Hybrid Cloud for Architects : Build robust hybrid cloud solutions using AWS and OpenStack.

Hybrid Cloud is currently the next buzz word in the cloud world. Organizations are planning to adopt hybrid cloud strategy due to its advantages such as untested workloads, cloud-bursting, cloud service brokering, and so on. This book will give you an understanding of the hybrid cloud as well as bui...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duncan, David
Other Authors: Shrivastwa, Alok
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2018.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright and Credits; Packt Upsell; Contributors; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introducing Hybrid Cloud; The cloud's demographics; Based on abstraction; Service down clouds ; Infrastructure up clouds ; Differentiating service down and infrastructure up clouds ; Based on services offered; Based on consumers of the services ; Choosing different cloud combinations; Summary; Chapter 2: Hybrid Cloud â#x80;#x93; Why Does It Matter?; What does the world say? ; Pure-play public cloud strategy ; Public cloud benefits; Need for agility.
  • Ability to experiment without upfront costReducing operational overheads; Ability to consume enhanced services; Shortcomings of a public cloud; Cost ; Control/customizability; Compliance ; Fear of lock-in; Hybrid cloud case study; Summary â#x80;#x93; maximizing benefits; Chapter 3: Hybrid Cloud Building Blocks; The story of a web application ; Transport level ; Case 1 â#x80;#x93; without a proxy; Case 2 â#x80;#x93; with a proxy ; Application level ; Web tier ; Application tier ; Database tier ; Putting it all together; Use cases of a hybrid cloud ; Isolated use case ; Distributed use caseÂ
  • Co-Existent use case Cloud bursting ; Using cognitive services ; Supporting application use cases ; Backup and disaster recovery in the cloud; Decoupling the tiers; Case in point â#x80;#x93; architecture of OpenStack; Services to enable a hybrid cloud ; Network connectivity ; DNS service ; Public cloud services for hybrid deployment; Amazon Web Services (AWS); Storage gateway; Direct connect; Route 53; Amazon EC2 run command; VMware cloud on AWS ; Microsoft Azure; Azure Stack; Azure Site Recovery (ASR); Azure Traffic Manager; Summary â#x80;#x93; setting up hybrid cloud.
  • Chapter 4: Architecting the Underpinning ServicesNetworking; Underlay network; LAN architecture; WAN architecture; Overlay networking; GRE; VXLAN; Virtual Private Network (VPN); Encrypting data using IPSec and SSL â#x80;#x93; concepts; IPSec VPN; SSL VPN; MPLS connectivity â#x80;#x93; direct connect; Routing table; Domain Name System (DNS); How does DNS work?; Global load balancing; Identity and Access Management (IAM) ; Identity Federation ; Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA); Application components; Global databases ; Using Cockroach DB in a hybrid cloud environment ; Database log shipping.
  • Choosing the right componentsNetwork connectivity ; DNS services ; IAM and Active Directory ; Conclusion ; Chapter 5: Hybrid Cloud Deployment â#x80;#x93; Architecture and Preparation; Getting started with the public cloud â#x80;#x93; AWS; AWS terminology ; Account; Region ; Availability zones (AZ); Virtual private cloud (VPC); AWS services ; Architecting the AWS environment ; AWS account design; VPC design ; Designing an AWS environment ; Connectivity to the private cloud; Setting up a public cloud â#x80;#x93; AWS; Creating an account in AWS; Creating a VPC and subnets; Creating the IGW and VGW.