Automating Infrastructure Provisioning and Configuration

Infrastructure automation, or infrastructure as code (IaC), is the practice of using software tools and scripts to automate provision servers, installing software, configuring networks, defining firewall rules, etc. in virtualized IT environment like cloud computing. Developers for the first time is able to integrate infrastructure provisioning and management of their application into their application itself. IaC is also an integral part of DevOps culture; it allows DevOps engineers to create consistent, immutable and replicable environments for development, testing and production. In this practical workshop-oriented 3-day course, participant will equip participants with the concepts of IaC. They will have to opportunity to learn about different IaC tools and write scripts to provision resources according to a set of requirements.