DevOps for Beginners: Hands-on Guide

DevOps for Beginners: Hands-on Guide

This book is an exploration of DevOps (Developer Operations). It beings by explaining to the user what DevOps is. As a reader, you will come to understand the importance of DevOps in software development processes. <br />The process of setting up a Linux web server to run on an android platform has been explored in detail so that you will understand how to do it. <br />The process of apps made in Ruby has been complex for a long time. However, a tool named Ansible can help you do this much more easily. This book explores this by guiding you in how to install your Ruby app with Ansible. <br />Software apps are usually released in versions. Once a particular update has been made to the software, the version is changed to a higher one. In this book, you will be guided on how to control these versions and you will be shown how to change from one version to another. <br />The process of updating software, which may be difficult on the part of the development team, will also be explored. <br />The process of continuous integration is essential in agile software development and there are several tools that can help you with this as a software development team. However, amongst the available tools, Jenkins has been found to be the best tool for this. <br />This book guides you on how to use Jenkins for continuous integration of your software. <br />This book will also demonstrate how to prepare your Ubuntu box before deploying it, as well as how to store tree data structures when working with MongoDB, a NoSQL database. <br />The following topics are discussed in this book:<br />- What is DevOps?<br />- How to Run a Linux Web Server on Android Device<br />- Deployment of a Ruby App with Ansible<br />- A Gift-Flow Releasing Model<br />- Setting Up and Configuring Jenkins for the Team<br />- How to Prepare and Secure Ubuntu Box for Deployment<br />- Enabling Virtualization in ESXi virtual machine <br />- Securing Deployment Secrets with vault<br />- Tree Structures and MongoDB<br />