As a software solution provider we always are looking for tried and tested software packages, from databases, nosql servers to frameworks and open source implementations that will make our life easier and get us to the final product in a faster way. This post is dedicated to Dotenv, which implements Read more…
Our servers went through a few major system changes during the years: upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 update to python 3 modules deployed for instrumentation and monitoring and as a result different packages were not renewed automatically. One of them was the certbot application from Let’s Encrypt.Today we realized the auto Read more…
We are firm believers in the value of automatic testing, and not only, in the life of a DevOp engineer. From the designing phase of a software product, you have to think about performance, base line functionality and fail-over scenarios. Some examples are below… how many users it should support, Read more…
For the DevOps, this is where the nightmare begins, unless there is a specific policy of falling back or degrading the service gradually. We call it – Software Systems Triage, a term borrowed from ER and should give you an idea what we do in that case. As in Read more…