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Cloud Security Automation

You're reading from Cloud Security Automation Get to grips with automating your cloud security on AWS and OpenStack

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788627863

Length 334 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Security

Author (1):

Prashant Priyam

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Title Page

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Preface

1. Introduction to Cloud Security FREE CHAPTER

2. Understanding the World of Cloud Automation

3. Identity and Access Management in the Cloud

4. Cloud Network Security

5. Cloud Storage and Data Security

6. Cloud Platform Security

7. Private Cloud Security

8. Automating Cloud Security

9. Cloud Compliance

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Index

Quick recap

In this chapter, we have learned about different aspects of security in OpenStack. We know that OpenStack consists of multiple independent projects to enable the users to have a self- provisioned, managed, and self-serviced infrastructure.

In OpenStack, we have the following key services:

Nova: This project provides compute resources to instances.
Glance: This project gives image storage where snapshots, ISO images, and templates are stored, which are used to create instances.
Cinder: This project is responsible for providing block storage, which is used to store persistent files or you can say that Cinder volumes are used as root volume and additional data volume for instances.
Swift: For objects storage in OpenStack, we have Swift, which is used to store utility and static content such as image, DOCs, and PDF.
Manila: This project provides shared file storage in OpenStack, which works on NFS protocol.
Neutron: This project provides networking services in OpenStack.
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Authors (1)

Prashant Priyam

Prashant Priyam

Prashant Priyam is an astute professional with a great deal of experience in cloud technologies, specifically requirement analysis, solution architecture, design, and delivery. He also has experience in cloud services and solutions, cloud consultancy and deployment, and data center services.

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