Section 2: Delivering Containers

This section forms the book's core and explains various tools and techniques to implement modern DevOps for the cloud effectively. While the section heavily focuses on containers, we will also look at the modern DevOps approach using virtual machines and IaaS-based systems with infrastructure automation, configuration management, and immutable infrastructure. We will also learn about the cutting-edge CI/CD tools with a heavy focus on security.

This section comprises the following chapters:

• Chapter 6, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform
• Chapter 7, Configuration Management with Ansible
• Chapter 8, IaC and Config Management in Action
• Chapter 9, Containers as a Service (CaaS) and Serverless Computing for Containers
• Chapter 10, Continuous Integration
• Chapter 11, Continuous Deployment/Delivery with Spinnaker
• Chapter 12, Securing the Deployment Pipeline