ChefConf 2019: Effortless Config 101

Effortless Config is a new, strong way to build and run your cookbooks and the chef-client as a single, deployable package. This talk details the use cases and components that comprise Effortless Config, including Chef Habitat, Policyfiles, and Chef Infra Solo. Additionally, this talk demonstrates the benefits of Effortless Config over other more traditional methods of managing Chef Infra. Finally, this talk will show you how you can migrate your organization's existing cookbooks to this new, exciting pattern, and the benefits you will gain by doing so.