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Why you should never 'patch' a production server. Master the philosophy of Immutable Infrastructure. Learn the 'Pets vs. Cattle' analogy and understand why the most stable systems are the ones you delete and recreate every single day.
Build perfectly repeatable systems. Master 'Packer', the tool for creating 'Golden Images'. Learn to automate the creation of Amazon AMIs, Azure VHDs, and VMware templates. Eliminate the 'Configuration Drift' of the first boot.
Master the heart of modern development. Learn how Linux powers CI/CD pipelines. Understand 'Runners', 'Agents', and 'Build Servers'. Learn to write a deploy script that updates a production server securely from a GitHub or GitLab action.
How does a cloud server know your SSH key before you log in? Master 'Cloud-Init', the multi-distribution package that handles early initialization. Learn to automate user creation, package installation, and script execution at the very first boot.
Configure 1,000 servers simultaneously. Master 'Ansible', the agentless configuration management tool. Learn to write 'Playbooks' (YAML) to install software, manage users, and deploy configurations. Understand why 'Idempotency' is your new best friend.
Stop clicking, start coding. Master 'Infrastructure as Code' (IaC) with Terraform. Learn to define your Linux servers, networks, and firewalls in simple text files. Understand the 'State File' and how to version your infrastructure like your code.
Take your Linux skills to the cloud. Learn the essential workflow for launching EC2 instances on AWS, GCE on GCP, and VMs on Azure. Master SSH key pairs, security groups, and cloud-init for automated scaling.
Choose your path. Compare n8n Cloud to the various self-hosted options (Desktop, Docker, npm) to find the best setup for your needs and budget.
Hands-on: Finalize your deployment package and learn about cloud hosting options for LangChain apps.