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Infrastructure as Code for Beginners

You're reading from   Infrastructure as Code for Beginners Deploy and manage your cloud-based services with Terraform and Ansible

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837631636
Length 222 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: The Foundations – An Introduction to Infrastructure as Code
2. Chapter 1: Choosing the Right Approach – Declarative or Imperative FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Ansible and Terraform beyond the Documentation 4. Chapter 3: Planning the Deployment 5. Part 2: Getting Hands-On with the Deployment
6. Chapter 4: Deploying to Microsoft Azure 7. Chapter 5: Deploying to Amazon Web Services 8. Chapter 6: Building upon the Foundations 9. Part 3: CI/CD and Best Practices
10. Chapter 7: Leveraging CI/CD in the Cloud 11. Chapter 8: Common Troubleshooting Tips and Best Practices 12. Chapter 9: Exploring Alternative Infrastructure-as-Code Tools 13. Index 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

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