Название: Automation with SaltStack: Streamline and Optimise Infrastructure Management with SaltStack for Enterprise-Grade Environments
Автор: Yogesh Raheja, Shruti Bhardwaj
Издательство: Orange Education Pvt Ltd, AVA
Год: 2024
Страниц: 197
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub, mobi
Размер: 11.1 MB

Empower Your Infrastructure with SaltStack Automation.

Key Features:
- In-depth exploration of SaltStack, from basic concepts to advanced deployment and management techniques.
- Includes real-world examples and use cases to demonstrate the application of SaltStack in various practical scenarios.
- Detailed instructions and clear explanations to follow along and implement SaltStack in your own environment.

Book Description:

SaltStack aka Salt emerges as a fundamental tool within the open-source software realm, presenting itself as a Python-based solution that simplifies infrastructure management with remarkable ease. Deploying applications or updates across extensive server networks, spanning over thousands of nodes, becomes achievable with just a few lines of code. This transformative capability lies at the heart of SaltStack.

Unleash the full potential of SaltStack to transform your infrastructure management and automation practices. This book is crafted to provide clear, step-by-step guidance, ensuring you can apply SaltStack's capabilities to automate and streamline your workflows effectively.

Starting with the basics, the book introduces the fundamentals and SaltStack framework, guiding you through configuring and managing infrastructure with this versatile tool. Detailed chapters cover the architecture of SaltStack, various deployment models, and the prerequisites for setting up SaltStack masters and minions. You will learn how to effectively manage modules and perform remote execution tasks, mastering state file management and highstate concepts along the way.

Dive deep into advanced features such as grains for targeting and customizing data, Jinja templates for dynamic configuration, and multi-environment infrastructure management. Understand the critical role of pillars in SaltStack, their configuration, and their importance in managing sensitive data and configuring the state tree.

Declarative Instead of complex scripts; Salt uses human-readable YAML files to define desired states. It focuses on needs to be done, not and appreciates the elegance of declarative configuration.

With a focus on practical application, this book includes real-world examples and scenarios to help you implement what you have learned. You will discover industry best practices for optimal configuration, deployment, maintenance, and scaling of SaltStack-managed infrastructure, ensuring your automation processes are efficient and robust.

What you will learn:
- Gain a solid understanding of SaltStack, including its core principles and unique approach to configuration management.
- Discover how to effectively use SaltStack to configure and manage your IT infrastructure.
- Delve into the architecture of SaltStack, explore various deployment models for installing and configuring SaltStack in your environment.
- Learn how to use SaltStack modules to perform remote execution tasks efficiently using different types of modules.

Who is this book for?
This comprehensive guide is designed for IT professionals, DevOps engineers, system administrators, and anyone looking to harness the power of SaltStack for efficient infrastructure management and automation.

Whether you are new to SaltStack or looking to enhance your expertise, it will equip you with the knowledge and skills to transform your infrastructure management and automation practices, paving the way for a more efficient and scalable IT environment.

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