Automation and customization with Python’s Salt library
We talk about all of these fancy architectures and frameworks that we want to make; we talk about all of these different tools that we want to use, all of these workflows, and they are fun. They are very exciting, but the thing that a lot of DevOps still boils down to is server management; the Ops side of DevOps. It is still important and relevant in today’s world and will be for as long as people use it, which is likely forever.
Server management in the modern day requires the creation of modern, custom environments based on the requirements of the application being hosted. It also requires a lot of automation features to be maintained and to stay in an optimized state based on present circumstances.
The radio was never replaced by the television, and television in turn probably won’t be replaced by streaming completely. Everything changes, evolves, or reduces down, but the thing itself and the skills...
