DevOps Beginners to Advanced with Projects

By Adil Khan

Decoding DevOps book is for anybody who wants to get started with DevOps.

As there are many tools & technologies in DevOps, it has become difficult for people to choose the right technologies.

This book starts from the very basics of command line, hands on demonstrations of many tools & technologies.

Also most important

• Language: English
• Publisher: Adil Khan
• Release date: Nov 12, 2023
• ISBN: 9798868996559

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Decoding DevOps book is for anybody who wants to get started with DevOps.

As there are many tools & technologies in DevOps, it has become difficult for people to choose the right technologies.

This book starts from the very basics of command line, hands on demonstrations of many tools & technologies.

Also most importantly it will show you how various technologies in DevOps work together by setting up your own projects.

DevOps 101: An Overview

Software development and operations are the two main activities that are referred to by the term DevOps, as was said in the introduction. Thus, DevOps covers the full software development lifecycle. Activities including development (generic programming), deployment, testing, and other activities are included in this lifecycle. DevOps makes sure that there is as little distance as possible between the many stakeholders, including system engineers, software developers, and quality assurance engineers.

DevOps facilitates the cooperation of the Development and Operations departments by automating and reproducing the process from code deployment to full end product manufacturing. Additionally, it facilitates higher organizational speed, which speeds up the delivery of services and applications. Additionally, it enables businesses to provide better customer service and to engage in more aggressive market competition. Another way to describe DevOps is as a series of IT and development activities managed by cooperation and communication amongst the relevant stakeholders. With its potential to enhance quality, speed, and the delivery of the desired application, DevOps becomes an indispensable discipline in businesses and organizations for the reasons mentioned above.

The goal of the practical approaches that govern DevOps is to make sure that the teams responsible for operations and development collaborate effectively. It represents a significant shift within the IT world due to its emphasis on the fastest possible delivery of IT services within the framework of system-oriented design, utilizing agile principles. By integrating the development processes with other operations, DevOps raises the frequency and quality of software deployments. Prior to delving deeper or talking about specific software components utilized in DevOps, it is important to comprehend why DevOps is preferred over alternative software production techniques.

Why DevOps? 

Using DevOps has several main benefits, some of which are as follows: It increases productivity and development efficiency because every team working on software development projects functions as an independent unit. Prior to this, the design-build process was followed by two separate processes for software deployment and testing. As a result, there were time restrictions following the real build cycles. Team members spend a significant amount of time on duties like planning, testing, and deployment instead of the actual process of producing the product; DevOps avoids this time wastage because it merges various processes.

Errors during production are more likely since the code deployment process necessitates human interaction. There are delays because the workflows of the teams working on coding and the other processes of software production are not synchronized. The features of the DevOps architecture are the next item you should comprehend. 

Features of the DevOps Architecture 

Automation is one of the main characteristics that DevOps implements. It is one of the fundamental benefits that the architecture of DevOps delivers. Automation contributes to a reduction in the amount of time needed for deployment and testing. Software releases and productivity are both enhanced by automation. Increased productivity facilitates the speedy detection and correction of software faults. Every code described by an automated test builds upon other cloud-based services for continuous delivery. CloudCI is one instance of these services.