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Modern DevOps Practices - Second Edition

By : Gaurav Agarwal
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Modern DevOps Practices - Second Edition

By: Gaurav Agarwal

Overview of this book

DevOps and the cloud have changed how we look at software development and operations like never before, leading to the rapid growth of various DevOps tools, techniques, and practices. This updated edition helps you pick up the right tools by providing you with everything you need to get started with your DevOps journey. The book begins by introducing you to modern cloud-native architecture, and then teaches you about the architectural concepts needed to implement the modern way of application development. The next set of chapters helps you get familiarized with Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Packer, and other similar tools to enable you to build a base. As you advance, you’ll explore the core elements of cloud integration—AWS ECS, GKE, and other CaaS services. The chapters also discuss GitOps, continuous integration, and continuous delivery—GitHub actions, Jenkins, and Argo CD—to help you understand the essence of modern app delivery. Later, you’ll operate your container app in production using a service mesh and apply AI in DevOps. Throughout the book, you’ll discover best practices for automating and managing your development lifecycle, infrastructure, containers, and more. By the end of this DevOps book, you'll be well-equipped to develop and operate applications using modern tools and techniques.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1:Modern DevOps Fundamentals
6
Part 2:Container Orchestration and Serverless
10
Part 3:Managing Config and Infrastructure
14
Part 4:Delivering Applications with GitOps
18
Part 5:Operating Applications in Production

Questions

Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of this chapter:

  1. Cloud computing is more expensive than on-premises. (True/False)
  2. Cloud computing requires more Capital Expenditure (CapEx) than Operating Expenditure (OpEx). (True/False)
  3. Which of the following is true about cloud-native applications? (Choose three)

A. They typically follow the microservices architecture

B. They are typically monoliths

C. They use containers

D. They use dynamic orchestration

E. They use on-premises databases

  1. Containers need a hypervisor to run. (True/False)
  2. Which of the following statements regarding containers is not correct? (Choose one)

A. Containers are virtual machines within virtual machines

B. Containers are simple OS processes

C. Containers use cgroups to provide isolation

D. Containers use a container runtime

E. A container is an ephemeral workload

  1. All applications can be containerized. (True/False)
  2. Which of the following is a container runtime? (Choose two)

A. Docker

B. Kubernetes

C. Containerd

D. Docker Swarm

  1. What kind of applications should you choose to containerize first?

A. APIs

B. Databases

C. Mainframes

  1. Containers follow CI/CD principles out of the box. (True/False)
  2. Which of the following is an advantage of breaking your applications into multiple parts? (Choose four)

A. Fault isolation

B. Shorter release cycle time

C. Independent, fine-grained scaling

D. Application architecture simplicity

E. Simpler infrastructure

  1. While breaking an application into microservices, which aspect should you consider?

A. Breaking applications into as many tiny components as possible

B. Breaking applications into logical components

  1. What kind of application should you containerize first?

A. Stateless

B. Stateful

  1. Which of the following are examples of CaaS? (Choose three)

A. Azure Functions

B. Google Cloud Run

C. Amazon ECS

D. Azure ACS

E. Oracle Functions