DevOps certifications can be your weapon in an increasingly competitive market. That said, it can be a challenge to choose from the many certifications available. Learn where to start to successfully increase your visibility.
Welcome back to part 2 of our 3 part series on Azure DevOps! In the last article, you learned how to set up a project repository and create a build pipeline. In this article you’ll learn how to set up an Azure release pipeline. We’ll go over the environments, what they’re used for, and how to build out a basic release pipeline.
In this article, you’ll learn the similarities and differences between two of the top open-source, cloud native containerization softwares around: Docker and Kubernetes. Learn more about each and how your business can benefit from using them.
Stick around as we go through all the cloud tools HashiCorp offers. We’ll cover Terraform, the IaaC tool, Vault, the encryption tool, and Consul, the service mesh platform. We’ll also quickly cover Packer, a tool you can use to create machine images from source code. Learn about these tools and see how they can improve your DevOps tech stack.
Cloud computing has several desirable characteristics that have led many businesses to depart from traditional IT practices. Some of these characteristics include automation, cost-effectiveness, broad network access, and self-service. We’ll talk about these and other characteristics in this article.
You might be wondering what the difference between a DevOps Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer is. In short, it’s not a straightforward answer as the roles are very similar yet quite different. In this article, we’ll go through the roles, responsibilities, and pay scales.
In this first part of a three-part Azure DevOps tutorial series, you’ll set up a repo to store all your code and create a build pipeline. This article will give you everything you’ll need to start software development in Azure DevOps. In the next article, you’ll learn how to set up a release pipeline. Finally, in the third you’ll learn how to set up QA testing. Each tutorial will help you understand Azure DevOps basics that you’ll need for every software project.
A Major pain point for companies with many applications is deployments. Depending on your line of business, you usually need to deploy applications during a downtime period. To combat this, you can use a Blue/Green deployment method to switch deployments and releases to a daytime task.
The DevOps engineer role is gaining popularity. Companies expect you to know the software application lifecycle end-to-end. To compete within the industry, you’ll need to have the necessary skills to excel in your role. In this article, we’ll cover the main platforms you need to know, CI/CD and Infrastructure as a Code (IaaC) tools, and talk about integrating QA into your DevOps processes.
It’s a risky world out there for contractors and companies that provide professional IT services. Know the risks and how to mitigate them.
