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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

Setting Up Teams for Success

In the DevOps realm, the success and effectiveness of all initiatives depend on the coordinated integration of both people and technology. Focusing on just one is not going to reap many benefits. By recognizing the importance of both, organizations can unlock the full potential of DevOps, resulting in faster software delivery life cycles with increased quality and reliability.

People drive the cultural and collaborative aspects of DevOps. They bring their skills and expertise to drive a mindset of shared responsibility, continuous improvement, and effective communication. Technology, on the other hand, provides the necessary tooling, automation, and infrastructure management to support this mindset. Software delivery approaches such as CI, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) empower teams to improve the overall efficiency of delivering code to the customers.

With DevOps, people reach for tooling too quickly. Before they do that, they...