SysAdmin & DevOps Books

This guide serves as a practical reference for deploying applications on Kubernetes, designed for technical professionals who have already containerized their applications. It focuses on the application deployment layer, assuming a properly configured Kubernetes cluster is in place. The content systematically documents common anti-patterns encounte

Sometimes only words will do. Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) were a great advance, creating an easy route into computers for non-technical users. But for complex tasks, GUIs can block off choices and require a circuitous route even for simple tasks. Enter the command line: the blinking cursor many thought had faded away in the 1990s. For getting

Microservices are currently getting a lot of attention: articles, blogs, discussions on social media, and conference presentations. They are rapidly heading towards the peak of inflated expectations on the Gartner Hype cycle At the same time, there are skeptics in the software community who dismiss microservices as nothing new. Naysayers claim that

The move to microservices is described as a seismic shift in web application development and delivery. The authors at NGINX explain that, because they believe this shift is crucial to their customers' success, they have launched a dedicated program to develop NGINX software features and development practices in support of microservices. They also r

With rapidly changing architecture and API-driven automation, cloud platforms come with unique security challenges and opportunities. In this updated second edition, you'll examine security best practices for multivendor cloud environments, whether your company plans to move legacy on-premises projects to the cloud or build a new infrastructure fro

With the rise of the cloud, every aspect of IT has been shaken to its core. The fundamentals for building systems are changing, and although many of the principles that underpin security still ring true, their implementation has become unrecognizable. This practical book provides recipes for AWS, Azure, and GCP to help you enhance the security of y

Every modern technology-driven organization understands data is one of its most valuable assets. It's no surprise, then, that the protection of that data has become an increasing concern. This concern is made much more complex, though, because organizations no longer store all their data in a single location. With the advent of modern cloud - virtu

Server virtualization is one of the most disruptive innovations of the past twenty years. It is a foundational technology in cloud computing and has been widely deployed by businesses of all sizes in both on-premises data centers and in the public cloud. Today, virtual machines (VMs) host practically any workload from mission-critical enterprise ap

ENACT is a research project funded by the European Commission under its H2020 program. The project consortium consists of twelve industry and research member organisations spread across the whole EU. The overall goal of the ENACT project was to provide a novel set of solutions to enable DevOps in the realm of trustworthy Smart IoT Systems. Smart Io

For many years, SAP migrations have been a standard process. An increasing number of customers are changing their database software to IBM Db2 for UNIX, Linux, and Windows or are moving their existing Db2 based infrastructure from on-premises into the cloud. When customers move to the cloud, a heterogeneous system copy is often needed because of a