Editor David Johnson

DevOps for Beginners Editor David Johnson

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. 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. 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. 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. The process of updating software, which may be difficult on the part of the development team, will also be explored. 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. This book guides you on how to use Jenkins for continuous integration of your software. 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. The following topics are discussed in this book: - What is DevOps? - How to Run a Linux Web Server on Android Device - Deployment of a Ruby App with Ansible - A Gift-Flow Releasing Model - Setting Up and Configuring Jenkins for the Team - How to Prepare and Secure Ubuntu Box for Deployment - Enabling Virtualization in ESXi virtual machine - Securing Deployment Secrets with vault - Tree Structures and MongoDB