Hands-On DevOps for Architects: Implementing continuous delivery through automation

by Robert Aiello

Best practices in implementing continuous delivery for enterprise systems such as big data, Hadoop, Spark, Scala, ETL, analytics, and data visualization

Key Features Design a DevOps strategy for your organization Get to grips with DevOps practices Implement best practices for improving efficiency and security Book Description

Hands-On DevOps for Architects focuses on establishing DevOps best practices to enable enterprise architecture for systems such as financial services, e-commerce, big data, Hadoop, Spark, Scala, ETL, analytics, and data visualization, which are then implemented on cloud, on-prem, and on hybrid cloud.

With the help of this book, you’ll learn how to lead DevOps transformation through effective enterprise architecture including implementation of continuous delivery pipeline, infrastructure as code (IaC), configuration management, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). Once you have grasped the basics, you’ll learn how to implement effective practices, such as continuous integration, delivery, and deployment, as part of creating the continuous delivery pipeline. In addition to this, the book has a detailed section guiding you through implementation of cloud-based deployment and Docker containers with Kubernetes.

By the end of this book, you’ll not only have employed effective build engineering and continuous quality assurance but you’ll also understand best practices for ensuring that security is built from scratch.

What you will learn Lead DevOps transformation aligned with robust enterprise architecture Explore DevOps principles and practices essential for improving communication and collaboration Discover continuous integration, delivery, and deployment using effective tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, and Docker Implement self-healing code using Docker and Kubernetes Understand continuous testing and security aligned with best practices for IT control, audit, and regulatory compliance Study continuous process improvement (CPI) for DevOps transformation Who This Book Is For

Hands-On DevOps for Architects is for you if you are a software engineer, architect, or IT professional who wants to learn how to design and implement DevOps strategy and practices for an organization. Not only does this book focus on implementation but also helps other key stakeholders who are involved with the DevOps transformation including QAs, testers, and information security professionals.

About the Author

Bob Aiello is a consultant, editor of the Agile ALM DevOps Journal, and the author of Configuration Management Best Practices: Practical Methods that Work in the Real World, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2010 and Agile Application Lifecycle Management - Using DevOps to Drive Process Improvement, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2016. Mr. Aiello has more than twenty-five years’ experience as a technical manager in several top NYC financial services firms where he had company-wide responsibility for CM, ALM & DevOps, providing hands-on technical support for enterprise configuration management tools, build engineering, continuous integration, and automated application deployment for trading, compliance and big data systems. Bob is the chair of the IEEE P2675 DevOps standards working group and is a member of the IEEE Software and Systems Engineering Standards Committee (S2ESC) management board. Mr. Aiello holds a Masters in industrial psychology from NYU and a B.S. in computer science and math from Hofstra University.

592 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 9, 2020