OpenStack for Architects - Softcover

Solberg, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784395102 ISBN 13: 9781784395100

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Over 25 hands-on recipes to create robust and highly-efficient cross-platform distributed applications with the Boost.Asio library

Key Features

• Build highly efficient distributed applications with ease
• Enhance your cross-platform network programming skills with one of the most reputable C++ libraries
• Find solutions to real-world problems related to network programming with ready-to-use recipes using this detailed and practical handbook

Book Description

Starting with recipes demonstrating the execution of basic Boost.Asio operations, the book goes on to provide ready-to-use implementations of client and server applications from simple synchronous ones to powerful multithreaded scalable solutions. Finally, you are presented with advanced topics such as implementing a chat application, implementing an HTTP client, and adding SSL support. All the samples presented in the book are ready to be used in real projects just out of the box.

As well as excellent practical examples, the book also includes extended supportive theoretical material on distributed application design and construction.

What You Will Learn

• Boost your working knowledge of one of the most reputable C++ networking libraries-Boost.Asio
• Familiarize yourself with the basics of TCP and UDP protocols
• Create scalable and highly-efficient client and server applications
• Understand the theory behind development of distributed applications
• Increase the security of your distributed applications by adding SSL support
• Implement a HTTP client easily
• Use iostreams, scatter-gather buffers, and timers

Who This Book Is For

If you want to enhance your C++ network programming skills using the Boost.Asio library and understand the theory behind development of distributed applications, this book is just what you need. The prerequisite for this book is experience with general C++11. To get the most from the book and comprehend advanced topics, you will need some background experience in multithreading.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Solberg, as a chief architect, is responsible for helping Red Hat customers achieve their key business transformation initiatives through open source architectures and technologies. He regularly advises a range of Fortune 100 companies in financial services, healthcare, retail, and transportation verticals on topics such as cloud computing, big data, high-performance computing, and enterprise middleware. At Red Hat since 2008, Michael has led a number of successful initiatives to assist strategic customers adopt new virtualization, systems management, and engineering practices. His previous experience includes building web hosting infrastructure. He is also an avid supporter of the OpenStack project. Michael holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia and is a regular speaker at industry events.

Ben Silverman, as the Principal Cloud Architect for OnX Enterprise Solutions, is responsible for providing strategic and tactical cloud leadership to OnX s customers. Previously, Ben was a Senior Cloud Architect at Mirantis, where he developed cloud solutions for many Fortune 100 companies. Ben has been involved with OpenStack since the Havana release and is an active technical contributor. Prior to working for Mirantis, Ben was the Lead Technical Architect at American Express, where he built one of the largest financial services OpenStack clouds at that time. Ben is an exuberant OpenStack evangelist who is often seen speaking at industry events and conventions about OpenStack adoption, scale challenges, and cloud operations. In his limited spare time, Ben and a few others have taken on the task of re-writing all of the OpenStack architecture and operations guides that are currently available on the OpenStack Foundation website. Ben has a Master s degree in Information Management from Arizona State University and lives in Phoenix, AZ.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784395102
• ISBN 13: 9781784395100
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214