Infrastructure as Code, Patterns and Practices: With examples in Python and Terraform

Essential Infrastructure as Code teaches patterns for scaling systems and supporting infrastructure for mission-critical applications. The book isfull of flexible automation techniques that work whether you're managing your personal projects or making live network changes across a large enterprise. You'll go hands-on to build networks, servers, load balancers, and firewalls using Python and Terraform. Learn how to confidently update infrastructure while your software is running, migrate existing legacy systemsto IaC, and implement team-wide norms that avoid instability and security problems. The universal principles you'll find within are easy to apply toalmost any use case, from data centers, to public cloud, to Software-as-a-Service.