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II - DevOps Tools Documentation:

The DevOps Tools Documentation section outlines the tools and technologies used for automating infrastructure management and software deployment.

Configuration Management:​

Ansible:​

  • Overview: Introduction to Ansible and its role in configuration management.
  • Installation: Steps to install Ansible on various operating systems.
  • Usage: How to write Ansible playbooks and execute them to configure servers.
  • Best Practices: Guidelines for writing efficient and maintainable Ansible code.

Containerization:​

Docker:​

  • Overview: Introduction to Docker and containerization concepts.
  • Installation: Instructions for installing Docker on different platforms.
  • Usage: How to build, deploy, and manage Docker containers.
  • Best Practices: Recommendations for optimizing Docker container performance and security.

Kubernetes:​

  • Overview: Introduction to Kubernetes and container orchestration.
  • Installation: Steps to set up a Kubernetes cluster on-premises or in the cloud.
  • Usage: How to deploy applications, manage resources, and scale workloads in Kubernetes.
  • Best Practices: Guidelines for designing scalable and resilient Kubernetes architectures.

CI/CD:​

Github Actions:​

  • Overview: Introduction to GitHub Actions and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) workflows.
  • Configuration: How to define GitHub Actions workflows for building, testing, and deploying applications.
  • Integration: How to integrate GitHub Actions with other tools and services.
  • Best Practices: Recommendations for optimizing CI/CD pipelines and ensuring reliability.

Monitoring and Logging:​

Prometheus:​

  • Overview: Introduction to Prometheus monitoring system and its architecture.
  • Installation: Steps to set up Prometheus for monitoring infrastructure and applications.
  • Configuration: How to define Prometheus alerting rules and scrape targets.
  • Best Practices: Guidelines for effective monitoring and alerting strategies with Prometheus.

Grafana:​

  • Overview: Introduction to Grafana visualization platform and its features.
  • Installation: Instructions for installing Grafana and configuring data sources.
  • Dashboards: How to create and customize dashboards for monitoring metrics and logs.
  • Best Practices: Recommendations for designing informative and user-friendly Grafana dashboards.

Loki:​

  • Overview: Introduction to Loki log aggregation system and its benefits.
  • Installation: Steps to deploy Loki for collecting and querying log data.
  • Configuration: How to configure Loki to ingest logs from different sources.
  • Best Practices: Guidelines for organizing and querying log data efficiently with Loki.

Cloud/Bare Metal Platforms:​

  • AWS
  • Scaleway
  • Hetzner
  • OVH
  • Latitude
  • Cloudflare
  • Pingdom
  • Terraform