Adding value on top of a broken system doesn’t solve problems—it just creates a bigger mess. In this blog post, we’ll explore why genuine transformation in DevOps requires change and how “effortless value” is often a myth that leads teams astray. The Allure of “Effortless Value” De...
Most developers are familiar with the process of building code. When we work in the field of DevOps, however, we might face issues that developers who specialize in programming a particular component type won't necessarily experience. For the purposes of this book, we define software building ...
“How do we hold business leaders accountable for publishing the amount of technical debt they carry?” In other words, how do we reward using tried-and-true architectures, and ensure that the consequences of short-cuts aren’t fully externalized (I.e., tragedy of the commons) 4)Swiss Re ...
“We are deploying the latest architecture stacks, we have microservices,” he says. “In fact, we can deploy into production multiple times a day. Traditionally, you’d have security testing or penetration testing — that doesn’t work in a DevOps environment.” Enterprises have to find ways...
This Jenkins Tutorial for beginners and professionals will help you learn how to use Jenkins, one of the most popular CI/CD tools used in DevOps. History Of Jenkins In this section of What is Jenkins blog, We will loo at the history of Jenkins. Jenkins has an early mover advantage since...
Write good software that solves a use-case, and integrate this so it works well with hardware and the operating system. This requires deep knowledge of embedded development and the hardware, operating system and kernel. Best case scenario: Leverage your current code base and DevOps while writin...
One major reason companies use a mixed-IT environment is because the diversity offers flexibility and encourages innovation. For example, it’s common for DevOps workflows to use containers, such as Kubernetes, and cloud platforms in tandem with Linux hosts interacting with Windows or macOS machines...
We are building two open source software products: Rancher and RancherOS. Rancher is a container infrastructure platform designed to make it simple to operate Docker in production. RancherOS is a minimal Linux distribution designed specifically for running Docker. While we believe combining Rancher ...
If you’re sold on CI/CD pipelines on Kubernetes, we have just the thing for you. MicroK8s is the easiest way to get a fully conformant Kubernetes cluster, and GitLab provides you with all the right tools for you to build a full DevOps environment. You only need to get some virtual...
In YAML, you represent Booleans astrueorfalse; the values are case-insensitive. Use Booleans to represent binary states such as enabled/disabled or yes/no scenarios. Here is an example of YAML Booleans: is_enabled: true has_access: False ...