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Blog posts in the Devops Management category

Rolling Deployment in Kubernetes: A Quick Guide

Practical guide to safe Kubernetes rolling deployments: set probes, handle SIGTERM, tune maxSurge/maxUnavailable, monitor and rollback.

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How to Use Terraform for Multi-Cloud IaC

Practical guidance on structuring Terraform for multi-cloud: split state, simple modules, secure identities and cost controls.

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Best Practices for CI/CD Tool Version Updates

Treat every CI/CD version bump as a risk: check compatibility, test in staging, rehearse rollback, and verify post-release.

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AWS vs Azure: Benchmarking Performance Tools

Managed testing is faster to start, but deeper control needs more setup — benchmark at multiple load levels with the same external tool.

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Automating Vulnerability Scanning in Private Clouds

Set scope, choose on‑prem tools, automate discovery and CI/CD gates, and enforce remediation SLAs for private‑cloud vulnerability scans.

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Serverless Savings: Spot Instance Use Cases

Save 40-70% by using serverless control with Spot compute for interrupt-tolerant batch, media and ML workloads.

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How Service Mesh Improves Observability in Kubernetes

Sidecar proxies, Prometheus, tracing and logs reveal service-to-service traffic, pinpoint slow hops and diagnose errors without app changes.

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Choosing a Service Mesh: Overhead vs Features

Compare mesh runtime cost, latency and features to choose the lightest option that meets your security, routing and observability needs.

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GitLab CI/CD and Kubernetes: Best Practices

Tight access, versioned configs and progressive rollouts cut deployment risk and cloud spend.

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Retention Policy Best Practices for DevOps Teams

Set artefact-specific retention rules, enforce them in CI/CD and storage, secure sensitive records, and test restores and legal holds.

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Best Practices for Observability in Microservices

Standardise telemetry, alert on user impact, trace critical flows and control telemetry volume to get observability working at scale.

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Debugging Multi-Cluster CI/CD Pipelines: Key Steps

Trace failed runs in order — check CI stage, GitOps sync, cluster access and state, then fix drift with pre-flight checks.

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