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The Cloud DevOps Engineer's Guide
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Welcome to the start of your journey into the worlds of DevOps and cloud computing. This chapter lays the essential groundwork, introducing the core concepts that have revolutionized how modern software is developed, delivered, and maintained. We will explore the cultural and historical shifts that led to DevOps and demystify the fundamental services that form the backbone of the cloud. You will move from theory to the first steps of practice, understanding how these two domains merge to create efficient, automated, and scalable software delivery pipelines. By the end of this chapter, you will not only grasp what DevOps and the cloud are but also why they are indispensable in today's technology landscape. You'll have a clear map of the principles and players involved, preparing you for the hands-on tasks in the chapters to come.
In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics: