Mastering Shell for DevOps: Automate, streamline, and secure DevOps workflows with modern shell scripting

“Mastering Shell for DevOps” is all about giving DevOps, cloud, and Linux folks the know-how to automate and make their workflows more efficient with shell scripting. The book uses real-world examples and simple instructions to show how to automate tasks and move away from manual work in a DevOps environment.

We start with the basics of shell scripting, so you can learn to write scripts that get the job done. It then moves on to version control with Git and GitHub, showing the importance of collaboration and code management in this context. The book then jumps into infrastructure provisioning and configuration management, showing you how to automate the setup of servers and services using tools like AWS CLI, Docker, and Kubernetes.

As your skills grow, you’ll learn to set up monitoring and logging tools, automate incident detection and resolution, and manage network traffic and load balancing. The book also helps you learn how to automate security tasks, including user access management, vulnerability scanning, patching, and compliance checks. By the end of the book, you’ll have a whole toolkit of shell scripts that will help you work more efficiently, reliably, and securely in your DevOps practices.

Key Features

• Get your infrastructure provisioning done automatically with shell scripts for reliable, fast deployments.
• Make version control a lot easier by using Git and shell scripting for collaborative development.
• Set up a system to monitor and log your data automatically so you can spot any issues early on.
• Make it easy to spot and fix problems so your system stays up and running.
• Get the most out of your network traffic and load balancing with shell scripts for top performance.
• You can deploy and manage containers with Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes using automation.
• Give security a boost with scripted access management and permission assignments.
• Automate vulnerability scanning and patching to keep your system secure.
• Run system audits and compliance checks with scripted automation.

Table of Content

1. Automating Routine DevOps Tasks
2. Managing CI/CD Pipelines with Shell Scripting
3. Test Automation and Validation Scripts
4. Task Scheduling and Monitoring with CRONTAB
5. Orchestrating Infrastructure with Shell Scripting
6. Incident Resolution and Log Management
7. Managing Network Traffic and Load Balancing
8. Containerization and Shell Scripting
9. DevOps Security Automation with Shell Scripting