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Infrastructure as Code, Patterns and Practices

With examples in Python and Terraform
by Rosemary Wang
The cover of Infrastructure as Code, Patterns and Practices
4.13/5 on Goodreads
ISBN 9781617298295
Published in 2022
400 pages

Description

Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate, test, and streamline infrastructure for business-critical systems.

In Infrastructure as Code, Patterns and Practices you will learn how to:

  • Optimize infrastructure for modularity and isolate dependencies
  • Test infrastructure configuration
  • Mitigate, troubleshoot, and isolate failed infrastructure changes
  • Collaborate across teams on infrastructure development
  • Update infrastructure with minimal downtime using blue-green deployments
  • Scale infrastructure systems supporting multiple business units
  • Use patterns for provisioning tools, configuration management, and image building
  • Deliver secure infrastructure configuration to production

Infrastructure as Code, Patterns and Practices teaches you to automate infrastructure by applying changes in a codified manner. You’ll learn how to create, test, and deploy infrastructure components in a way that’s easy to scale and share across an entire organization. The book is full of flexible automation techniques that work whether you’re managing your personal projects or making live network changes across a large enterprise.

A system administrator or infrastructure engineer will learn essential software development practices for managing IaC, while developers will benefit from in-depth coverage of assembling infrastructure as part of DevOps culture. While the patterns and techniques are tool agnostic, you’ll appreciate the easy-to-follow examples in Python and Terraform.