About the Author

Mayank Joshi works for Indix as a DevOps engineer. He has worn many hats during his 10-year long career. He has been a developer, a systems analyst, a systems administrator, a software consultant, and for the past 6 years, he has been fascinated with the phenomenal growth witnessed in cloud environments and the challenges of automation associated with the hosting of the infrastructure in such environments. Prior to Indix, he worked for start-ups such as SlideShare, R&D organizations such as CDAC, and even had a stint at a highly automated chemical plant of IFFCO.

I would like to thank all my fellow colleagues at Indix for their wonderful support and allowing me to get some spare time amid some very tight work schedules.

I wouldn't have been able to work on cloud platforms and configuration management systems had I not associated with SlideShare. Thanks much, guys!

I would also like to thank my family for bearing with me while I was spending most of the time either working or writing the book.

Last but not least, special thanks to the wonderful team at Packt, especially Parita and Meeta, who really pushed me whenever I was losing focus.