Hands-On Enterprise Automation on Linux: Efficiently perform large-scale Linux infrastructure automation with Ansible
Authors: James Freeman
ISBN-10: 1789131618
ISBN-13: 9781789131611
Publisher finelybook 出版社: Packt
Released: 2020-01-24
Print Length 页数: 512 pages
Book Description
Achieve enterprise automation in your Linux environment with this comprehensive guide
Automation is paramount if you want to run Linux in your enterprise effectively. It helps you minimize costs by reducing manual operations,ensuring compliance across data centers,and accelerating deployments for your cloud infrastructures.
Complete with detailed explanations,practical examples,and self-assessment questions,this book will teach you how to manage your Linux estate and leverage Ansible to achieve effective levels of automation. You’ll learn important concepts on standard operating environments that lend themselves to automation,and then build on this knowledge by applying Ansible to achieve standardization throughout your Linux environments.
By the end of this Linux automation book,you’ll be able to build,deploy,and manage an entire estate of Linux servers with higher reliability and lower overheads than ever before.
What you will learn
Perform large-scale automation of Linux environments in an enterprise
Overcome the common challenges and pitfalls of extensive automation
Define the business processes needed to support a large-scale Linux environment
Get well-versed with the most effective and reliable patch management strategies
Automate a range of tasks from simple user account changes to complex security policy enforcement
Learn best practices and procedures to make your Linux environment automatable
Contents
Preface
Section 1: Core Concepts
Building a Standard Operating Environment on Linux
Automating Your IT Infrastructure with Ansible
Streamlining Infrastructure Management with AWX
Section 2: Standardizing Your Linux Servers
Deployment Methodologies
Using Ansible to Build Virtual Machine Templates for Deployment
Custom Builds with PXE Booting
Configuration Management with Ansible
Section 3: Day-to-Day Management
Enterprise Repository Management with Pulp
Patching with Katello
Managing Users on Linux
Database Management
Performing Routine Maintenance with Ansible
Section 4: Securing Your Linux Servers
Using CIS Benchmarks
CIS Hardening with Ansible
Auditing Security Policy with OpenSCAP
Tips and Tricks
Assessments
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Index
