DevOps for Go (Golang) Developers
300 pages
English
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DevOps for Go (Golang) Developers

DevOps for Go (Golang) Developers

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The book "DevOps for Go (Golang) Developers" is a practical guide that bridges the gap between writing Go code and reliably operating it in production. If you are a Go developer and want to deploy, scale, and monitor your services yourself — this book is for you.



What the book is about

The author systematically guides the reader from the basic principles of DevOps to building a complete delivery pipeline for Go applications. You will learn:

  • How to containerize Go applications using Docker and create lightweight images (multi-stage builds)
  • Basics of orchestration with Kubernetes: deployment, services, configmaps, secrets, and horizontal scaling
  • Setting up CI/CD with GitHub Actions and GitLab CI for automated testing and deployment
  • Monitoring and logging tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and integration with Go (exporters, middleware)
  • Working with databases in Kubernetes, managing migrations and StatefulSets
  • Security: vulnerability scanning, secret management, network policies
  • Best practices for production deployment: health checks, graceful shutdown, rate limiting, Circuit Breaker


Who this book is for

  • Go developers (Junior, Middle, Senior) who want to learn DevOps and manage infrastructure independently
  • DevOps engineers looking to gain a deeper understanding of the specifics of building and deploying Go applications
  • Team leads and architects implementing microservice architecture in Go


What you will gain

After reading the book, you will be able to:

  • Automate the build, testing, and deployment of Go services
  • Set up a fault-tolerant Kubernetes cluster for microservices
  • Implement observability using metrics, tracing, and logs
  • Avoid common mistakes in containerization and orchestration


All code examples are available in the repository and ready to use. The book is written by a practitioner with 10 years of experience in Go and DevOps, so every tip is proven on real projects. It is ideal for those who want to move from "it just works locally" to "it works reliably in production."

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