DevOps Automation Tools – Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and More
What good is an operating system if it doesn’t cater to developers? After all, an operating system that’s easy to develop on tends to enjoy a much stronger ecosystem than one that does not. You’ll be happy to learn that Oracle Linux plays very nicely with developers, and this chapter is all about common development tools that will make your life easier when setting out to work on your next project.
There are countless development tools that work well on Oracle Linux, but the ones we’re focusing on in this chapter are all about automation. We’ll be talking about automating cloud infrastructure, automating the operating system build cycle, automating system administrators’ tasks, and automating the launching of virtual machines for development purposes.
In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following recipes:
- Do it once manually – rinse and repeat...