The Simplest Ways to Start Using DevOps in Python Immediately

Things don’t just happen. They are made to happen.

– John F. Kennedy

Over the past couple of chapters, you’ve probably been thinking, all these principles and philosophies are fine, but I want to get my hands dirty! If that’s what you want, then this is the chapter for you. In this chapter, you will learn how to use Python and its libraries to serve the purposes of your workloads.

Now, I’m not suggesting that you switch to Python-based alternatives from what you are currently using. In fact, most of the tools and techniques that we are about to discuss are meant to be in support of existing infrastructure and methods as opposed to a replacement for them.

This chapter is meant to give you a good grasp of the possibilities that the Python programming language provides DevOps as well as the ways that you can integrate it into your pre-existing systems and infrastructure.

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