Google Compute Engine LWRP for Chef

by erjohnso 10 years ago

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This screencast demonstrates how you can use Chef and Google Compute Engine. It uses the Google Compute Engine LWRP [https://github.com/chef-partners/google-compute-engine] to create 4 virtual machines, a Compute Engine Load-balancer, and open up a firewall rule for HTTP traffic.

Everything you need to repeat this demo on your own can be found at, https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-video-demo-chef

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