Published in Spacelift·Jun 269 DevOps Best Practices — What You Should Do and NOT DoUtilizing DevOps practices to maximize speed and value creation has been a hot topic in the software industry for the past decade. We have embraced these practices and changed how we work and think about development, operations, project management, code quality, observability, and continuous feedback. As organizations started applying these…Dev Ops10 min read
Published in Spacelift·Jun 18AWS IAM Policies : Best Practices & How to Create an IAM PolicySecurely accessing cloud resources is one of the most critical requirements for IT teams. To achieve this, cloud administrators leverage web services that assist with managing access to cloud environments. In this article, we will explore the AWS IAM service, and more specifically, we will look into IAM policies, learn…AWS12 min read
Published in Spacelift·Jun 9Ansible Roles: Basics & How to Combine Them With PlaybooksThis blog post explores the concept of Ansible roles, their structure, and how we can combine them with our playbooks. We will analyze their functionality and usage along with ways to create new roles and retrieve public shared roles from Ansible Galaxy, a public repository for Ansible resources. If you…Ansible12 min read
Published in Spacelift·May 15Terraform Best Practices for Better Infrastructure ManagementIn this article, we explore best practices for managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform. Terraform is one of the most used tools in the IaC space that enables us to safely and predictably apply changes to our infrastructure. Starting with Terraform can feel like an intimidating task at first…Terraform11 min read
Published in Spacelift·May 3Deep Dive Into Terraform Output Values: Tutorial & ExamplesThis blog post will deep dive into how Terraform handles output and how we can leverage and use output values efficiently across our Terraform projects. …Terraform12 min read
Published in Spacelift·Apr 12How to Use Different Types of Ansible VariablesThis blog post deep dives into Ansible Variables, which allow us to parametrize different Ansible components. Variables store values for reuse inside an Ansible project. If you are still learning how to use Ansible, you might also find helpful the introductory Ansible Tutorial or Working with Ansible Playbooks blog posts…Ansible10 min read
Published in Spacelift·Mar 30Working with Ansible Playbooks — Tips & Tricks with ExamplesIn this article, we are exploring Ansible Playbooks, which are basically blueprints for automation actions. Playbooks allow us to define a recipe with all the steps we would like to automate in a repeatable, simple, and consistent manner. If you are entirely new to Ansible, check out this introductory Ansible…Ansible13 min read
Published in Spacelift·Feb 23Ansible Tutorial for Beginners: Playbook & ExamplesAnsible is one of the most used tools for managing cloud and on-premises infrastructure. If you are looking for a flexible and powerful tool to automate your infrastructure management and configuration tasks Ansible is the way to go. In this introductory guide, you will learn everything you need to get…Ansible11 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Feb 13Architecting for sustainability on AWSImprove the cloud architecture of workloads on AWS by leveraging the best practices of the new Sustainability Pillar. If you are working with AWS chances are that you are already operating with the AWS Well-Architected Framework in mind. If not, I urge you to read it as it addresses best…AWS6 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Jan 18Continuous Development for Kubernetes with SkaffoldUse Skaffold to facilitate your development flow for Kubernetes applications. Developing modern applications can be a process that involves many steps. Some of these include writing your code, testing, builds, local deployments, persisting your code in a Git repository, running CI/CD jobs, deploying to an environment. Skaffold attempts to simplify…Kubernetes5 min read
