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DevOps with Windows Server 2016

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DevOps with Windows Server 2016

Overview of this book

Delivering applications swiftly is one of the major challenges faced in fast-paced business environments. Windows Server 2016 DevOps is the solution to these challenges as it helps organizations to respond faster in order to handle the competitive pressures by replacing error-prone manual tasks using automation. This book is a practical description and implementation of DevOps principles and practices using the features provided by Windows Server 2016 and VSTS vNext. It jumps straight into explaining the relevant tools and technologies needed to implement DevOps principles and practices. It implements all major DevOps practices and principles and takes readers through it from envisioning a project up to operations and further. It uses the latest and upcoming concepts and technologies from Microsoft and open source such as Docker, Windows Container, Nano Server, DSC, Pester, and VSTS vNext. By the end of this book, you will be well aware of the DevOps principles and practices and will have implemented all these principles practically for a sample application using the latest technologies on the Microsoft platform. You will be ready to start implementing DevOps within your project/engagement.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
DevOps with Windows Server 2016
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
Acknowledgments
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Configuration Management


Configuration Management is the process of applying code and configuration changes to services and applications while maintaining the history of those changes. Maintaining the history helps in reverting back to any previous valid version, helps in auditing and facilitates Release Management. Although Source Code and Configuration can be managed manually by developers by keeping multiple copies of code, it is a tedious and error-prone exercise. It is recommended to use and deploy automation tools for Configuration Management.

Configuration Management helps in three major aspects:

  • Change management: Changes to application code and configuration should be managed and controlled. Code should be baselined, and any new development or changes should happen with reference to the baseline. Once the change is approved, developed, tested, and released, it becomes the new baseline and reference point. Developers working on these changes should have a replica of the baseline for...