Introduction Hello again, DevOps Engineers! Uncle Jenkins is back, ready to dive deeper into the world of Jenkinsfiles. Our previous blog covered some important tips to avoid common CI/CD pitfalls. If you missed it, check out Part 1 of this series to catch up on those crucial points. In this blog, we’ll explore more advanced […]
Introduction In today’s fast-paced software development landscape, ensuring that new features and updates are delivered reliably and without disruption is crucial. Canary deployments, a critical strategy within the DevOps toolkit, offer a powerful method to achieve this goal. One such great journey is the story of a Global Advertising Management Platform client, a powerhouse in […]
In today’s complex software landscape, applications often rely on interactions with multiple APIs to complete tasks. Managing these interactions can quickly become cumbersome, leading to code duplication, increased complexity, and potential errors. This is where API orchestration comes to the rescue. API orchestration allows you to choreograph the calls to various APIs in a pre-defined […]
Introduction Hello, DevOps Engineers! Uncle Jenkins here, your trusty CI/CD butler, ready to help you master the art of writing Jenkinsfiles. Just as a butler ensures everything in the household runs smoothly, I’m here to ensure your CI/CD pipelines are efficient and error-free. Let’s dive into some common pitfalls you might face and, more importantly, how […]
Introduction In the modern digital era, having websites load quickly and smoothly is essential for a good user experience. Amazon CloudFront is a service designed to make this happen. It acts as a high-speed delivery system for web content, ensuring that websites load faster by storing copies of content closer to users. This reduces the […]
Introduction In the world of data management, companies seek to streamline operations and enhance scalability. One key journey involves migrating self-managed Apache Kafka clusters from AWS EC2 to Amazon MSK. We executed such a migration for a client with zero downtime, offering insights and strategies in this blog. Motivations Behind Migration Scalability Limitations: Scaling self-managed […]
Application Security, Cloud, DevOps
Introduction CIS is a renowned nonprofit organization that offers recommendations for security best practices; offerings include a bunch of guidelines for configuring & securely K8s clusters. Trivy is a comprehensive container security auditing tool that brings the power of CIS (Center for Internet Security) compliance auditing to K8s clusters. Reason to Adopt Trivy? Trivy is […]
Agile, Android, Automation Testing
In the era of agile methodologies and DevOps practices, the traditional boundaries between roles are blurring, necessitating a collaborative approach across cross-functional teams. For testers, this entails gaining proficiency in tools beyond their traditional domain, including Kubernetes—a pivotal platform for container management. Let’s explore how test engineers can harness Kubernetes to expedite application quality assessment […]
Introduction Bicep is a domain-specific language (DSL) that deploys Azure resources with declarative syntax. With a flexible syntax designed especially for Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, the Bicep language offers a useful way to manage Azure infrastructure installations.Bicep provides an attractive solution for environments where enterprises want to apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles. It […]