Data Center DevOps: On-Prem Infrastructure Like The Cloud

Learn how to automate your data center in a devops manner while staying focused with on–prem data centers. There are simply too many courses on automation covering the native cloud providers while ignoring where the majority of workloads still run!

I start each section with an introduction of concepts and then walk you through installation, configuration and execution of each toolset and concept.

We’ll learn how to:

Create a centralized build server in Ubuntu

Automate Windows and Linux virtual machine creation with Packer

Provision servers into VMWare from Packer virtual machine templates using Terraform

Configure virtual machines using Ansible

Integrate secure credential management into Packer, Ansible and Terraform using Vault

Dynamically create Ansible inventories from terraform plans

Deploy full application stacks with multiple servers and application configurations using Terraform and Ansible

Deploy, setup and manage build processes using Packer and Terraform in Jenkins

Setup and configure the GOGS git server

Each section builds on the last and you’ll significantly grow your comfort level with all things automation using a plethora of different tools and languages.  By the time we’re done you’ll be able to take what you’ve learned and apply it to your own scenarios… whether you’re doing this in your day job or wanting to build out an awesome home lab.