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Exciting News! I’m thrilled to announce that the 2nd edition of my book, “Learn Ansible: Automate your cloud infrastructure, security configuration, and application deployment using Ansible” is now available for pre-order on Amazon and Packt Publishing’s website! 📣 🎉 📚 Amazon ( 🇺🇸 ) Amazon ( 🇬🇧 ) Packt Publishing ( 🌍 ) Whether you’re a beginner or an intermediate user looking to take your Ansible skills to the next level, this hands-on guide will empower you to automate your infrastructure and application deployments consistently and efficiently. 💻 🚀 ...

I am pleased to announce that my latest book, “Infrastructure as Code for Beginners,” is now available for purchase. Over the last six months, I have fully dedicated myself to this project, channeling my experience and knowledge into providing a resource that simplifies the complexities of Infrastructure as Code (IaC). The importance of IaC cannot be overstated in today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape. IaC ensures consistent and repeatable deployment of cloud-based services, thereby saving time while delivering robust results. However, understanding and effectively implementing IaC can be a challenge for many, and that’s where this book comes in. ...

It has been 270 days since my last post, so what I have been doing with my time? Well, I have been busy writing, just not this blog. Not only have I wrote and released Learn Ansible↗ , but also I have updated the Second Edition of Mastering Docker↗ bringing it up to date with the release of the Third Edition of Mastering Docker↗ which is now available from Packt Publishing↗ . ...

My fifth book has now been published, and is avilable from Packt↗ publishing; Kubernetes has established itself as the standard platform for container management, orchestration, and deployment. It has been adopted by companies such as Google, its original developers, and Microsoft as an integral part of their public cloud platforms, so that you can develop for Kubernetes and not worry about being locked into a single vendor. This book will initially start by introducing serverless functions. Then you will configure tools such as Minikube to run Kubernetes. Once you are up-and-running, you will install and configure Kubeless, your first step towards running Function as a Service (FaaS) on Kubernetes. Then you will gradually move towards running Fission, a framework used for managing serverless functions on Kubernetes environments. Towards the end of the book, you will also work with Kubernetes functions on public and private clouds. ...

It has been a while since I have posted, since Docker Bootcamp was published I have been hard at work on the second edition of Mastering Docker for Packt↗ which is now available from https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/mastering-docker-9781789618686↗ as well as Amazon and all other book stores.

I haven’t posted here in a while as I have been busy writting my third book. I am pleased to say that Docker Bootcamp will be published in the next few weeks by Packt↗ . It is available for pre-order now↗ .

I am pleased to able to say that I have contributed a chapter to the final book in the current The New Stack↗ ebook series on Docker & Containers. The ebook, which is free, is called “Monitoring & Management With Docker & Containers” Container and service-oriented architectures present a complex challenge for monitoring and performance management. Service-driven systems have dramatically increased the number of components monitoring tools interface with. Read how developers and vendors are tackling performance and monitoring in operational and production environments, and what obstacles are unique to managing containerized systems. ...

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