture

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Chef - Kitchen

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• Kitchen = Environment

where you make,

verify and

test cookbooks

Chef - Cookbook

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• Cookbooks = Multiple listings of recipes

Chef - Recipe

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• Recipe = Step by Step

instructions on

what to automate

BizTalk Cookbook

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• Multiple Recipes• Prerequisites• BizTalk Install• BizTalk Configuration• BizTalk Custom Application Deployment

What’s Next

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• Go Try it out for yourself• https://supermarket.chef.io• https://learn.chef.io/tutorials • https://github.com/dngoins/BiztalkCookbook