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Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure and Operations Explained

By : Mansura Habiba
Book Image

Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure and Operations Explained

By: Mansura Habiba

Overview of this book

Most organizations are now either moving to the cloud through modernization or building their apps in the cloud. Hybrid cloud is one of the best approaches for cloud migration and the modernization journey for any enterprise. This is why, along with coding skills, developers need to know the big picture of cloud footprint and be aware of the integration models between apps in a hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure. This book represents an overview of your end-to-end journey to the cloud. To be future agnostic, the journey starts with a hybrid cloud. You'll gain an overall understanding of how to approach migration to the cloud using hybrid cloud technologies from IBM and Red Hat. Next, you’ll be able to explore the challenges, requirements (both functional and non-functional), and the process of app modernization for enterprises by analyzing various use cases. The book then provides you with insights into the different reference solutions for app modernization on the cloud, which will help you to learn how to design and implement patterns and best practices in your job. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to successfully modernize applications and cloud infrastructure in hyperscaler public clouds such as IBM and hybrid clouds using Red Hat technologies as well as develop secure applications for cloud environments.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Part 1: Moving to Hybrid Cloud
5
Part 2: Cloud-Native Methods, Practices, and Technology
8
Part 3: Elements of Embedded Linux

Operation at scale

Once the MVP is deployed on a production or stage environment, the next goal is to satisfy the performance, resilience, security, and scalability of the applications migrated as part of the MVP or wave. The preparation for operations starts in the previous Designing and building MVPs or Waves section by setting up the following items:

  • A blueprint
  • A CI/CD pipeline
  • A test framework
  • Governance and a regulatory framework
  • An automated process for operations

A continuous evaluation and learning process is established to understand the MVP and ensure that each MVP is better than the last one. Operation at scale leverages different practices such as SRE, Development and Security Operations (DevSecOps), policy as code, identity and access control, and infrastructure as code. The success depends on the level of automation, and the extensive monitoring of the operation depends on the level of automation and the extensive monitoring of the application...