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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

Technology best practices and considerations for success

Technology plays an important role in complementing the cultural and working model practices that we discussed previously. They make the team more efficient with their work, leading to increased efficiency. Let’s discuss some ideas that you could consider adopting.

Right-size the teams based on the technology cognitive load they can handle

Cognitive load is the amount of working memory your brain uses to accomplish a task. Just like how heavy memory usage in the computer slows it down, teams’ performance can take a hit when they are burdened with a lot more than they can handle.

You might have also heard questions about how big a microservice should be. Where exactly should you draw the line when it comes to defining the responsibilities of a software team in a huge monolith or microservices-based application? These decisions should be driven by the cognitive load a team can efficiently handle. However...