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SkillSoft Explore Course

IT Professional Curricula     Internet and Network Technologies Solution Area     Cloud Computing     Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Examine how Infrastructure as Code (IaC) can eliminate deficiencies associated with manual resource configuration. Explore benefits and best practices for implementing IaC, prominent tools used, and benefits of Policy as Code. Key concepts covered in this 14-video course include how to use IaC to eliminate deficiencies associated with manual resource configuration; essential stages involved in the lifecycle of IaC and roles played by those stages; the transformation of IaC from DevOps to the CloudOps paradigm; and benefits of using Policy as Code to implement IaC. You will learn benefits and best practices for implementing IaC to realize CloudOps; prominent tools and services that can be used to implement IaC while applying the required DevOps and CloudOps policies; and the concept of Continuous Configuration Automation and tools used to automate and configure various layers of infrastructure. Next, see how to install Chef and write cookbooks that can be used to manage provisioning of resources; learn Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and differentiate between IaaS and IaC; and implement IaC with CloudFormation.



Objectives

CloudOps with Infrastructure as Code

  • discover the key concepts covered in this course
  • recognize the deficiencies associated with manual resource configuration and how to use Infrastructure as Code to eliminate those deficiencies
  • recall the essential stages involved in the lifecycle of Infrastructure as Code and with the roles played by each of those stages
  • recall the history of Infrastructure as Code and describe the transformation of Infrastructure as Code from DevOps to the CloudOps paradigm
  • describe the concept of Policy as Code, including the benefits of using Policy as Code to implement Infrastructure as Code
  • list benefits and best practices for implementing Infrastructure as Code to realize CloudOps
  • specify the important CloudOps principles that need to be adopted to organize Infrastructure as Code
  • list prominent tools and services that can be used to implement Infrastructure as Code while applying the required DevOps and CloudOps policies
  • define the concept of Continuous Configuration Automation and recognize tools that can be used to automate and configure various layers of infrastructure
  • describe Chef features and its components and tools that can be used to implement Continuous Configuration Automation
  • install Chef and write cookbooks that can be used to manage provisioning of resources
  • describe Infrastructure as a Service and differentiate between Infrastructure as a Service and Infrastructure as Code
  • implement of Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation templates in AWS
  • summarize the key concepts covered in this course