Название: Mastering Shell for DevOps: Automate, streamline, and secure DevOps workflows with modern shell scripting
Автор: Gilbert Stew
Издательство: GitforGits
Год: 2024
Страниц: 255
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, azw3, epub, mobi
Размер: 10.1 MB

"Mastering Shell for DevOps" is all about giving DevOps, cloud, and Linux folks the know-how to automate and make their workflows more efficient with shell scripting. The book uses real-world examples and simple instructions to show how to automate tasks and move away from manual work in a DevOps environment.

We start with the basics of shell scripting, so you can learn to write scripts that get the job done. It then moves on to version control with Git and GitHub, showing the importance of collaboration and code management in this context. The book then jumps into infrastructure provisioning and configuration management, showing you how to automate the setup of servers and services using tools like AWS CLI, Docker, and Kubernetes.

As your skills grow, you'll learn to set up monitoring and logging tools, automate incident detection and resolution, and manage network traffic and load balancing. The book also helps you learn how to automate security tasks, including user access management, vulnerability scanning, patching, and compliance checks. By the end of the book, you'll have a whole toolkit of shell scripts that will help you work more efficiently, reliably, and securely in your DevOps practices.

Shell scripting is a key part of the DevOps toolkit because it's so adaptable and efficient at handling different tasks. The good thing about using shell scripts is that they let DevOps engineers automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks with minimal manual input. This makes them a really useful tool for maintaining fast and reliable CI/CD processes. Shell scripting is great for managing deployments, monitoring server health, and adjusting configurations. It bridges the gap between operations and development, enabling seamless integration and faster issue resolution. Plus, shell scripts require fewer resources than full-fledged programming languages, making them lightweight yet powerful enough to handle a range of DevOps tasks efficiently. By minimizing human error and standardizing processes, shell scripting strengthens system reliability and helps maintain a consistent environment across different stages of deployment.

Key Features:

Get your infrastructure provisioning done automatically with shell scripts for reliable, fast deployments.
Make version control a lot easier by using Git and shell scripting for collaborative development.
Set up a system to monitor and log your data automatically so you can spot any issues early on.
Make it easy to spot and fix problems so your system stays up and running.
Get the most out of your network traffic and load balancing with shell scripts for top performance.
You can deploy and manage containers with Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes using automation.
Give security a boost with scripted access management and permission assignments.
Automate vulnerability scanning and patching to keep your system secure.
Run system audits and compliance checks with scripted automation.

This book is for DevOps folks, Linux admins, cloud pros, and networking administrators who are looking to make the most out of shell scripting in managing DevOps in a smooth and seamless way. If you have some background in shell scripting and devops, you'll find this book more useful.

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