Sep
16,
2024
Infrastructure as Code and AI – A Good Fit?
In today’s fast-evolving cloud landscape, managing infrastructure efficiently is more critical than ever. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is revolutionizing how we automate and scale cloud environments, with tools like Terraform and platforms such as Azure DevOps offering a powerful way to define and deploy cloud resources programmatically. However, recent advancements in AI tools—such as GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Copilot—are taking IaC to the next level by enhancing productivity and reducing errors. In this blog post, we explore how combining AI-driven development with IaC tools CI/CD platforms like Azure DevOps can streamline cloud resource management on platforms like Microsoft Azure. Learn about the advantages of integrating AI with IaC, best practices for using Terraform, and the role of AI in accelerating cloud adoption and automation.
Apr
23,
2024
Is Infrastructure As Code The Key To Moving DevOps Beyond ClickOps?
Even in the cloud-native world, we can’t avoid dealing with infrastructure. What's worse, approaches such as microservices mean that some amount of responsibility for infrastructure is shifting to the project team. In this article, we’ll show that we as developers shouldn’t be afraid of infrastructure. Quite the opposite, with infrastructure as code, we can reuse much of our existing knowledge and put it to good use.
Oct
11,
2023
Kubernetes, Cloud, & Security
Kubernetes is a cloud-native technology and can be comfortably combined with other cloud services. Besides the classic self-managed variant, managed Kubernetes services like AWS EKS, Google GKE, or Azure AKS also shine due to their simple deployment and management and are enjoying increasing acceptance. However, this symbiosis also comes with some security risks that are often severely underestimated due to the isolated view of Kubernetes and the embedded cloud context.
Apr
4,
2023
Common Cloud Migration Pain Points and How to Tackle Them
This article discusses the challenges and pain points that may arise when migrating a legacy software application to the cloud from the ground up. I had the pleasure of being a part of such an adventure two years ago. The goal was to run a successful proof of concept by migrating a nearly thirty-year-old software application (along with additional services) to Azure and demonstrating its operational performance. It was a journey filled with pitfalls, despair, and new discoveries every day. In retrospect, it was a very instructive experience that you most likely don't want to miss out on in your life.
Sep
9,
2020
Database as a service roundup: AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud
Today’s data landscape is overflowing with complex and sophisticated architectures, which can help you dynamically customize your digital ecosystem according to your project requirements and needs. Unfortunately, managing complex cloud architectures can be a difficult task, especially if you are trained to use one cloud vendor and not any of the others. Database as a Service (DBaaS) offerings can help you fill this gap. DBaaS models provide cloud users with managed database offerings. This article reviews DBaaS models offered by the top three cloud vendors—AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Nov
6,
2019
SysAdmin to SRE: creating Capacity to make tomorrow better than today
DevOps has achieved widespread success. However, that success has been uneven for those who work in Operations. In most enterprises today, it is not uncommon for engineers who come anywhere near Operations to find themselves buried in interruptions, tickets, and repetitive work. Then along comes a new way of working and a new role called Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). In his DevOpsCon 2019 session, Damon Edwards explains what SRE is all about and how it makes the work of Operations and Systems Administration easier.
Oct
22,
2019
Public Cloud – Interview with Bernd Rederlechner
While in the past the public cloud was seen more as a target for hackers, it is now increasingly gaining momentum. We talked to Bernd Rederlechner, Lead Architect of PU Digital Solutions at T-Systems, about the benefits of the public cloud and how severe the security risks really are today. In our interview, he also explains how automation can help companies to remain independent.
Sep
3,
2019
Infrastructure as Code – Lessons learned from Dev to Ops
The craft of software application development has developed continuously over the last thirty years. In comparison, Infrastructure as Code development (IaC) is still in its infancy. In her session at DevOps Conference 2019, Emma Button reports on the most important events as an application developer and shows how the growth of Infrastructure as Code as an independent craft can be accelerated.
Nov
22,
2018
Go 1.11: What the new modules in Go are all about
Go packages don't have versions or dependencies. At least, not yet. With Go 1.11 and its experimental support for versioned Go modules, this is changing. Go 1.11 brings native support for versions and modules in Go as a fixed component to the Go toolchain. The modules are meant to replace community solutions such as dep or glide and create a new uniform solution. But does that really work? We take closer look in this article by Jan Stamer.
Aug
21,
2018
The automation of the cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a huge portfolio of services and products that can be combined to work with one another. Bruns Michael explains how it is possible for developers to just click through this infrastructure using a colorful web UI and the possibility of automation, versioning and replication.