I would like to thank my son, Kaushal, and my daughter, Srikari, for being patient when I spent most of my personal time during technical review. They are awesome. I would like to thank my wife, Swati, for her constant support. It would not be possible without her. I would like to thank my mother, Surya Parvathamma, and my father, Krishna Rao, for their blessings. They are foundation of what I am. I would like to thank the author, Ritesh Modi, for asking me to be a part of this wonderful project. I am sure this book will make the implementation of best DevOps practices real. I would like to thank my manager, Manoj Damodaran, and leadership at Microsoft for allowing me to undertake this.
DevOps with Windows Server 2016
DevOps with Windows Server 2016
Overview of this book
Delivering applications swiftly is one of the major challenges faced in fast-paced business environments. Windows Server 2016 DevOps is the solution to these challenges as it helps organizations to respond faster in order to handle the competitive pressures by replacing error-prone manual tasks using automation.
This book is a practical description and implementation of DevOps principles and practices using the features provided by Windows Server 2016 and VSTS vNext. It jumps straight into explaining the relevant tools and technologies needed to implement DevOps principles and practices. It implements all major DevOps practices and principles and takes readers through it from envisioning a project up to operations and further. It uses the latest and upcoming concepts and technologies from Microsoft and open source such as Docker, Windows Container, Nano Server, DSC, Pester, and VSTS vNext.
By the end of this book, you will be well aware of the DevOps principles and practices and will have implemented all these principles practically for a sample application using the latest technologies on the Microsoft platform. You will be ready to start implementing DevOps within your project/engagement.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
DevOps with Windows Server 2016
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
Acknowledgments
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Free Chapter
Introducing DevOps
DevOps Tools and Technologies
DevOps Automation Primer
Nano, Containers, and Docker Primer
Building a Sample Application
Source Code Control
Configuration Management
Configuration Management and Operational Validation
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery and Deployment
Monitoring and Measuring
Customer Reviews