Includes index

Part 1. Foundations. What is infrastructure as code? -- Principles of cloud infrastructure -- Infrastructure platforms -- Infrastructure as code tools and languages -- Part 2. Design. Design principles for infrastructure as code -- Infrastructure components -- Designing deployable infrastructure stacks -- Configuring infrastructure stack instances -- Integrating infrastructure stacks -- Designing infrastructure code libraries -- Building servers as code -- Designing enrironments -- Providing application runtime infrastructure -- Part 3. Delivery. Core infrastructure delivery workflows -- Building and distributing infrastructure as code -- Implementing infrastructure delivery with pipelines -- Infrastructure code testing strategy -- Infrastructure code testing implementation -- Deploying infrastructure -- Changing existing infrastructure -- Governance

"The past decade has seen cloud and infrastructure as code move out of shadow IT and startups and into the mainstream. Many organizations rushed to adopt new technologies as part of their transformation into digital businesses, creating a sprawl of unmaintainable infrastructure codebases. Now, there is a need to consolidate cloud-based systems into mature foundations for sustainable growth. With this book, Kief Morris describes patterns and practices for building and evolving infrastructure as code. The third edition provides a broader context for infrastructure, explaining how to design and implement infrastructure to better support the strategic goals and challenges of an organization, such as supporting growth while better managing costs"--