Mastering Cloudforms Automation

Learn how to work with the Automate feature of CloudForms, the powerful Red Hat cloud management platform that lets you administer your virtual infrastructure, including hybrid public and private clouds. This practical hands-on introduction shows you how to increase your operational efficiency by automating day-to-day tasks that now require manual input. Throughout the book, author Peter McGowan provides a combination of theoretical information and practical coding examples to help you learn the Automate object model. With this CloudForms feature, you can create auto-scalable cloud applications, eliminate manual decisions and operations when provisioning virtual machines and cloud instances, and manage your complete virtual machine lifecycle. In six parts, this book helps you: Learn the objects and concepts for developing automation scripts with CloudForms Automate Customize the steps and workflows involved in provisioning virtual machines Create and use service catalogs, items, dialogs, objects, bundles, and hierarchies Use CloudForm’s updated workflow to retire and delete virtual machines and services Orchestrate and coordinate with external services as part of a workflow Explore distributed automation processing as well as argument passing and handling

Enable virtualization, automation, and efficient cloud management in your environment with vRealize Automation 6.2About This Book• Learn the best practices of system architecture and design of the newly released vRealize Automation 6.2• Resolve common pitfalls during the configuration and customization process by exploring complex topics such as cloud provisioning• An easy-to-follow guide that will help you to become the go-to person for vRealize Automation in your organizationWho This Book Is ForMastering vRealize Automation 6.2 is intended for readers who already have advanced knowledge of vCenter and want to utilize automation and orchestration to provision their infrastructure. However, no previous experience with vRealize Automation is necessary. If you want design best practices, step-by-step implementation guidance, and real world configuration examples, this book will be the perfect companion.What You Will Learn• Master Installation, configuration, and customization vRealize Automation 6.2• Integrate SCCM, Kickstart, and WIM deployment servers with vRealize Automation• Easy-to-follow integration steps for using vRealize Orchestrator, Operations Manager, and Application Services with vRealize Automation 6.2• Avoid common pitfalls during the configuration and customization process• Integrate vRealize Application Services and Orchestrator• vRealize Automation design concepts and best practices for small, medium, or large enterprise environments• Create Approval Policies to govern the amount of resources end users can consume when provisioning infrastructure• Create multiple machine blueprints to leverage the existing deployment methods in your environmentIn DetailvRealize Automation 6.2 orchestrates the provisioning of infrastructure, applications, and customized services delivered from a self-service web portal. Administrators provide end users resources to consume, such as Operating Systems, and Applications, through a customized web portal and catalog. From the end user perspective, its like shopping for IT resources through an online merchant portal. Administrators get to offload the repetitive portions of their job, such as building VMs, by creating Blueprints that deploy VMs on demand. This ensures uniformity in the VMs and timeliness in their delivery, while providing agility for the IT team to handle other responsibilities outside of provisioning infrastructure and applications.The book opens with an overview of the history and features of vRealize Automation and moves into the basic components required to set up vRA, as well as some of the best practices. You are guided through the steps to design your vRealize Automation environment and introduced to integration point, including SCCM and Kickstart deployments, as well as Linked Clones. You will learn about Approval Policies and why they are useful for your infrastructure, and how to efficiently set them up. You will learn how to integrate other products, such as vRealize Operations Manager and Orchestrator. Throughout the book, you are provided insights into some of the common errors and pitfalls that occur during installation and maintenance, as well as how to resolve them.Finally, the book provides a valuable list of references to enhance your knowledge of vRealize Automation 6.2.Style and approachAn advanced guide filled with real-world examples to master installation, configuration, and customization of vRealize Automation 6.2 and its features such as vRealize Orchestrator and vRealize Application Services.

50+ Sample Automation Programs across Configuration Management, Container Orchestration, Kubernetes, and Cloud Networking This book is an in-depth guide for network administrators, cloud architects, and container and Kubernetes administrators who want to learn how to automate networking tasks in C++. From setting up a network automation environment to automating configuration management and working with containers and container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes, the book covers a wide range of topics. The first section of the book covers the fundamentals of automation scripting and testing. Readers will learn how to create successful automation scripts and test them to ensure they perform properly. The next section describes how to set up a network automation environment. This includes configuring network devices, servers, and other components required for automation. The readers will learn about the various protocols as well as how to use Ansible to automate the configuration management of these devices. It covers containerization and container orchestration systems such as Docker and Kubernetes. Readers will learn how to use tools such as Docker Compose and Kubernetes to automate workload management and deployment. The final section of the book focuses on cloud networking. The readers will learn how to handle network resources in cloud systems such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. Readers get to work with tools and services available for cloud networking automation, best practices and how to use them in their regular cloud networking operations. Key Learnings Setting up GNS3, Eclipse IDE, cpp-netlib, Boost, OpenSSL, and zlib libraries Configure the ports, hosts, and servers using C++ scripting Writing, testing, and validating network automation scripts in both, test and production environment Building docker images, running containers, and managing container deployments Using Ansible for server provisioning, automated system identification and managing auto-updates Automating container scheduling, service discovery, and load balancing Setting up Kubernetes cluster, Nginx ingress, implementing service mesh, and automating firewall configuration Working with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Networking Services for Cloud Automation Table of Content C++ Basics for Networks C++ Advanced for Networks Preparing Network Automation Setup Script, Test, and Validate Network Automation Automating Configuration Management Working with Docker and Containers Container Orchestration and Workload Automation Kubernetes Automation Administering AWS Networking Administering Google Cloud Networking Administering Azure Networking Audience This is a fantastic desk reference for network administrators, cloud architects, DevOps engineers, and automation engineers wishing to automate networking tasks with C++. It is a must-have book for anyone who wants to keep ahead of the curve in the field of networking automation.

Dive in to the cutting edge techniques of Linux KVM virtualization, and build the virtualization solutions your datacentre demands About This Book Become an expert in Linux virtualization Migrate your virtualized datacenter to the cloud Find out how to build a large scale virtualization solution that will transform your organization Who This Book Is For Linux administrators – if you want to build incredible, yet manageable virtualization solutions with KVM this is the book to get you there. It will help you apply what you already know to some tricky virtualization tasks. What You Will Learn Explore the ecosystem of tools that support Linux virtualization Find out why KVM offers you a smarter way to unlock the potential of virtualization Implement KVM virtualization using oVirt Explore the KVM architecture – so you can manage, scale and optimize it with ease Migrate your virtualized datacenter to the cloud for truly resource-efficient computing Find out how to integrate OpenStack with KVM to take full control of the cloud In Detail A robust datacenter is essential for any organization – but you don't want to waste resources. With KVM you can virtualize your datacenter, transforming a Linux operating system into a powerful hypervisor that allows you to manage multiple OS with minimal fuss. This book doesn't just show you how to virtualize with KVM – it shows you how to do it well. Written to make you an expert on KVM, you'll learn to manage the three essential pillars of scalability, performance and security – as well as some useful integrations with cloud services such as OpenStack. From the fundamentals of setting up a standalone KVM virtualization platform, and the best tools to harness it effectively, including virt-manager, and kimchi-project, everything you do is built around making KVM work for you in the real-world, helping you to interact and customize it as you need it. With further guidance on performance optimization for Microsoft Windows and RHEL virtual machines, as well as proven strategies for backup and disaster recovery, you'll can be confident that your virtualized data center is working for your organization – not hampering it. Finally, the book will empower you to unlock the full potential of cloud through KVM. Migrating your physical machines to the cloud can be challenging, but once you've mastered KVM, it's a little easie. Style and approach Combining advanced insights with practical solutions, Mastering KVM Virtualization is a vital resource for anyone that believes in the power of virtualization to help a business use resources more effectively.

Design, develop, and solve real-world automation and orchestration problems by unlocking Ansible's automation capabilities Key FeaturesCompletely revised and updated for Ansible 4.0 and beyondTackle complex automation challenges with the newly added features in AnsibleLearn about the rapidly expanding field of network automation using Ansible, with the help of practical examples for configuring network devicesBook Description Ansible is a modern, YAML-based automation tool (built on top of Python, one of the world's most popular programming languages) with a massive and ever-growing user base. Its popularity and Python underpinnings make it essential learning for all in the DevOps space. This fourth edition of Mastering Ansible provides complete coverage of Ansible automation, from the design and architecture of the tool and basic automation with playbooks to writing and debugging your own Python-based extensions. You'll learn how to build automation workflows with Ansible's extensive built-in library of collections, modules, and plugins. You'll then look at extending the modules and plugins with Python-based code and even build your own collections — ultimately learning how to give back to the Ansible community. By the end of this Ansible book, you'll be confident in all aspects of Ansible automation, from the fundamentals of playbook design to getting under the hood and extending and adapting Ansible to solve new automation challenges. What you will learnGain an in-depth understanding of how Ansible works under the hoodGet to grips with Ansible collections and how they are changing and shaping the future of AnsibleFully automate the Ansible playbook executions with encrypted dataUse blocks to construct failure recovery or cleanupExplore the playbook debugger and Ansible consoleTroubleshoot unexpected behavior effectivelyWork with cloud infrastructure providers and container systemsWho this book is for If you are an Ansible developer or operator who has a detailed understanding of its core elements and applications but are now looking to enhance your skills in applying automation using Ansible, this book is for you. Prior experience working with core system administration tasks on Linux and basic familiarity with concepts such as cloud computing, containers, network devices, and fundamentals of a high-level programming language will help you make the most of this book.

More than 50 percent new and revised content for today's Linux environment gets you up and running in no time! Linux continues to be an excellent, low-cost alternative to expensive operating systems. Whether you're new to Linux or need a reliable update and reference, this is an excellent resource. Veteran bestselling author Christopher Negus provides a complete tutorial packed with major updates, revisions, and hands-on exercises so that you can confidently start using Linux today. Offers a complete restructure, complete with exercises, to make the book a better learning tool Places a strong focus on the Linux command line tools and can be used with all distributions and versions of Linux Features in-depth coverage of the tools that a power user and a Linux administrator need to get started This practical learning tool is ideal for anyone eager to set up a new Linux desktop system at home or curious to learn how to manage Linux server systems at work.

Mastering Kubernetes Automation is the desired topic for all DevOps Engineers around the world. Kubernetes is an open-source matured container orchestrator platform designed by Google and now it is maintained by Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Kubernetes is meant for Automation. This book is for readers who are looking for Kubernetes automation offerings which include techniques, examples, and comprehensive guides. After reading this book, the end-user should be able to build end-to-end automation projects with growing complexity and functionalities. This book will be a one-stop solution for all Software Engineers including DevOps, who would like to automate the Kubernetes manifest deployments and understand Kubernetes concepts in-depth in an easy manner. Topics include a detailed description and explanation of the Kubernetes Resources, Kubernetes concepts, Kubernetes endpoints, policies, CIS benchmark recommendations, Installation Guide of prerequisites, and some useful resources. Some practical examples that give away knowledge on how to deploy applications to the Kubernetes cluster for beginners. Introduction to the Helm and detailed explanation of packaging one microservice architecture-oriented application using Helm and automate the deployments using Helm. Introduction to the Kubernetes operators and detailed explanation of writing a Custom Controller, Custom Resource, and Custom Resource Definition with one microservice architecture-oriented application. Introduction to the Kubernetes JavaScript and Golang client libraries, and detailed explanation of automating the deployments of a microservice architecture-oriented application using JavaScript and Golang client libraries.

"Linux Clustering" is the premier resource for system administrators wishing to implement clustering solutions on the many types of Linux systems. It guides Linux Administrators through difficult tasks while offering helpful tips and tricks.