Chapter 2. The DevOps Tool Chain

There are a number of tools to help teams employ DevOps techniques. This chapter introduces them. Later in the book, they are covered in greater detail with hands-on examples.

Topics covered in this chapter include the following:

Organizing for success

Server deployment

Configuration management

Continuous integration

Log analysis

Organizing for Success: Kanban

Traditional task management for operations teams usually involves some sort of ticket system. Trouble tickets are great for keeping track of problems and for historical analysis after the problem is resolved. The problem with trouble ticket systems is that they can present a challenge to correlate tasks that should be related. Another challenge ...

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