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AWS DevOps Simplified

By : Akshay Kapoor
Book Image

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

Building a collaborative team setup and culture

Adopting DevOps practices is easier said than done. A fundamental problem that most organizations struggle with is looking at tools and automation as the golden solution to all their problems – or even worse, hiring DevOps engineers from the market and embedding them into existing teams, hoping that they will introduce automations and cloud services that will magically address all gaps. Before going this route, they first need to ensure people readiness. In this section, we will discuss the various aspects of building an effective team structure that supports successful DevOps implementation across your organization. We will focus on the importance of fostering a culture of collaboration and effective communication that, in turn, drives value creation for customers.

Enable your teams to create more value

The first challenge you need to tackle is your company’s operating model. How are the teams structured, what are...