Books

The book covers every topic in the latest CISSP exam syllabus, organized in a format that makes it easy to drill down on specific exam domains and concepts at-a-glance, making it an essential exam resource for anyone who aims to prepare for the exam without wasting time or money.

Ansible is a simple, but powerful, server and configuration management tool. Learn to use Ansible effectively, whether you manage one server—or thousands.

Developer platforms promise to rewrite the laws of IT physics: they boost innovation through standards; they speed up development while assuring compliance; and they reduce cognitive load without restricting choice. Building such an in-house platform, or even deploying one, is far from easy, though. This book condenses a decade of building and rolling out platforms into practical advice for platform teams and users.5300+ happy readers! Also as Paperback edition

Linux is one of the best decisions you can make for your computer — but knowing where to start is the hard part. This guide walks you through everything: choosing a distribution, installing it, and using it confidently every day. It was written by Jay LaCroix of Learn Linux TV, for complete beginners. No prior experience required.

Lean Enterprise Architecture (LEA) redefines EA as a lean, value-driven discipline that bridges strategy, business, and technology. Instead of static blueprints, it shows you how to build adaptive architectures, enable transformation, and create measurable impact. Whether you are an enterprise architect, IT strategist, or business leader, LEA equips you to lead with clarity and influence.

Ansible is a powerful infrastructure automation tool. Kubernetes is a powerful application deployment platform. Learn how to use these tools to automate massively-scalable, highly-available infrastructure.

If you've dabbled in containers and infrastructure or DevOps but don't know why Kubernetes is so popular, or how to get started with it, this is your book! Learn the basics of Kubernetes quickly and efficiently, with real-world application deployment examples.

Modern networks like the Internet — explained as simply as possible — but no simpler.

Build a cloud-native distributed system in Go with authentication, databases, Kafka, gRPC, circuit breakers, and distributed tracing. Each chapter teaches a pattern and extracts it into a reusable platform SDK. By the final chapter, you'll have six deployable services, a complete platform SDK, and the patterns to build the next one faster.

From Zero to Production with Spring Boot and AWS. All you need to know to get a Spring Boot application into production with AWS. No previous AWS knowledge required. Go to stratospheric.dev for a tour of the contents. (Spanish translation of Stratospheric)

Go from an empty cluster to a self-deploying GitOps pipeline, doing every step yourself: Applications, sync policy, hooks, RBAC, Helm, ApplicationSets, and a setup that ships every branch on push. You finish with a pipeline you can explain line by line, not a demo you watched run.

JSON succeeded not because it was better--XML had schemas, namespaces, and 10 years of tooling, but because it understood modularity in ways XML never could. This book deconstructs how a deliberately incomplete format defeated a comprehensive standard, then shows you the production patterns (JSON Schema, JSONB, MessagePack, versioning strategies) that make JSON systems scale from prototype to billions of requests.

Cloud security is no longer optional—it’s mission-critical.In The Definitive Guide to Cloud Security Architecture: Fortifying Networks, Workloads, and Identities Against Advanced Cyber Threats, Klaus Haller delivers a field-tested playbook for securing cloud environments across AWS, Azure, GCP, and beyond.He distills years of experience into practical strategies to counter today’s most urgent threats: insecure workloads, misconfigured networks, and identity-driven breaches. You’ll learn how to build resilient architectures, lock down privileged access, and empower your Security Operations Center (SOC) to detect and fight attacks before they escalate.Whether you're new to cloud security or a seasoned architect, this guide equips you with the mindset, frameworks, and tactical skills to defend against advanced threats—and win.Don’t wait for a breach. Protect your cloud. Safeguard your business. Take control of your career as a leader in cloud security.

¿Kubernetes te parece difícil? Esta es la precuela técnica que necesitas. Deja de copiar Dockerfiles a ciegas y domina los cimientos: imágenes, redes, volúmenes y Docker Compose. La guía definitiva en español para entender los contenedores y construir la base sólida de todo Ingeniero DevOps.

When a license renewal lands at 567% of last year's bill, renting your infrastructure stops being a strategy. This is the escape tunnel: a complete production build of Apache CloudStack 4.22 LTS — KVM, Ceph, OS10 leaf-spine — across a three-city UK estate, written by an engineer with 32 years of building the real thing. Own your cloud down to the last packet.