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Go for DevOps
Go for DevOps

Go for DevOps : Learn how to use the Go language to automate servers, the cloud, Kubernetes, GitHub, Packer, and Terraform

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  • Develop the skills to build command-line tools to control thousands of nodes
  • Use Go to create Terraform providers and GitHub actions and extend Kubernetes
  • Gain the knowledge to build DevOps workflows that are understandable, scalable, and safe

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Go is the go-to language for DevOps libraries and services, and without it, achieving fast and safe automation is a challenge. With the help of Go for DevOps, you'll learn how to deliver services with ease and safety, becoming a better DevOps engineer in the process. Some of the key things this book will teach you are how to write Go software to automate configuration management, update remote machines, author custom automation in GitHub Actions, and interact with Kubernetes. As you advance through the chapters, you'll explore how to automate the cloud using software development kits (SDKs), extend HashiCorp's Terraform and Packer using Go, develop your own DevOps services with gRPC and REST, design system agents, and build robust workflow systems. By the end of this Go for DevOps book, you'll understand how to apply development principles to automate operations and provide operational insights using Go, which will allow you to react quickly to resolve system failures before your customers realize something has gone wrong.

Who is this book for?

This book is for Ops and DevOps engineers who would like to use Go to develop their own DevOps tooling or integrate custom features with DevOps tools such as Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, HashiCorp Packer, and Terraform. Experience with some type of programming language, but not necessarily Go, is necessary to get started with this book.

What you will learn

  • Understand the basic structure of the Go language to begin your DevOps journey
  • Interact with filesystems to read or stream data
  • Communicate with remote services via REST and gRPC
  • Explore writing tools that can be used in the DevOps environment
  • Develop command-line operational software in Go
  • Work with popular frameworks to deploy production software
  • Create GitHub actions that streamline your CI/CD process
  • Write a ChatOps application with Slack to simplify production visibility
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Table of Contents

21 Chapters
Section 1: Getting Up and Running with Go Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1: Go Language Basics Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: Go Language Essentials Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Environment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: Filesystem Interactions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: Using Common Data Formats Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: Interacting with Remote Data Sources Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7: Writing Command-Line Tooling Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 8: Automating Command-Line Tasks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 2: Instrumenting, Observing, and Responding Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 9: Observability with OpenTelemetry Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 10: Automating Workflows with GitHub Actions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 11: Using ChatOps to Increase Efficiency Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Section 3: Cloud ready Go Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 12: Creating Immutable Infrastructure Using Packer Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 13: Infrastructure as Code with Terraform Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 14: Deploying and Building Applications in Kubernetes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 15: Programming the Cloud Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 16: Designing for Chaos Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Index Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Other Books You May Enjoy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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This book is very well written and the selection of topics is spot one. Bravo!
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Tiny Oct 14, 2022
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If you need to upgrade your current Go proficiency to work in the new development environment, “Go for Devops” Packt, by John Doak and David Justice can help. The book does an excellent job reintroducing the reader to go basics, building out observability solutions, and then migrating those solutions onto the cloud. Each section provides an extensive code-base and real-world examples to help learn the best solutions. My own Go skills have been lacking and I found the first section extremely helpful. It covers from language basics to command line tooling with all the intermediate sections to build file-structures and connect to remote resources. These skills play in later when needed to construct environments on cloud-providers and detail the observability aspects required by DevOps. If you don’t have the basic skills, you can’t move to advanced options and this does a credible job covering down on those basics. My favorite part of the middle section was the connection with existing tools. I don’t know any developers that haven’t used GitHub as a core piece so learning to automate workflows with GitHub builds a much needed skill-set. I also use Open Telemetry extensively myself to help send the right data to the right places so seeing it covered here was useful. Even further, the authors point out the ability to integrate OWASP’s Zap, and then the Jaeger tool with OTel to show results effectively. The last part builds to infrastructure as code with Terraform and then expand into Azure. This is a good spot for a joke, Do you know why there is no DevOps on Mars? It hasn’t been terraformed. With that, terraform is a key piece of most DevOps infrastructure so the inclusion here is valuable. Past terraform, the authors build some container solutions with Kubernetes and explain how to construct an Azure environment. Each of these steps helps the advanced user build and monitor a DevOps environment to continuous generate code for production. My chief complaint was I was really looking forward to the chapter on Chaos. I thought it would be some interesting takes on doing Chaos engineering against Go code for my CI/CD pipelines. The chapter did offer some best practices, but more in line with standard approaches than a detailed Chaos look. All in all, not too bad of a downer for an otherwise great book. This book provides a great, intermediate look at using Go in your DevOps process. While it does not exclusively focus on DevOps approaches, the integration with the various code aspects will certainly improve your overall code development. I recommend this for anyone working development in Go with an interest in expanding their knowledge to infrastructure as code.
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R. D. Mann Jul 16, 2022
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Sure, I am (the first person) listed in the acknowledgement from one of the authors - John Doak - but I wouldn't provide a review if I didn't believe in the fundamentals of what he and David Justice provide in this tome. While there will be many perspectives of what being a DevOps role entails - and which languages you could leverage - the fact is GO is largely defacto 'go to' and John has been a promoter/evangelizer for well over 10 years at this point. Many of the anecdotal stories are true, some watered down but the premise and deliverable in each chapter builds out a tool chest that any size org can take advantage of - now GO and get yourself a copy of this book and put yourself into gear.
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I bought this book based on an initial read of the overview. Despite being quite a long book, I managed to read it over a couple of days.To summarise this is an excellent overview of how to build tooling with the Go Language. It covers a wide range of problem areas which should be familiar to anyone working in DevOps.Of specific merit is the chapter on moving from bash to Go as a scripting runner. Loved the detail of how to check the command environment to ensure it contains the necessary components. Also covers handling different data formats (e.g. csv, json and yaml) - which is actually super useful if you need to work between various systems.Later in the book - there is some coverage of how to use tools like Hashicorp Packer (generate a custom image) and Terraform (build a provider). The book also covers examples on Cloud Providers; AWS and Azure - it didn't take too much effort to use Google Cloud to be fair.If you have an interest in Go and need to build tooling to help in a variety of scenarios, this book is a great start on that journey.
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Abhishek Mitra Jul 11, 2022
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The book goes from basic Go, linux, and devops all the way to some obscure utilities, kubernetes and big data with just enough detail (imo) to be super useful but still digestible (a hard balance to strike!). I find myself reaching for it often when looking for inspiration on a particular devops/backend problem.I found it very interesting that you get different author's perspectives in one book. There are also a lot of great examples that are ideal for general use (not way too hard like a typical text book).It also tackles all the necessary tools a DevOps engineer would typically encounter and provides lucid ways of working, giving practical examplesThis book is an absolute must-have for your office. Especially if you have a software focus, you're going to want to have a copy on hand.Overall I would definitely recommend
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