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03
FEB
Google Cloud Architect certification prep notes
As an Architect and consultant, I try to broaden my knowledge horizon by learning something new. Getting the new certifications and keeping those I already have up to date is an essential part of my job. This article is devoted to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and respective certification, i.e., Professional Cloud Architect. I began my journey with the set of courses form Coursera. The beauty
20
DEC
SSH keys to access your VMs securely
We have already covered SSL certificates preparation and conversion in the previous topic. For completeness sake, I’d like to cover another important aspect in DevOps, which is SSH keys configuration. The case where you may need an SSH key are: Accessing a Linux-based Virtual Machine (VM) Accessing Git repository Build/release pipeline Deployment automation tools like Chef/Ansible/Puppet etc.
13
DEC
SSL done the right way
This time I decided to devote a separate topic to generate a Private Key and CSR. In the world of DevOps, security certificates are something you deal with on a daily basis, so knowing how to get an SSL certificate and convert it into a proper format is critical. Despite many similar topics over the internet, people still can’t make heads and tails around this theme and the explanation below is
19
JUL
The theory of control
The idea to write this topic came to me after a production system failure we experienced recently. Failures are unavoidable. Nothing is worse than having your business application down without the proper way to mitigate the issue. That’s exactly how the catastrophe may develop, i.e. due to the somebody's negligence, lack of experience, bugs sneaked into the software, natural disaster, hacker
28
JUN
AZ-102 my way and the new role-based certifications explained
Oh boy, what a week! It's been a hasty preparation as this exam retires tomorrow. I had to put in extra effort to get this done, and I am absolutely happy about my achievement. The funny thing - I was taking part in beta testing of this and other transition exams, but never had time to take it for real... Until the note from MS landed in my mailbox, saying that AZ-102 is about to retire soon. So,
10
MAY
DevOps Friday: Scalability in Azure
Scalability and resiliency are important quality attributes for any Enterprise Application. When it comes to scalability, Azure has multiple options to achieve the goal. This article can be helpful not only for the beginners who want to familiarize themselves with different scalability tactics but also for the professionals looking to broaden their horizons around this Architectural aspect. I
01
MAR
Microsoft DevOps Competency Assessment
Passed Azure DevOps Assessment (18473) today. Quite happy and excited about it as it helps organizations to achieve Gold DevOps Partner status. The requirements have changed, so now, instead of taking dated TFS-related exams, there is one compound assessment for the purpose. Passing it is not that difficult, although, any achievement requires meticulous preparation. Among sources you can use
25
JAN
DevOps Friday: Using SonarQube with Azure DevOps
If you never used static analyzers in your project, it’s about time. The idea is not new, although, it’s a huge asset to the development business. SonarQube is a set of static analyzers that can be used to identify areas of improvement in your code (eliminate code smells, excessive complexity, code inconsistencies, security vulnerabilities etc.). It also allows you to analyze the technical debt
12
JAN