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DevOps is a set of practices that combines software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) aimed at shortening the systems development life cycle and providing continuous delivery with high software quality. It emphasizes collaboration, automation, and integration between developers and IT professionals to improve the speed and quality of software deployment.

When NOT to use Terraform (and what to use instead)

Updated: Feb 03, 2024
Introduction Terraform by HashiCorp has become a cornerstone tool for creating, managing, and orchestrating infrastructure across a variety of cloud and on-premises environments. Its declarative configuration language allows developers......

What is Terraform and how does it work?

Updated: Feb 03, 2024
Introduction Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code software tool created by HashiCorp. It enables users to define and provision a datacenter infrastructure using a high-level configuration language known as HashiCorp......

What is Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?

Updated: Feb 03, 2024
Introduction Infrastructure as Code (IaC) offers a modern approach to managing and provisioning infrastructure through code rather than through manual processes or interactive configuration tools. This method utilizes code-based tools......

How to download files using cURL (basic & advanced techniques)

Updated: Feb 02, 2024
Introduction In this tutorial, we are going to dive into using cURL to download files from the internet. cURL, short for ‘Client for URLs’, is a command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs. It is supported......

Advanced Networking with Kube-proxy in Kubernetes: A Practical Guide (with Examples)

Updated: Feb 01, 2024
Introduction Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration system that automates the deployment, scaling, and operation of application containers across clusters of hosts. Kube-proxy is a key component within Kubernetes that......

How to Use Kubernetes Network Policies for Security

Updated: Feb 01, 2024
Introduction Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration system for automating computer application deployment, scaling, and management. However, with a surge in Kubernetes adoption, securing your clusters is more important......

How to Implement Canary Deployments in Kubernetes

Updated: Feb 01, 2024
Introduction to Canary Deployments Canary deployments are a strategy for rolling out releases to a subset of users or servers. The goal is to test in the production environment with a small, almost unnoticed, user base to mitigate any......

How to Optimize Kubernetes Networking with Calico

Updated: Feb 01, 2024
Overview Kubernetes, the popular container orchestration platform, boasts a dynamic and flexible networking model that enables seamless interaction between applications and services. One networking solution often integrated with......

How to Set Up SSL with Let’s Encrypt in Kubernetes

Updated: Feb 01, 2024
Introduction With web security becoming a top priority for both users and search engines, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) has become a necessity for any production application. Let’s Encrypt is a popular and free way to implement SSL......

Can you set dynamic values in Kubernetes YAML files?

Updated: Feb 01, 2024
Introduction Kubernetes has become an industry standard for deploying and managing containerized applications at scale. While Kubernetes offers robust solutions, developers often encounter the question: Can you set dynamic values in......

Kubernetes: How to assign a namespace to a specific pod

Updated: Feb 01, 2024
Introduction In Kubernetes, namespaces provide a mechanism for isolating groups of resources within a single cluster. Namespaces are intended for use in environments with many users spread across multiple teams, or projects. In this......

How to Balance Throughput with Latency in Kafka

Updated: Feb 01, 2024
Introduction Kafka, a powerful distributed event streaming platform, plays a critical role in modern data architectures. It efficiently processes large streams of data in real-time. However, configuring Kafka for optimal performance......