You're reading from Hands-On Python for DevOps Leverage Python's native libraries to streamline your workflow and save time with automation

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835081167

Length 220 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Combine

Concepts

DevOps

Author (1):

Ankur Roy

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introduction to DevOps and role of Python in DevOps

2. Chapter 1: Introducing DevOps Principles FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Talking about Python

4. Chapter 3: The Simplest Ways to Start Using DevOps in Python Immediately

5. Chapter 4: Provisioning Resources

6. Part 2: Sample Implementations of Python in DevOps

7. Chapter 5: Manipulating Resources

8. Chapter 6: Security and DevSecOps with Python

9. Chapter 7: Automating Tasks

10. Chapter 8: Understanding Event-Driven Architecture

11. Chapter 9: Using Python for CI/CD Pipelines

12. Part 3: Let’s Go Further, Let’s Build Bigger

13. Chapter 10: Common DevOps Use Cases in Some of the Biggest Companies in the World

14. Chapter 11: MLOps and DataOps

15. Chapter 12: How Python Integrates with IaC Concepts

16. Chapter 13: The Tools to Take Your DevOps to the Next Level

17. Index

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Talking about Python

Language is the key to world peace. If we all spoke each other’s tongues, perhaps the scourge of war would be ended forever.

– Batman

The Python programming language was built on a set of principles that was meant to simplify coding in it. This simplification came at the cost of a lot of speed and performance compared to other programming languages but also produced a popular language that was accessible and easy to build in, with a massive library of built-in functions. All of these made Python very versatile and capable of being used in a myriad of situations, a programming Swiss army knife if you will. A perfect tool for a diverse discipline such as DevOps.

Beginners are recommended Python as a learning language because it is fairly simple, easy to pick up, and also used a fair amount in the industry (if it wasn’t, why would I be writing this book?). Python is also a great flexible programming language for hobbyists because of the...