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AWS DevOps Simplified

By : Akshay Kapoor
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AWS DevOps Simplified

By: Akshay Kapoor

Overview of this book

DevOps and AWS are the two key enablers for the success of any modern software-run business. DevOps accelerates software delivery, while AWS offers a plethora of services, allowing developers to prioritize business outcomes without worrying about undifferentiated heavy lifting. This book focuses on the synergy between them, equipping you with strong foundations, hands-on examples, and a strategy to accelerate your DevOps journey on AWS. AWS DevOps Simplified is a practical guide that starts with an introduction to AWS DevOps offerings and aids you in choosing a cloud service that fits your company's operating model. Following this, it provides hands-on tutorials on the GitOps approach to software delivery, covering immutable infrastructure and pipelines, using tools such as Packer, CDK, and CodeBuild/CodeDeploy. Additionally, it provides you with a deep understanding of AWS container services and how to implement observability and DevSecOps best practices to build and operate your multi-account, multi-Region AWS environments. By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped with solutions and ready-to-deploy code samples that address common DevOps challenges faced by enterprises hosting workloads in the cloud.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1 Driving Transformation through AWS and DevOps
5
Part 2 Faster Software Delivery with Consistent and Reproducible Environments
9
Part 3 Security and Observability of Containerized Workloads
13
Part 4 Taking the Next Steps

Summary

In today’s software landscape, security is crucial not only for the financial, social media, and e-commerce sectors but for all industries. With evolving software practices and cloud adoption, the complexity and risks associated with modern applications have increased significantly. These risks, often beyond the control of development teams, can have severe consequences, including reputational damage, information loss, and loss of customer trust. An important concept that helps us address these requirements while ensuring more collaboration among developers, operations, and security team members is DevSecOps.

We started this chapter by introducing what DevSecOps is and the benefits it offers. Similar to DevOps, it is not just about technical optimizations but also promotes the idea of shared responsibility between developers, operations, and security. This ensures that any new risks that the applications might be exposed to are mitigated as soon as possible. After...