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Study tips to ace the CNCF's CKA exam
IT certifications are an IT admin's superpower, lending official credibility to technology expertise. Know what to expect -- and practice -- to become Kubernetes certified. Continue Reading
ICYMI: Advice for aspiring site reliability engineers
IT ops pros looking to land an SRE job can use these four articles to absorb the key responsibilities and challenges that site reliability engineering entails. Continue Reading
AIOps explained in 5 minutes
There are many uses for AIOps in an IT organization, including advanced monitoring, reporting and analysis, and fault prevention. This video describes how AIOps works. Continue Reading
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Review this ops checklist for containerized applications
So you're ready to adopt containers? Successful implementation will require infrastructure and operational practices that account for the specific requirements of containerization. Continue Reading
How to properly prep a container infrastructure
To deploy containers in production, an organization will need to put in place the appropriate infrastructure. Here are the specific steps to take to begin that process. Continue Reading
Kubernetes underpins Docker container technology dominance
Given the ever-evolving nature of enterprise technology, some IT predictions just never come to be. Let's see how one particular forecast for Docker containers held up.Continue Reading
Manage Elasticsearch documents with indices and shards
Before they can put the search capabilities of Elasticsearch to use for their organization, admins need to properly organize and manage documents via indices, shards, replicas and mapping.Continue Reading
Use Elasticsearch shard allocation to distribute workload demand
Learn how to use Elasticsearch shards to distribute data storage and retrieval across physical resources, as workload demands grow.Continue Reading
Automate Windows configurations with Boxstarter and Chocolatey
Follow this Boxstarter tutorial to install the open source tool, and use it alongside PowerShell, Chocolatey and GitHub gists for streamlined and repeatable Windows configurations.Continue Reading
Build up a DevSecOps pipeline for fast and safe code delivery
It's all well and good to automate the software build process, but without proper security practices in place, the DevOps pipeline can lead developers to deploy compromised code.Continue Reading
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Bookmark this expansive guide to DevOps for Windows
Native Windows DevOps tools and Azure DevOps services enable Microsoft shops to keep pace with Linux setups.Continue Reading
Build Terraform modules to make IT components into code
Modules enable reusability of infrastructure-as-code deployments with Terraform. Follow this example, which also features AWS for the hosting environment, to learn module structure.Continue Reading
Start using Terraform variables for IT resource deployment flexibility
Infrastructure-as-code adopters should try Terraform input and output variables as a more flexible way to define and save values for deployment configurations.Continue Reading
Can you accurately measure SLA expectations and results?
Realistic SLA expectations rely on accurately defined criteria, properly set. Test your knowledge of SLA measurements and learn to tailor contracts that avoid costly consequences with this quiz.Continue Reading
Learn how to use Salt orchestration with an example
Admins can use orchestration features in Salt to centrally control a group of minions and machines. Follow this example, which features Orchestrate Runner, to get started.Continue Reading