Leverage the power of Ansible 2 and related tools and scale DevOps processes About This Book * Learn how to use Ansible playbooks along with YAML and JINJA to create efficient DevOps solutions * Use Ansible to provision and automate Docker containers and images * Learn the fundamentals of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery and how to leverage Ansible to implement these modern DevOps * Learn the fundamentals of creating custom Ansible modules * Learn the fundamentals of Ansible Galaxy * Follow along step-by-step as we teach you to scale Ansible for your DevOps processes Who This Book Is For If you are a DevOps engineer, administrator, or developer and want to implement the DevOps environment in your organization using Ansible, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn * Get to the grips with the fundamentals of Ansible 2.2 and how you can benefit from leveraging Ansible for DevOps. * Adapt the DevOps process and learn how Ansible and other tools can be used to automate it. * Start automating Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery tasks using Ansible * Maximize the advantages of tools such as Docker, Jenkins, JIRA, and many more to implement the DevOps culture. * Integrate DevOps tools with Ansible * Extend Ansible using Python and create custom modules that integrate with unique specific technology stacks * Connect and control the states of various third-party applications such as GIT, SVN, Artifactory, Nexus, Jira, Hipchat, Slack, Nginx, and others In Detail Thinking about adapting the DevOps culture for your organization using a very simple, yet powerful automation tool, Ansible 2? Then this book is for you! In this book, you will start with the role of Ansible in the DevOps module, which covers fundamental DevOps practices and how Ansible is leveraged by DevOps organizations to implement consistent and simplified configuration management and deployment. You will then move on to the next module, Ansible with DevOps, where you will understand Ansible fundamentals and how Ansible Playbooks can be used for simple configuration management and deployment tasks. After simpler tasks, you will move on to the third module, Ansible Syntax and Playbook Development, where you will learn advanced configuration management implementations, and use Ansible Vault to secure top-secret information in your organization. In this module, you will also learn about popular DevOps tools and the support that Ansible provides for them (MYSQL, NGINX, APACHE and so on). The last module, Scaling Ansible for the enterprise, is where you will integrate Ansible with CI and CD solutions and provision Docker containers using Ansible. By the end of the book you will have learned to use Ansible to leverage your DevOps tasks. Style and approach A step-by-step guide to automating all DevOps stages with ease using Ansible

Configure and extend Jenkins to architect, build, and automate efficient software delivery pipelines About This Book * Configure and horizontally scale a Jenkins installation to support a development organization of any size * Implement Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment solutions in Jenkins * A step-by-step guide to help you get the most out of the powerful automation orchestration platform that is Jenkins Who This Book Is For If you are a novice or intermediate-level Jenkins user who has used Jenkins before but are not familiar with architecting solutions and implementing it in your organization, then this is the book for you. A basic understanding of the core elements of Jenkins is required to make the best use of this book. What You Will Learn * Create and manage various types of build jobs, and implement automation tasks to support a software project of any kind * Get to grips with the automated testing architecture, and scalable automated testing techniques * Facilitate the delivery of software across the SDLC by creating scalable automated deployment solutions * Manage scalable automation pipelines in Jenkins using the latest build, test, and deployment strategies * Implement a scalable master / slave build automation platform, which can support Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux software solutions * Cover troubleshooting and advanced configuration techniques for Jenkins slave nodes * Support a robust build and delivery system by implementing basic infrastructure as code solutions in configuration management tools such as Ansible In Detail With the software industry becoming more and more competitive, organizations are now integrating delivery automation and automated quality assurance practices into their business model. Jenkins represents a complete automation orchestration system, and can help converge once segregated groups into a cohesive product development and delivery team. By mastering the Jenkins platform and learning to architect and implement Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment solutions, your organization can learn to outmanoeuvre and outpace the competition. This book will equip you with the best practices to implement advanced continuous delivery and deployment systems in Jenkins. The book begins with giving you high-level architectural fundamentals surrounding Jenkins and Continuous Integration. You will cover the different installation scenarios for Jenkins, and see how to install it as a service, as well as the advanced XML configurations. Then, you will proceed to learn more about the architecture and implementation of the Jenkins Master/Save node system, followed by creating and managing Jenkins build jobs effectively. Furthermore, you'll explore Jenkins as an automation orchestration system, followed by implementing advanced automated testing techniques. The final chapters describe in depth the common integrations to Jenkins from third-party tools such as Jira, Artifactory, Amazon EC2, and getting the most out of the Jenkins REST-based API. By the end of this book, you will have all the knowledge necessary to be the definitive resource for managing and implementing advanced Jenkins automation solutions for your organization. Style and approach This book is a step-by-step guide to architecting and implementing automated build solutions, automated testing practices, and automated delivery methodologies. The topics covered are based on industry-proven techniques, and are explained in a simple and easy to understand manner.