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DevOps with Windows Server 2016

You're reading from DevOps with Windows Server 2016 Obtain enterprise agility and continuous delivery by implementing DevOps with Windows Server 2016

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786468550

Length 558 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C#

Tools

Windows Server

Concepts

Continuous Delivery

Author (1):

Modi

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

DevOps with Windows Server 2016

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgments

About the Reviewer

Acknowledgments

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Preface

1. Introducing DevOps FREE CHAPTER

2. DevOps Tools and Technologies

3. DevOps Automation Primer

4. Nano, Containers, and Docker Primer

5. Building a Sample Application

6. Source Code Control

7. Configuration Management

8. Configuration Management and Operational Validation

9. Continuous Integration

10. Continuous Delivery and Deployment

11. Monitoring and Measuring

Continuous delivery

Continuous delivery is a DevOps practice. It refers to adopting the practice of generating quality application artifacts that are readily deployable in new or existing environments by executing quality checks on both the code and functionality by ensuring that the application meets both technical and functional specifications. Continuous delivery also ensures that the code in the main branch is always in a state that is readily deployable to any environment including a production environment. It helps in achieving a state that makes sure that the build and quality of software meets the specification and there are no surprises or risks in it being used for deployment to a production environment. It can also be referred as a state of readiness for the application code and configuration.

Application developers continually change code and to ensure that changes are acceptable only when they meet the functional and technical specification, they are deployed to an environment...

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Authors (1)

Modi

Modi

Ritesh Modi is a technologist with more than 18 years of experience. He holds a master's degree in science in AI/ML from LJMU. He has been recognized as a Microsoft Regional Director for his contributions to building tech communities, products, and services. He has published more than 10 tech books in the past and is a cloud architect, speaker, and leader who is popular for his contributions to data centers, Azure, Kubernetes, blockchain, cognitive services, DevOps, AI, and automation.

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