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Resources are the \u201celementary ingredient\u201d of Chef house. Before mounting up on the spikes of chef\u2019s elevations, it’s favorable to tailor your suit with basics. Combining common ingredients to make a new play substance is always thrilling!. I wish I had some magic secrets or shortcuts to share, but the truth is that you have to start with the ABC’s and then you can rule over the game.<\/div>\n

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Trigger a VM<\/h2>\n
Git clone our repository dedicated for this blog series.<\/div>\n

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Change directory to Chef\/centos\/chefResourceBackings. Here you find a Vagrantfile which spin up a centos7 machine with chefdk and other tools installed in it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Backings of Resources<\/h2>\n
Chef resources are the statements which define the configuration approach for any element. From the officials of chef, resources are<\/div>\n

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