Chef Consulting

MeteorOps provides Chef Consulting Services & Experts to help you configure and deploy servers at scale across multiple datacenters
PROCESS

How it works?

Using Chef in a customized way that fits your company's needs requires careful planning. You need to first have an accurate Chef Implementation or Improvement plan, and find the most suitable Chef expert that is able to deliver precisely the changes you need.

Our Chef Consulting Service is meant to help you do just that.

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We can start with a quick brainstorming session to discuss your needs around Chef.


1

Chef Requirements Discussion

Meet & discuss the existing system, and the desired result after implementing the Chef Solution.

2

Chef Solution Overview

Meet & Review the proposed solutions, the trade-offs, and modify the Chef implementation plan based on your inputs.

3

Match with the Chef Expert

Based on the proposed Chef solution, we match you with the most suitable Chef expert from our team.

4

Chef Implementation

The Chef expert starts working with your team to implement the solution, consulting you and doing the hands-on work at every step.

USEFUL INFO

A bit about Chef

Relevant information about Chef before hiring a Chef Consulting company

What is Chef?

Chef is a popular and powerful configuration management and automation tool used in IT environments to streamline and manage the deployment of infrastructure and applications. Developed by Opscode, Chef provides a flexible and scalable approach to configuration management, allowing system administrators to define and deploy configurations across a variety of platforms and environments. With its easy-to-use code-based framework, Chef enables teams to automate routine tasks, enforce consistent configurations, and continually monitor and manage servers, applications, and services. The technology behind Chef allows for easy integration with other tools and systems, making it a versatile choice for various use-cases such as cloud infrastructure management, software provisioning, and application deployment. Its intuitive interface and community-driven resources make Chef a top choice for organizations looking to streamline and optimize their IT processes.

What is Configuration Management?

Configuration Management tools help maintain a system in a desired state, and are mostly used to manage files, directories and various installations on an operating system, usually on multiple servers at once. They do so using code and configuration that is applied to different groups of servers. In some cases the Configuration Management tools are used to provision infrastructure, deploy applications, and manage the execution and configuration of various scripts.

Why use Configuration Management?

With the rise of Infrastructure-as-Code tools for provisioning infrastructure (such as Terraform), and Orchestration tools for running containers (such as Kubernetes), the need for Configuration Management decreased as it was used mostly to configure Operating Systems and provision resources.

However, there are still use-cases where companies manage the servers' Operating System directly, and they do so using Configuration Management tools.

A number of examples where managing the servers directly is required:

  1. Bare-Metal or On-Premise servers
    Can't provision infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code tools (such as Terraform), and can't use fully-managed services for orchestration such as Kubernetes.
    In such cases Configuration Management tools will be used to manage groups of servers, install the applications' dependencies & configuration, and perhaps even install an orchestration tool such as Kubernetes.
  2. Specific system requirements
    A given company might choose not to use an orchestration tool as a result of specific system requirements.
    An example would be a company that provides an SDK that communicates with the company's servers, and is implemented in clients' apps and systems, with a requirement by the clients that the SDK takes less than 5ms to respond.
    In that case the networking toll orchestration systems like Kubernetes have on every request will be unacceptable, and so that company will be forced to optimize for a very simple network topology with minimal "hops" between different parts of the system.

There is also the case where companies started with Configuration Management as their main way of building a platform for the developers, and the coupling to the Configuration Management tool became too complicated to be worth "untangling" in the short-term or even mid-term.

Why use Chef?

  • Automation of Infrastructure: Streamlines the configuration and management of IT infrastructure.
  • Continuous Delivery: Supports efficient continuous integration and deployment workflows.
  • Compliance and Security: Ensures adherence to compliance standards and enhances security.
  • Scalable Operations: Efficiently manages large-scale, complex, and diverse environments.
  • Multi-Platform Support: Offers compatibility across various operating systems and cloud environments.
  • Code-Driven Approach: Utilizes code for infrastructure management, enabling version control and repeatability.
  • Efficient Resource Management: Optimizes resource usage and management across the infrastructure.
  • Customizable Recipes: Allows creation of custom recipes to automate specific tasks.
  • Integration with DevOps Tools: Seamlessly integrates with a range of DevOps and cloud management tools.
  • Real-Time Data and Reporting: Provides real-time insights for improved decision-making and troubleshooting.

Why get our help with Chef?

How can we help you with Chef?

WHY METEOROPS

Testimonials

What our clients say about us

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"They are very knowledgeable in their area of expertise."

Mordechai Danielov
Mordechai Danielov

CEO

Bitwise MnM

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"Nguyen is a champ. He's fast and has great communication. Well done!"

Ido Yohanan
Ido Yohanan

Embie

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"Thanks to MeteorOps, infrastructure changes have been completed without any errors. They provide excellent ideas, manage tasks efficiently, and deliver on time. They communicate through virtual meetings, email, and a messaging app. Overall, their experience in Kubernetes and AWS is impressive."

Mike Ossareh
Mike Ossareh

VP of Software

Erisyon

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״From my experience, working with MeteorOps brings high value to any company at almost any stage.They are uncompromising professionals, who achieve their goal no matter what.״

David Nash
David Nash

CEO

Gefen Technologies AI

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“Good consultants execute on task and deliver as planned. Better consultants overdeliver on their tasks. Great consultants become full technology partners and provide expertise beyond their scope.
I am happy to call MeteorOps my technology partners as they overdelivered, provide high-level expertise and I recommend their services as a very happy customer.”

Gil Zellner
Gil Zellner

Infrastructure Lead

HourOne AI

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“Working with MeteorOps was exactly the solution we looked for.
We met a professional, involved, problem solving DevOps team, that gave us an impact in a short term period.”


Tal Sherf
Tal Sherf

Tech Operation Lead

Optival

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"I was impressed with the amount of professionalism, communication, and speed of delivery."

Dean Shandler
Dean Shandler

Software Team Lead

Skyline Robotics

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“We got to meet Michael from MeteorOps through one of our employees. We needed DevOps help and guidance and Michael and the team provided all of it from the very beginning. They did everything from dev support to infrastructure design and configuration to helping during Production incidents like any one of our own employees. They actually became an integral part of our organization which says a lot about their personal attitude and dedication.”


Amir Zipori
Amir Zipori

VP R&D

Taranis

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"You guys are really a bunch of talented geniuses and it's a pleasure and a privilege to work with you"

Maayan Kless Sasson
Maayan Kless Sasson

Head of Product

iAngels

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"You guys are really a bunch of talented geniuses and it's a pleasure and a privilege to work with you"

Maayan Kless Sasson
Maayan Kless Sasson

Head of Product

iAngels

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“We got to meet Michael from MeteorOps through one of our employees. We needed DevOps help and guidance and Michael and the team provided all of it from the very beginning. They did everything from dev support to infrastructure design and configuration to helping during Production incidents like any one of our own employees. They actually became an integral part of our organization which says a lot about their personal attitude and dedication.”


Amir Zipori
Amir Zipori

VP R&D

Taranis

Quote

"I was impressed with the amount of professionalism, communication, and speed of delivery."

Dean Shandler
Dean Shandler

Software Team Lead

Skyline Robotics

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“Working with MeteorOps was exactly the solution we looked for.
We met a professional, involved, problem solving DevOps team, that gave us an impact in a short term period.”


Tal Sherf
Tal Sherf

Tech Operation Lead

Optival

Quote

“Good consultants execute on task and deliver as planned. Better consultants overdeliver on their tasks. Great consultants become full technology partners and provide expertise beyond their scope.
I am happy to call MeteorOps my technology partners as they overdelivered, provide high-level expertise and I recommend their services as a very happy customer.”

Gil Zellner
Gil Zellner

Infrastructure Lead

HourOne AI

Quote

״From my experience, working with MeteorOps brings high value to any company at almost any stage.They are uncompromising professionals, who achieve their goal no matter what.״

David Nash
David Nash

CEO

Gefen Technologies AI

Quote

"Thanks to MeteorOps, infrastructure changes have been completed without any errors. They provide excellent ideas, manage tasks efficiently, and deliver on time. They communicate through virtual meetings, email, and a messaging app. Overall, their experience in Kubernetes and AWS is impressive."

Mike Ossareh
Mike Ossareh

VP of Software

Erisyon

Quote

"Nguyen is a champ. He's fast and has great communication. Well done!"

Ido Yohanan
Ido Yohanan

Embie

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"They are very knowledgeable in their area of expertise."

Mordechai Danielov
Mordechai Danielov

CEO

Bitwise MnM

THE FULL PICTURE

Building a full Chef Solution requires more than just Chef Knowledge

Your company needs an expert that knows more than just Chef, and these are some of the technologies our team is knowledgable with

FEATURES

The Ingredients for Successful Chef Consulting & Hands-on Work

Over the years, we have perfected our Chef Consulting service, and ended-up with a precise set of features to answer your Chef requirements

🤓 A Chef Expert consulting you

We hired 7 engineers out of every 1,000 engineers we vetted, so you can enjoy the help of the top 0.7% of Chef experts out there

🧵 A custom Chef solution suitable to your company

Our flexibile process ensures a custom Chef work plan that is based on your requirements

✅ Production Grade Chef Checklists

The knowledge and insights our team gathered after years of work with Chef were compiled into production-grade checklists and best-practices

🖐️ A Chef Expert doing hands-on work with you

Our Chef Consulting service extends beyond just planning and consulting, as the same person consulting you joins your team and implements the recommendation by doing hands-on work

👁️ Perspective on how other companies use Chef

Our Chef experts have worked with many different companies, seeing multiple Chef implementations, and are able to provide perspective on the possible solutions for your Chef setup

🧠 Complementary Architect's input on Chef design and implementation decisions

On top of a Chef expert, an Architect from our team joins discussions to provide advice and factor enrich the discussions about the Chef work plan

Get help from one of our Chef experts

Free meetings to explore how the work's done, and if it works for you.

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