To get the most out of this book

• It’s recommended to have a basic understanding of IT architecture and more specific cloud architecture. Architects are advised to study the foundation of enterprise architecture, for instance, TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework).
• Since this book also covers aspects of service management as part of governance, it’s also recommended to have knowledge about IT service management (ITSM). Common basic knowledge about cloud patterns in public and private clouds is assumed.
• All chapters contain a Further reading section that provides information on more in-depth literature about topics discussed in the chapters.

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We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://packt.link/pDhXa.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. For example: “Mount the downloaded WebStorm-10*.dmg disk image file as another disk in your system.”

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on the screen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. For example: “Select System info from the Administration panel.”