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For many organizations, a big part of DevOps' appeal is software automation using infrastructure-as-code techniques. This book presents developers, architects, and infra-ops engineers with a more practical option. You'll learn how a container-centric approach from OpenShift, Red Hat's cloud-based PaaS, can help your team deliver quality software through a self-service view of IT infrastructure.

Three OpenShift experts at Red Hat explain how to configure Docker application containers and the Kubernetes cluster manager with OpenShift's developer- and operational-centric tools. Discover how this infrastructure-agnostic container management platform can help companies navigate the murky area where infrastructure-as-code ends and application automation begins.

• Get an application-centric view of automation--and understand why it's important
• Learn patterns and practical examples for managing continuous deployments such as rolling, A/B, blue-green, and canary
• Implement continuous integration pipelines with OpenShift's Jenkins capability
• Explore mechanisms for separating and managing configuration from static runtime software
• Learn how to use and customize OpenShift's source-to-image capability
• Delve into management and operational considerations when working with OpenShift-based application workloads
• Install a self-contained local version of the OpenShift environment on your computer

Stefano Picozzi leads Red Hat's platform as a service (PaaS) solutions across Australia and New Zealand. He is a specialist in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and has been helping clients modernize and automate their software delivery process according to the container model since 2012.

Mike Hepburn has a background in application architecture, middleware integration and operations, development and helping large organisations continually transform and adapt to the ever changing IT landscape. He is currently Red Hat's ANZ PaaS subject matter expert.

Noel O'Connor is a Principal Consultant and Architect at Red Hat. He has extensive experience leading and delivering key customer projects for Red Hat customers throughout Europe and Asia Pacific regions.