Deploy a SharePoint farm in a repeatable, predictable, and reliable
fashion using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) techniques to automate
provisioning. Savvy IT pros will learn how to use DevOps practices and
open source tools to greatly reduce costs, and streamline management
operations for SharePoint farms deployed via Amazon Web Services (AWS),
Azure, or on premise.
DevOps for SharePoint will help you navigate the complex challenges of
deploying and managing SharePoint Server farms. You will learn how to
reduce time-consuming tasks and errors when generating development,
testing, or production environments. And you will benefit from learning
proven methods to apply Microsoft updates with minimal downtime and
productivity loss. Whether you are a SharePoint architect, IT pro, or
developer helping customers with the SharePoint platform, this book will
teach you the most useful DevOps practices to tackle those issues and
broaden your skill set.
**What You'll Learn
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- Understand the basics of the most popular open source tools-Vagrant,
Packer, Terraform, and Ansible-and how to use them in the context of
deploying and scaling a SharePoint farm
- Use Vagrant to build SharePoint development environments in less than
an hour, and add automated testing
- Use Packer to create a "golden image" with preconfigured settings, and
then use it as the base image in your Terraform configuration for both
AWS and Azure farms
- Use Terraform to scale your SharePoint farm topology
- Use Red Hat's Ansible Playbooks to perform configuration management on
your farm
- Use Terraform to deploy immutable infrastructure environments using
IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
- Use InSpec 2.0 to stay in compliance by testing your cloud
infrastructure
- Use Ansible to apply Microsoft updates and patches
Who This Book Is For
IT pros and developers who are looking to expand their knowledge and
take a modern approach by using open source technologies to work with
Microsoft products. Experience installing SharePoint, and a basic
understanding of either Azure or AWS, is helpful.
