1. Chapter 1 Infrastructure As Code

   1. The Origins of Infrastructure as Code

   2. The Principles of Infrastructure as Code

   3. The Risks of Infrastructure as Code

2. Chapter 2 Introduction to Chef

   1. The Chef Framework

   2. The Chef Tool

   3. The Chef API

   4. The Chef Community

3. Chapter 3 Getting Started with Chef

   1. Installing Ruby

   2. Getting Set Up on the Opscode Platform

   3. Installing Chef

   4. Using Chef to Write Infrastructure Code

4. Chapter 4 Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)

   1. A Very Brief History of Agile Software Development

   2. Test-Driven Development

   3. Behavior-Driven Development

   4. Cucumber

5. Chapter 5 Introduction to Cucumber-Chef

   1. Prerequisites

   2. Sign up for Amazon Web Services

   3. Installation

6. Chapter 6 Cucumber-Chef: A Worked Example

   1. Introducing the Bram Consulting Group (BCG)

   2. Gathering Requirements

   3. Writing Acceptance Tests

   4. Creating a Project with Cucumber-Chef

   5. Making Tests Pass

   6. Cooking with Chef

   7. On With the Show

   8. Making It Live

7. Chapter 7 Next Steps

   1. Managing Risk

   2. Conclusion

   3. Further Reading

1. Colophon

The animals on the cover of Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef are edible-nest swiftlets (Aerodramus fuciphagus), so named for the nests they build of their own solidified saliva (used by humans to make bird’s nest soup). The cover image is from Cassell’s Natural History.