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Infrastructure as Code for Beginners

By : Russ McKendrick
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Book Image

Infrastructure as Code for Beginners

4 (1)
By: Russ McKendrick

Overview of this book

The Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach ensures consistent and repeatable deployment of cloud-based IaaS/PaaS services, saving you time while delivering impeccable results. Infrastructure as Code for Beginners is a practical implementation guide that helps you gain a clear understanding of the foundations of Infrastructure as Code and make informed decisions when implementing it. With this book, you’ll uncover essential IaC concepts, including planning, selecting, and implementing the right tools for your project. With step-by-step explanations and real-world examples, you'll gain a solid understanding of the benefits of IaC and the scope of application in your projects. You'll learn about the pros, cons, and best practices of different IaC tools such as Terraform and Ansible, and their use at different stages of the deployment process along with GitHub Actions. Using these tools, you'll be able to design, deploy, and secure your infrastructure on two major cloud platforms, Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. In addition, you'll explore other IaC tools such as Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, and Azure Bicep. By the end of this book, you’ll be well equipped to approach your IaC projects confidently.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Part 1: The Foundations – An Introduction to Infrastructure as Code
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Part 2: Getting Hands-On with the Deployment
9
Part 3: CI/CD and Best Practices

Planning the deployment of our workload

When coming up with sample workloads for projects, it is sometimes difficult to find something that isn’t too complex, but also not so simple that the example is simply a case of following steps 1 through 10 and you are done. To ensure that the project we are going to be covering is both exciting and has the sort of considerations you will need to make in your projects, but also is something that most of you will have had some experience with at one point or another, I have chosen to use WordPress.

WordPress is an open source content management system (CMS), hosted using PHP and MySQL, that enables you to build websites and blogs. It was developed in 2003 and has grown to be one of the most popular CMS platforms in the world, running millions of websites. WordPress is renowned for its simplicity and flexibility, which makes it a great choice for users of all skill levels. I can hear what you are thinking: But WordPress has its famous...