Chapter 18. Azure Automation
Where possible, you shouldn’t manually log in to a server and make changes. Software doesn’t need to be installed by clicking buttons in a GUI, and updates don’t need to be made to configuration files in a text editor. These manual actions introduce an opportunity for errors to occur, which can result in misconfigurations and application failures. If you want to replicate the configuration of a server, can you remember all the steps that were required to get the existing server up and running? What if you need to do it again in 6 months?
In chapter 16, we touched on a way to automatically check for and apply updates to servers. This magic happened with the use of Azure Automation. In this chapter, we examine how ...
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