Cloud Physical and Logical Infrastructure (Operationalization and Maintenance)

In this chapter, you will delve into crucial skills for constructing and implementing the physical and logical infrastructure of a cloud environment. You will learn about hardware-specific security measures such as Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) and Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs). The chapter will also cover operational and maintenance aspects by exploring access controls, secure network configurations, network security controls, and the hardening of Operating Systems (OSs). Additional topics will include patch management, the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategy, the availability of clustered hosts and guest OSs, as well as performance and capacity monitoring. The chapter will conclude with insights into hardware monitoring and the configuration of backup and restore functions for both host and guest OSs. Lastly, it will explore the intricacies of the management plane.

By the end of this chapter...