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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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786468550
Length 558 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ritesh Modi Ritesh Modi
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Preface 1. Introducing DevOps 2. DevOps Tools and Technologies FREE CHAPTER 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

Application platform

Windows Server 2016 comes with multiple options for deploying and hosting applications. It provides the following:

  • Windows Server 2016
  • Nano Server
  • Windows and Docker Containers
  • Hyper-V Containers
  • Nested virtual machines

Windows Server as a hosting platform

Windows Server 2016 can be used for hosting applications and consuming server functionalities. It provides the services necessary to make applications secure, scalable, and highly available. It also provides services like virtualization, directory services, certificate services, web server, databases that help in building enterprise scale applications and services.

Nano servers

Windows Server provides a new option to host applications and services called Nano servers. This is a new lightweight, scaled-down Windows Server containing only the kernel and drivers necessary to run as an operating system. They are also known as headless servers. They do not have any graphical user interface and the only way to interact and manage...

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DevOps with Windows Server 2016
Published in: Mar 2017
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781786468550
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