10Infrastructure Automation with Azure Pipelines

This chapter covers infrastructure automation on Azure and how you can deploy your applications infrastructure using Azure Pipelines.

OVERVIEW OF INFRASTRUCTURE AUTOMATION

Infrastructure automation is the process of using software tools and methods to automate the provisioning and administration of your application's cloud infrastructure. Some of these tools include scripts and programming languages. This process may involve installing and configuring servers, networking hardware, and other resources. Infrastructure automation aims to increase the efficiency and repeatability of managing and maintaining application infrastructure while reducing human intervention. The goal is to lower the possibility of mistakes and errors. Organizations can save time and money by automating the provisioning and management of their infrastructure. They can also ensure that their infrastructure is consistently configured and complies with best practices and industry standards.

The infrastructure of applications was manually configured by software development ...

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