Azure for DevOps: Application Infrastructure
1h 25mIntermediate2023-06-09
Authors
Gurinder Singh Mann
Cloud and Blockchain Consultant and Entrepreneur
Course details
Application infrastructure is a core tenant of DevOps, enabling teams to rapidly evolve scalable systems. App infrastructure is also a core component of the AZ-400 Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions certification exam—and the focus of this course. Here Gurinder Singh Mann reviews the strategies, tools, and processes necessary to manage application infrastructure using the Azure DevOps tool and service set. Discover strategies for managing drift, leveraging infrastructure automation with Kubernetes, implementing infrastructure as code with Terraform, and deploying resources in a secure and compliant manner. Invest time learning these key Azure skills. The more successful your organization is developing your application infrastructure, the more performant and scalable your applications will be.
Skills covered
DevOps ToolsProgramming FoundationsAzureDevOpsCloud ServicesCloud ComputingMicrosoftSoftware DevelopmentDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
Introduction
- The need for agile infrastructure
- Who is this course for
Infrastructure and Configuration Management
- Underlying issues with complex deployments
- The need for a strategy
- Components of a strategy
- Manage technical debt
Manage Kubernetes Service
- Container orchestration
- Options for provisioning Kubernetes Services
- Manage Kubernetes beyond Azure
- CLI deployment
- Application deployment process
- Application deployment demo
- Define and install an application through Helm
- Create a scaling plan
Implementing Infrastructure as Code
- Infrastructure as code technologies
- IaC vs. CM tools
- Modularization and reuse in templates
- Define Terraform file
- Deploy resources via Terraform
- Scanning IaC for security
- Securing secrets in templates
- Demo for security
Implement Security and Compliance
- Security and compliance in Azure
- Azure Policies
- Combining compliance with IaC
- PowerShell Desired State Configuration for machine configuration
- Configuration management in Azure
- Azure Automanage deployment
Conclusion
- Teardown of an Azure environment
- Next steps for Azure for DevOps