Embrace the mobile gaming revolution by creating popular iOS games with Swift 3.0 About This Book * Create and design games for iPhone and iPad using SpriteKit and Swift 3.0 * Learn the core fundamentals of SpriteKit game development and mix and match techniques to customize your game * This step-by-step practical guide will teach you to build games from scratch using little-known tips and strategies for maximum fun Who This Book Is For If you wish to create and publish fun iOS games using Swift, then this book is for you. You should be familiar with basic programming concepts. However, no prior game development or Apple ecosystem experience is required. What You Will Learn * Deliver powerful graphics, physics, and sound in your game by using SpriteKit * Set up the scene using the new capabilities of the scene editor and custom classes * Maximize gameplay with little-known tips and strategies for fun and repeatable action * Make use of animations, graphics, and particles to polish your game * Understand the current mobile monetization landscape to choose the best option for your own situation * Integrate your game with Game Center so that your players can share their high scores and achievements * Publish your game to the App Store and enjoy people playing your games In Detail Swift is the perfect choice for game development. Developers are intrigued by Swift 3.0 and want to make use of new features to develop their best games yet. Packed with best practices and easy-to-use examples, this book leads you step by step through the development of your first Swift game. This book starts by introducing SpriteKit and Swift's new features that can be used for game development. After setting up your first Swift project, you will build your first custom class, learn how to draw and animate your game, and add physics simulations. Then, you will add the player character, NPCs, and powerups. To make your game more fun and engaging, you will learn how to set up scenes and backgrounds, build fun menus, and integrate with Apple Game Center to add leaderboards and achievements. You will then make your game stand out by adding animations when game objects collide, and incorporate proven techniques such as the advanced particle system and graphics. Finally, you will explore the various options available to start down the path towards monetization and publish your finished games to the App Store. By the end of this book, you will be able to create your own iOS games using Swift and SpriteKit. Style and approach This project-based guide is engaging with a visually-rich approach rather than a text-heavy approach. With every chapter containing practical examples, you will understand how Swift programming works and make the most of the new features in version 3.0.

A Guide to managing servers and automation About This Book * Breeze through Puppet's key features and performance improvements to bring real advantages to your IT infrastructure * Discover Puppet best practices to help you avoid common mistakes and pitfalls * Examples to help you get to grips with Puppet and succeed with everyday IT automation Who This Book Is For This book targets experienced IT professionals and new Puppet uses, who will learn all they need to know to go from installation to advanced automation. Get a rapid introduction to the essential topics and learn how to build best practices for advanced automation with Puppet. What You Will Learn * Understand declarative configuration management * Make use of GIT-based deployment workflows * Extend Factor with secure elements * Create modular and reusable Puppet code * Extend your code base with publicly available Puppet modules * Separate logic from data by using Hiera * Understand and develop Puppet Roles and Profiles In Detail Puppet is a configuration management tool that allows you to automate all your IT configurations, giving you control over what you do to each Puppet Agent in a network, and when and how you do it. In this age of digital delivery and ubiquitous Internet presence, it's becoming increasingly important to implement scaleable and portable solutions, not only in terms of software, but also the system that runs it. This book gets you started quickly with Puppet and its tools in the right way. It highlights improvements in Puppet and provides solutions for upgrading. It starts with a quick introduction to Puppet in order to quickly get your IT automation platform in place. Then you learn about the Puppet Agent and its installation and configuration along with Puppet Server and its scaling options. The book adopts an innovative structure and approach, and Puppet is explained with flexible use cases that empower you to manage complex infrastructures easily. Finally, the book will take readers through Puppet and its companion tools such as Facter, Hiera, and R10k and how to make use of tool chains. Style and approach This book aims to impart all the knowledge required to tap into not only the basics of Puppet, but also its core. The basic ideas and principles of Puppet-based designs are explored and explained. Sophisticated tools are presented to enable you to use Puppet efficiently and productively.

Learn how to automate and manage your containers and reduce the overall operation burden on your system. Key Features Use containers to manage, scale and orchestrate apps in your organization Transform the latest concept of Kubernetes 1.10 into examples Expert techniques for orchestrating containers effectively Book DescriptionKubernetes is an open source orchestration platform to manage containers in a cluster environment. With Kubernetes, you can configure and deploy containerized applications easily. This book gives you a quick brush up on how Kubernetes works with containers, and an overview of main Kubernetes concepts, such as Pods, Deployments, Services and etc. This book explains how to create Kubernetes clusters and run applications with proper authentication and authorization configurations. With real-world recipes, you'll learn how to create high availability Kubernetes clusters on AWS, GCP and in on-premise datacenters with proper logging and monitoring setup. You'll also learn some useful tips about how to build a continuous delivery pipeline for your application. Upon completion of this book, you will be able to use Kubernetes in production and will have a better understanding of how to manage containers using Kubernetes. What you will learn Build your own container cluster Deploy and manage highly scalable, containerized applications with Kubernetes Build high-availability Kubernetes clusters Build a continuous delivery pipeline for your application Track metrics and logs for every container running in your cluster Streamline the way you deploy and manage your applications with large-scale container orchestration Who this book is forThis book is for system administrators, developers, DevOps engineers, or any stakeholder who wants to understand how Kubernetes works using a recipe-based approach. Basic knowledge of Kubernetes and Containers is required.

Deliver great business value by adopting the virtualization platform VMware vSphere 6.5, from the design to the deployment About This Book * This new edition is based on vSphere 6.5 and has described new features in different areas, including management, security, scalability, availability and so on. * Design, deploy and manage VMware datacenters * Implement monitoring and security of VMware workloads with ease. Who This Book Is For If you are an administrator, infrastructure engineer, IT architect, or an IT consultant and analyst who has basic knowledge of VMware vSphere and now wants to master it, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn * Get a deep understanding of vSphere 6.5 functionalities * Design and plan a virtualization environment based on vSphere 6.5 * Manage and administer a vSphere 6.5 environment and resources * Get tips for the VCP6-DCV and VCIX6-DCV exams (along with use of the vSphere 6 documentation) * Implement different migration techniques to move your workload across different environments. * Save your configuration, data and workload from your virtual infrastructure. In Detail VMware vSphere 6.5 provides a powerful, flexible and secure foundation for next-generation applications which helps you create an effective digital transformation. This book will be based on VMware vSphere 6.5 which empowers you to virtualize any complex application with ease. You'll begin by getting an overview of all the products, solutions and features of the vSphere 6.5 suite, comparing the evolutions with the previous releases. Next ,you'll design and plan a virtualization infrastructure to drive planning and performance analysis. Following this , you will be proceeding with workflow and installation of components. New network trends are also covered which will help you in optimally designing the vSphere environment. You will also learn the practices and procedures involved in configuring and managing virtual machines in a vSphere infrastructure. With vSphere 6.5, you'll make use of significantly more powerful capabilities for patching, upgrading, and managing the configuration of the virtual environment. Next we'll focus on specific availability and resiliency solutions in vSphere. Towards the end of the book you will get information on how to save your configuration, data and workload from your virtual infrastructure. By the end of the book you'll learn about VMware vSphere 6.5 right from design to deployment and management. Style and Approach This book acts as a reference guide providing real-world scenarios and a possible baseline for each virtualization project based on VMware vSphere.

Explore the high-in demand core DevOps strategies with powerful DevOps tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, and Chef Key Features Get acquainted with methodologies and tools of the DevOps framework Perform continuous integration, delivery, deployment, and monitoring using DevOps tools Explore popular tools such as Git, Jenkins, Maven, Gerrit, Nexus, Selenium, and so on Embedded with assessments that will help you revise the concepts you have learned in this book Book DescriptionDevOps is the most widely used software engineering culture and practice that aim sat software development and operation. Continuous integration is a cornerstone technique of DevOps that merges software code updates from developers into a shared central mainline. This book takes a practical approach and covers the tools and strategies of DevOps. It starts with familiarizing you with DevOps framework and then shows how toper form continuous delivery, integration, and deployment with DevOps. You will explore DevOps process maturity frameworks and progression models with checklist templates for each phase of DevOps. You will also be familiar with agile terminology, methodology, and the benefits accrued by an organization by adopting it. You will also get acquainted with popular tools such as Git, Jenkins ,Maven, Gerrit, Nexus, Selenium, and so on.You will learn configuration, automation, and the implementation of infrastructure automation (Infrastructure as Code) with tools such as Chef and Ansible. This book is ideal for engineers, architects, and developers, who wish to learn the core strategies of DevOps. What you will learn Get familiar with life cycle models, maturity states, progression and best practices of DevOps frameworks Learn to set up Jenkins and integrate it with Git Know how to build jobs and perform testing with Jenkins Implement infrastructure automation (Infrastructure as Code) with tools such as Chef and Ansible Understand continuous monitoring process with tools such as Splunk and Nagios Learn how Splunk improves the code quality Who this book is forThis book is for engineers, architects, and developers, who wish to learn the core strategies of DevOps.

Delve deep into various security aspects of AWS to build and maintain a secured environment Key Features Learn to secure your network, infrastructure, data, and applications in AWS cloud Use AWS managed security services to automate security Dive deep into various aspects such as the security model, compliance, access management and much more to build and maintain a secured environment Explore Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and its components Embedded with assessments that will help you revise the concepts you have learned in this book Book DescriptionWith organizations moving their workloads, applications, and infrastructure to the cloud at an unprecedented pace, security of all these resources has been a paradigm shift for all those who are responsible for security; experts, novices, and apprentices alike. This book focuses on using native AWS security features and managed AWS services to help you achieve continuous security. Starting with an introduction to Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to secure your AWS VPC, you will quickly explore various components that make up VPC such as subnets, security groups, various gateways, and many more. You will also learn to protect data in the AWS platform for various AWS services by encrypting and decrypting data in AWS. You will also learn to secure web and mobile applications in AWS cloud. This book is ideal for all IT professionals, system administrators, security analysts, solution architects, and chief information security officers who are responsible for securing workloads in AWS for their organizations. This book is embedded with useful assessments that will help you revise the concepts you have learned in this book. What you will learn Get familiar with VPC components, features, and benefits Learn to create and secure your private network in AWS Explore encryption and decryption fundamentals Understand monitoring, logging, and auditing in AWS Ensure data security in AWS Secure your web and mobile applications in AWS Learn security best practices for IAM, VPC, shared security responsibility model, and so on Who this book is forThis book is for all IT professionals, system administrators, security analysts, solution architects, and chief information security officers who are responsible for securing workloads in AWS for their organizations.

Deploy and manage VMware vSphere 6.5 components with ease. Key Features Simplified and to-the-point theory and practical recipes to deploy and manage vSphere 6.5 Discover the best ways to deploy stateless and stateful ESXi hosts and upgrade them Storage and network resource management Certificate management using VMCA Monitor the performance of a vSphere environment. Book DescriptionVMware vSphere is a complete and robust virtualization product suite that helps transform data centers into simplified on-premises cloud infrastructures, providing for the automation and orchestration of workload deployment and life cycle management of the infrastructure. This book focuses on the latest release of VMware vSphere and follows a recipe-based approach, giving you hands-on instructions required to deploy and manage a vSphere environment. The book starts with the procedures involved in upgrading your existing vSphere infrastructure to vSphere 6.5, followed by deploying a new vSphere 6.5 environment. Then the book delves further into the procedures involved in managing storage and network access to the ESXi hosts and the virtual machines running on them. Moving on, the book covers high availability and fair distribution/utilization of clustered compute and storage resources. Finally, the book covers patching and upgrading the vSphere infrastructure using VUM, certificate management using VMCA, and finishes with a chapter covering the tools that can be used to monitor the performance of a vSphere infrastructure. What you will learn Upgrade your existing vSphere environment or perform a fresh deployment Automate the deployment and management of large sets of ESXi hosts in your vSphere Environment Configure and manage FC, iSCSI, and NAS storage, and get more control over how storage resources are allocated and managed Configure vSphere networking by deploying host-wide and data center-wide switches in your vSphere environment Configure high availability on a host cluster and learn how to enable the fair distribution and utilization of compute resources Patch and upgrade the vSphere environment Handle certificate request generation and renew component certificates Monitor performance of a vSphere environment Who this book is forIf you are a system administrator, support professional, or anyone interested in learning how to install, configure, and manage a vSphere environment, then this book is for you. This task-oriented reference guide will also benefit consultants or infrastructure architects who design and deploy vSphere 6.5 environments.

Over 50 recipes to help you build applications hosted on Serverless architecture using Azure Functions. About This Book * Enhance Azure Functions with continuous deployment using Visual Studio Team Services * Learn to deploy and manage cost-effective and highly available serverless applications using Azure Functions * This recipe-based guide will teach you to build a robust serverless environment Who This Book Is For If you are a Cloud administrator, architect, or developer who wants to build scalable systems and deploy serverless applications with Azure functions, then this book is for you. Prior knowledge and hands-on experience with core services of Microsoft Azure is required. What You Will Learn * Develop different event-based handlers supported by serverless architecture supported by Microsoft Cloud Platform - Azure * Integrate Azure Functions with different Azure Services to develop Enterprise-level applications * Get to know the best practices in organizing and refactoring the code within the Azure functions * Test, troubleshoot, and monitor the Azure functions to deliver high-quality, reliable, and robust cloud-centric applications * Automate mundane tasks at various levels right from development to deployment and maintenance * Learn how to develop statefulserverless applications and also self-healing jobs using DurableFunctions In Detail Microsoft provides a solution to easily run small segment of code in the Cloud with Azure Functions. Azure Functions provides solutions for processing data, integrating systems, and building simple APIs and microservices. The book starts with intermediate-level recipes on serverless computing along with some use cases on benefits and key features of Azure Functions. Then, we'll deep dive into the core aspects of Azure Functions such as the services it provides, how you can develop and write Azure functions, and how to monitor and troubleshoot them. Moving on, you'll get practical recipes on integrating DevOps with Azure functions, and providing continuous integration and continous deployment with Visual Studio Team Services. It also provides hands-on steps and tutorials based on real-world serverless use cases, to guide you through configuring and setting up your serverless environments with ease. Finally, you'll see how to manage Azure functions, providing enterprise-level security and compliance to your serverless code architecture. By the end of this book, you will have all the skills required to work with serverless code architecture, providing continuous delivery to your users. Style and approach This recipe-based guide explains the different features of Azure Function by taking a real-world application related to a specific domain. You will learn how to implement automation and DevOps and discover industry best practices to develop applications hosted on serverless architecture using Azure functions.

Take charge of SaltStack to automate and configure your enterprise-grade environments About This Book * Automate tasks effectively and take charge of your infrastructure * Effectively scale Salt to manage thousands of machines and tackle everyday problems * Explore Salt's inner workings and advance your knowledge of it Who This Book Is For This book is ideal for IT professionals and ops engineers who already manage groups of servers, but would like to expand their knowledge and gain expertise with SaltStack. This book explains the advanced features and concepts of Salt. A basic knowledge of Salt is required in order to get to grips with advanced Salt features. What You Will Learn * Automate tasks effectively, so that your infrastructure can run itself * Start building more complex concepts * Master user-level internals * Build scaling strategies * Explore monitoring strategies * Learn how to troubleshoot Salt and its subcomponents * Explore best practices for Salt In Detail SaltStack is a powerful configuration management and automation suite designed to manage servers and tens of thousands of nodes. This book showcases Salt as a very powerful automation framework. We will review the fundamental concepts to get you in the right frame of mind, and then explore Salt in much greater depth. You will explore Salt SSH as a powerful tool and take Salt Cloud to the next level. Next, you'll master using Salt services with ease in your infrastructure. You will discover methods and strategies to scale your infrastructure properly. You will also learn how to use Salt as a powerful monitoring tool. By the end of this book, you will have learned troubleshooting tips and best practices to make the entire process of using Salt pain-free and easy. Style and approach This book follows a step-by-step conversational tone. Topics are covered in detail through examples and a user-friendly approach.

Extend the power of your infrastructure and applications with Salt modules About This Book * Get the most up-to-date practical resource on writing new Salt modules and extending Salt * Learn through use cases and encounter both commonly-used modules as well as advanced ones * Effectively troubleshoot problems and hiccups encountered while building and putting modules to work Who This Book Is For This book is for both new and existing Salt developers who are looking to build and write new Salt modules. Some prior Python development experience is expected. What You Will Learn * Understand the working of Salt's Loader system * Write several of the most common types of Salt modules * Interact between different kinds of modules and build new ones * Submit open source modules upstream to the Salt project * Make Salt interact with third-party services and applications In Detail Salt already ships with a very powerful set of tools, but that doesn't mean that they all suit your needs perfectly. By adding your own modules and enhancing existing ones, you can bring the functionality that you need to increase your productivity. Extending SaltStack follows a tutorial-based approach to explain different types of modules, from fundamentals to complete and full-functioning modules. Starting with the Loader system that drives Salt, this book will guide you through the most common types of modules. First you will learn how to write execution modules. Then you will extend the configuration using the grain, pillar, and SDB modules. Next up will be state modules and then the renderers that can be used with them. This will be followed with returner and output modules, which increase your options to manage return data. After that, there will be modules for external file servers, clouds, beacons, and finally external authentication and wheel modules to manage the master. With this guide in hand, you will be prepared to create, troubleshoot, and manage the most common types of Salt modules and take your infrastructure to new heights! Style and approach This book follows a step-by-step tutorial-based approach explaining the different types of modules, from fundamentals to complete and full-functioning modules.

Your one-stop guide for building, configuring, maintaining, and deploying one of the world's fastest growing OSes About This Book * Understand the features of CoreOS and learn to administrate and secure a CoreOS environment * Develop, test, and deploy cloud services and applications more quickly and efficiently inside lightweight containers using CoreOS * This is a complete tutorial on CoreOS, which is the preferred OS for cloud computing as it contains components that facilitate cloud management Who This Book Is For This book is for cloud or enterprise administrators and application developers who would like to gain knowledge about CoreOS to deploy a cloud application or micro-services on a cluster of cloud servers. It is also aimed at administrators with basic networking experience. You do not need to have any knowledge of CoreOS. What You Will Learn * Understand the benefits of CoreOS as a cloud orchestration platform * Learn about lightweight containers and various container frameworks such as Docker and RKT in CoreOS * Manage services and containers across cluster using Fleet and systemd * Set up a CoreOS environment using Vagrant * Create and manage CoreOS clusters * Discover the service parameters using etcd * Find out about chaining services running on the cluster using Flannel / Rudder and Weave * Create a virtual tenant network and service chaining using OVS In Detail CoreOS is an open source operating system developed upon the Linux kernel. The rise of CoreOS is directly related to the rise of Docker (a Linux container management system). It is a minimal operating system layer and takes a different approach to automating the deployment of containers. The major difference between CoreOS and other Linux distributions is that CoreOS was designed to deploy hundreds of servers. CoreOS immensely helps the users to create systems, which are easy to scale and manage, making life easier for all, be it developer, QA, or deployer. This book is all about setting up, deploying, and using CoreOS to manage clusters and clouds. It will help you understand what CoreOS is and its benefits as a cloud orchestration platform. First, we'll show you how to set up a simple CoreOS instance with single node in the cluster and how to run a Docker container inside the CoreOS instance. Next, you'll be introduced to Fleet and systemd, and will deploy and distribute Docker services across different nodes in cluster using Fleet. Later, you'll be briefed about running services in a cluster with constraints, publishing the services already running on the cluster to new services, and making your services interact with each other. We conclude by teaching you about advanced container networking. By the end of the book, you will know the salient features of CoreOS and will be able to deploy, administrate, and secure a CoreOS environment. Style and approach This practical guide covers the basics and advanced topics related to CoreOS and lightweight containers. The topics are covered in an easy-to-follow manner with each feature explained in detail, beginning with a brief overview and followed by an explanation of its corresponding configuration files.