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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

Summary


This chapter again covered a lot of ground from a technology perspective. It introduced some of the most important and latest technologies that make DevOps easier and relevant. The industry is adopting Containers as part of its deployment strategies and baking them into its DevOps practices. In this chapter, Containers, along with some of their important concepts, were introduced. Steps to create a Container-enabled virtual machine on Azure were illustrated using PowerShell. Next, steps to create a Nano Server virtual machine on Azure were provided using ARM templates. This took care of two different ways to deploy Container-enabled environments on Azure. After this, Docker clients and Docker engines were introduced. Some of the important commands were explained using the Docker client to manage the Container life cycle, images, monitoring, and registries. Finally, Dockerfile was discussed at length, along with its instructions. They help in creating custom images. This chapter will...