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# awesome-devops-books [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge-flat.svg)](https://awesome.re)
This is a list of curated books related to DevOps.

## Table of Contents
- [Technical Books](#technical-books)
  * [Agile](#agile)
  * [CI/CD](#ci-cd)
  * [Containers](#containers)
  * [DevOps](#devops)
  * [Infrastructure](#infrastructure)
  * [Linux](#linux)
  * [Monitoring](#monitoring)
  * [Networking](#networking)
  * [Operating Systems](#operating-systems)
  * [Programming Languages](#programming-languages)
  * [Python](#python)
  * [Requirements Engineering](#requirements-engineering)
  * [Security](#security)
  * [Shell Scripting](#shell-scripting)
  * [Site Reliability Engineering](#site-reliability-engineering)
  * [Software Engineering](#software-engineering)
  * [Systems](#systems)
  * [Systems Administration](#systems-administration)
  * [Testing](#testing)
  * [Unix](#unix)
  * [Version Control](#version-control)
- [Soft Skills Books](#soft-skills-books)
  * [Argumentation](#argumentation)
  * [Design](#design)
  * [Logic](#logic)
  * [Organizational Management](#organizational-management)
  * [Persuasion](#persuasion)
  * [Presentation](#presentation)
  * [Product Management](#product-management)
  * [Research](#research)
  * [Teamwork](#teamwork)
  * [Training](#training)
  * [Writing](#writing)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [License](#license)

## Technical
The following books focus on several DevOps concepts and technologies.

### Agile
Agile will likely be the systems development approach used by DevOps
organizations. You must thus understand its concepts, origins, and
anti-patterns. The following books cover those subjects.
* ***Agile Estimating and Planning***
* ***Scrum: a Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction*** by Chris Sims and [@hillaryjohnson](https://github.com/hillaryjohnson). *The* Scrum book your team will be flicking through every week to implement Scrum properly. A quick read.
* ***User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development***

### CI/CD
* ***Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation*** by [@jezhumble](https://github.com/jezhumble) and [@davidfarley77](https://github.com/davidfarley). The seminal book that changed the systems development field forever. Many had written about CI/CD concepts before, but Humble and Farley were the first to write a publication that cohesively encompassed all the aspects of continuous delivery into a single tome. CD has evolved since the book's publication, but *the* CD book is a must-read for every DevOps practitioner.
* ***Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk*** by [@paulduvall](https://github.com/paulduvall), Steve Matyas, and [@aglover](https://github.com/aglover). A product of its time. This CI book paved the way for others to expand on CI/CD practices.
* ***Jenkins 2: Up & Running*** by [@brentlaster](https://github.com/brentlaster) and endorsed by [@koshuke](https://github.com/koshuke) himself.

### Containers
* ***Docker Deep Dive*** by [@nigelpoulton](https://github.com/nigelpoulton), a Docker Captain. The book to-go for starting to learn about Docker.
* ***Kubernetes in Action*** by [@luksa](https://github.com/luksa), a Red Hat software engineer. The most in-depth Kubernetes book available in the market as of this writing.
* ***The Kubernetes Book*** by [@nigelpoulton](https://github.com/nigelpoulton), a Docker Captain.

### DevOps
* ***DevOps: A Software Architect's Perspective*** by Len Bass, Ingo Weber, and Liming Zhu. *The* DevOps book. Written by three accomplished Ph.D.s that ended up working at the [Software Engineering Institute](https://www.sei.cmu.edu/
).
* ***DevOps For The Modern Enterprise: Winning Practices to Transform Legacy IT Organizations***
* ***Start and Scaling DevOps in the Enterprise***
* ***The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations*** by [@genekim](https://github.com/genekim), [@jedi4ever](https://github.com/jedi), [@botchagalupe](https://github.com/botchagalupe), and [@jezhumble](https://github.com/jezhumble). A non-fiction follow up to *The Phoenix Project*. The book explains several DevOps practices and provides several case-studies of how those practices worked in real life for different organizations.
* ***The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win*** by [@genekim](https://github.com/genekim), Kevin Behr, and George Spafford. A fictional book that provides context on how DevOps can increase productivity.
* ***Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery*** by [@brikis98](https://github.com/brikis98/) of [@gruntwork-io](https://github.com/gruntwork-io). A hands-on guide to deploying and managing software in production, including deploying applications and microservices to the cloud, managing your infrastructure as code, automating your software delivery lifecycle in a CI/CD pipeline, configuring networking, setting up data stores, hooking up monitoring, and much more.

### Infrastructure
* ***Ansible for DevOps: Server and Configuration Management for Humans*** by [@geerlinguy](https://github.com/geerlinguy). A product of its time but still a great practical introduction to Ansible.
* ***HTTP: The Definitive Guide***
* ***Infrastructure as Code: Managing Servers in the Cloud*** by [@kief](https://github.com/kief). The best book in the market that details every major pattern and anti-pattern on how to manage infrastructure properly in the modern world. Explains why and what rather than how.
* ***Terraform: Up & Running*** by [@brikis98](https://github.com/brikis98/) from [@gruntwork-io](https://github.com/gruntwork-io). Briefly explains why and what to then dig deep into the how. Even though the book is written from a Terraform perspective, it should be read by anyone who manages infrastructure.

### Linux
* ***How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know***
* ***Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide***
* ***Linux and the Unix Philosophy***
* ***Linux Bible***
* ***Linux Core Kernel Commentary: Guide to Insider's Knowledge on the Core Kernel of the Linux Code***
* ***Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible***
* ***Linux Device Drivers: Where the Kernel Meets the Hardware***
* ***Linux Kernel Development***
* ***Linux Pocket Guide***
* ***Linux System Programming: Talking Directly to the Kernel and C Library***
* ***The Linux Command Line***
* ***Understanding Linux Network Internals: Guided Tour to Networking on Linux***
* ***Understanding the Linux Kernel***

### Monitoring
* ***Practical Monitoring: Effective Strategies for the Real World***
* ***Prometheus: Up & Running: Infrastructure and Application Performance Monitoring***

### Networking
* ***CompTIA Network+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide***
* ***Computer Networks***
* ***TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols***

### Operating Systems
* ***Modern Operating Systems***
* ***Operating System Concepts***
* ***Operating Systems: Design and Implementation***

### Programming Languages
* ***C Programming Language***
* ***Groovy in Action***
* ***Java Software Solutions: Foundations of Program Design***
* ***sed & awk***
* ***The Go Programming Language***

### Python
* ***Automate the Boring Stuff with Python***
* ***Python Cookbook***
* ***Python Crash Course***
* ***Python Pocket Reference***
* ***Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner***

### Requirements Engineering
* ***A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge***
* ***Agile Extension to the BABOK Guide***
* ***Mastering the Requirements Process***
* ***Requirements Engineering for Software and Systems***

### Security
* ***CompTIA Security+ Get Certified Get Ahead***
* ***IT Auditing: Using Controls to Protect Information Assets***
* ***Linux Security Cookbook***
* ***Securing DevOps: Security in the Cloud***

### Shell Scripting
* ***bash Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for bash Users***
* ***Bash Pocket Reference: Help for Power Users and Sys Admins***
* ***Classic Shell Scripting***
* ***Learning the bash Shell***

### Site Reliability Engineering
* ***Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems***
* ***The Site Reliability Workbook: Practical Ways to Implement SRE***

### Software Engineering
* ***Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction***
* ***Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software***
* ***Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change***
* ***Fundamentals of Software Engineering***
* ***Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture***
* ***Programming from the Ground Up***
* ***Programming Pearls***
* ***Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software***
* ***Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code***
* ***Software Architecture: Foundations, Theory, and Practice***
* ***Software Architecture in Practice***
* ***Software Engineering***
* ***Test Driven Development: By Example***
* ***The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering***
* ***The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master***

### Systems
* ***Computer Organization and Design***
* ***Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective***
* ***Software Systems Architecture: Working With Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives***
* ***Systems Architecture***

### Systems Administration
* ***Autonomic Computing: Concepts, Infrastructure, and Applications***
* ***IT Systems Management: Designing, Implementing, and Managing World-Class Infrastructures***
* ***Linux Administration: A Beginner’s Guide***
* ***The Practice of System and Network Administration***
* ***UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook***

### Testing
* ***A Friendly Introduction to Software Testing***
* ***Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams***
* ***How Google Tests Software***
* ***Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach***
* ***Software System Testing and Quality Assurance***
* ***Software Testing***
* ***Software Testing Techniques***
* ***Testing Computer Software***

### Unix
* ***Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment***
* ***POSIX Programmers Guide***
* ***The Art of UNIX Programming***
* ***The Design of the UNIX Operating System***
* ***The Unix Programming Environment***

### Version Control
* ***Git Pocket Guide: A Working Introduction***
* ***Learn Version Control with Git: A step-by-step course for the complete beginner***
* ***Pro Git***

## Soft Skills

### Argumentation
* ***A Rulebook for Arguments***
* ***A Workbook for Arguments: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking***
* ***An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments***
* ***Attacking Faulty Reasoning: Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments***
* ***How to Argue & Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday***
* ***Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion***

### Design
* ***Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability***
* ***Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things***
* ***The Design of Everyday Things***

### Logic
* ***Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking***
* ***Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking***
* ***Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial Offenders***
* ***The Science Of Correct Thinking: Logic***

### Organizational Management
* ***A Guide to Benefit-Cost Analysis***
* ***Leadership: Theory and Practice***
* ***Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations***
* ***One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964: The Secret History of the Cuban Missile Crisis***
* ***The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement***
* ***The High-Velocity Edge: How Market Leaders Leverage Operational Excellence to Beat the Competition***
* ***The Lean Startup***
* ***The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully***
* ***The Trusted Advisor***
* ***Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production***
* ***Understanding and Managing Public Organizations***

### Persuasion
* ***Essentials of Negotiation***
* ***Getting Things Done When You Are Not in Charge***
* ***Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion***
* ***Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die***
* ***Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard***
* ***The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures***

### Presentation
* ***Before and After Graphics for Business***
* ***Mapping Experiences: A Complete Guide to Creating Value through Journeys, Blueprints, and Diagrams***
* ***slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations***
* ***The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: The Dos and Don'ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures***
* ***Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes and Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity***

### Product Management
* ***Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love***
* ***The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win***
* ***The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity***
* ***The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you***

### Research
* ***Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science***

### Teamwork
* ***Extraordinary Groups: How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results***
* ***Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators***
* ***The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups***
* ***The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable***
* ***The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues***
* ***The Joy of Conflict Resolution: Transforming Victims, Villains and Heroes in the Workplace and at Home***

### Training
* ***75 Ways for Managers to Hire, Develop, and Keep Great Employees***
* ***Developing Employees***
* ***Employee Development on a Shoestring***
* ***How to Start a Training Program: Training is a Strategic Business Tool in Any Organization***

### Writing
* ***A Writer's Guide to Eight Methods of Transition***
* ***A Writer's Guide to Powerful Paragraphs***
* ***A Writer's Guide to Transitional Words and Expressions***
* ***Grammatical Categories & Cognition: A Case Study of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis***
* ***How to Make an Impact: Influence, Inform and Impress With Your Reports, Presentations and Business Documents***
* ***How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading***
* ***It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer's Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences***
* ***Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing***
* ***Linguistic Relativity: Evidence Across Languages and Cognitive Domains***
* ***Make Your Writing Flow: A Practical Guide to Transitional Words and Phrases***
* ***On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction***
* ***Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace***
* ***The Elements of Style***
* ***Writing a Research Paper in Political Science: A Practical Guide to Inquiry, Structure, and Methods***
* ***Writing Science: How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Proposals That Get Funded***
* ***Writing White Papers: How to Capture Readers and Keep Them Engaged***

## Contributing
Submit a pull request.

## License
This work was originally created by
[Jose Drowne](http://www.linkedin.com/in/jdrowne) who
[released it under public domain](LICENSE.md).

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