chapter 6

Question 1

Explain what the Operate step in the DevOps lifecycle is

Answer 1

The operate step involves managing and maintaining the applications and infrastructure that have been developed and deployed

Question 2

Describe what IaC is and how it supports the DevOps way of working

Answer 2

Infrastructure as code (IaC): is the practice of managing and provisioning computing infrastructure through machine readable definition files

Question 3

Explain what Docker Compose is and how it works using different commands

Answer 3

Docker compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container docker applications, it uses YAML-formatted configuration files to define the services, networks and volumes required for a containerized application to run

Question 4

Describe why Docker Compose is Considered IaC

Answer 4

Docker compose can be considered infrastructure as code because it enables declarative configuration, version control and collaboration, automation and reproducibility and scalability and flexibility