DevOps for Azure Applications: Deploy Web Applications on Azure

by Suren Machiraju, Suraj Gaurav

Deploy web applications on Azure using DevOps tools. This book gives solutions to real-world Cloud deployment scenarios which will enable you to become adept in DevOps work for Azure.
You'll start by seeing an overview of DevOps for Azure deployments where you will also survey the available tools, including Octopus Deploy and TeamCity. Here, you will learn how to use TeamCity as a CI tool and Octopus Deploy as release-management and CD software to get your package deployed on Azure Web Application.
Next, the authors demonstrate using the Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) integrated developer platform. Finally, you will go through some real-world scenarios using DevOps tools to deploy web applications on Azure. To do this, you will create resources in Azure and integrate with an open source buildout.
After reading this book, you will be ready to use various tools in a DevOps environment to support an Azure deployment.
What You Will Learn
Carry out a survey of DevOps tools


Build a DevOps solution using standalone DevOps tools - TeamCity and Octopus Deploy


Use an integrated DevOps platform - VSTS


Build out an Azure deployment using open source code and VSTS
Who This Book Is For
Developers and release engineers. Also, project managers will find it useful to understand the workflow in DevOps.

142 pages, Paperback

Published May 19, 2018

Reviews

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't follow the steps to see how useful it is, but it explains how to set-up some specific tools (eg TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, VSTS) that you could use in an Azure context. Probably not useful for many who will have more specific requirements for their application. I thought it was a bit of an odd decision to often redact the screenshots. I can understand not wanting to show your username, but it often looked like they were redacting basic stuff like a repository name. You'd expect their repository to either be public so readers of the book can cross-reference what they have, or just delete it once the book launches.

[Alexander Müller · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too specific and too focused on just a few tools (TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, VSTS).
The chapters consist mainly of bulletpoints and some guiding screenshots. Not useful for developers who want to use it as a starting point for setting up a custom DevOps solution.

[Lolo · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a small book that would have been a few articles in social media. I'm having difficulty finding useful things in this.

[Pham Tung · Rating 1 out of 5]

nothing useful

[Burnthevillages · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very specific and opinionated. Everyone isn't going to use the exact same tools.