Adopting IT Automation

Skillsoft issued completion badges are earned based on viewing the percentage required or receiving a passing score when assessment is required. In this 14-video course, learners will explore potential applications that can be automated, along with important advantages, disadvantages, and best practices of automation. You will examine how to develop enterprise automation capabilities that can help deliver controlled self-service capabilities for managing IT processes and infrastructure. First, learn about the key processes necessary to implement effective IT automation strategy, the key principles of DevOps, and the approach of automating the DevOps process by using integration technologies. Then explore the role of automation in DevOps and the benefits of enabling standardization in DevOps automation, along with the role and responsibilities of the DevOps Automation Architect. Identify the benefits of cloud automation and common cloud tasks that are a good candidate for automation. You will go on to learn about the tools used to automate DevOps practices; how to install and configure SaltStack to automate infrastructure provisioning; and how to automate static site deployment with AWS (Amazon Web Services) CloudFormation.