Preface

When we first began developing OpenShift in Action, it was going to be a book focusing on the ops side of DevOps in OpenShift. Existing books focus on OpenShift’s developer experience, and we wanted to be their counterpoint. As we continued to work on the content and look at what we wanted to teach, it became apparent that we didn’t want to be a counterpoint. We didn’t want to represent one side of anything. Instead, we decided to create a complete example of OpenShift with a strong experience for both operators and developers. OpenShift in Action takes a holistic view of OpenShift, giving equal weight to both perspectives represented in DevOps.

We think this is important, because the ultimate goal of DevOps is to enable and enhance communication between developer and operations teams that historically have been placed in adversarial (at best) relationships. To accomplish this, the two authors each specialize in one of these roles. For us, writing this book has been an amazing learning experience in how DevOps can work for just about anything, including writing a book.