Chapter 8: Introduction to DevOps and Automation
This chapter introduces key DevOps practices and automation tools offered by AWS, focusing on Infrastructure as Code with AWS CloudFormation, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes, and services like AWS CodePipeline, CodeDeploy, and Elastic Beanstalk. It emphasizes the benefits of automating infrastructure provisioning and application deployment while exploring DevOps best practices for creating reliable and scalable systems.
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What we have learnt
- AWS CloudFormation enables Infrastructure as Code for streamlined management.
- CI/CD processes significantly enhance the speed and quality of software delivery.
- AWS CodePipeline and CodeDeploy facilitate effective deployment management.
- Elastic Beanstalk simplifies application hosting on AWS.
- Adopting best practices ensures infrastructure reliability and automation.
Key Concepts
- -- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- The management and provisioning of infrastructure using code, allowing for automation and version control.
- -- Continuous Integration (CI)
- A practice that automates code integration and testing to facilitate early bug detection.
- -- Continuous Deployment (CD)
- An extension of CI that automates the release of validated code to production.
- -- AWS CloudFormation
- A service for defining and provision AWS infrastructure using YAML or JSON templates.
- -- AWS CodePipeline
- A fully managed service to automate the build, test, and deployment phases of release processes.
- -- AWS Elastic Beanstalk
- A PaaS offering from AWS that allows rapid deployment and management of applications.
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