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DevOps
DevOps
Oct 9, 2022 · Cloud Native

Understanding Infrastructure as Code: Concepts, Principles, and Implementation Methods

The article explains Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as a foundational practice for cloud‑native, container, microservice, and DevOps environments, detailing its definition, goals, underlying cloud computing concepts, core principles like declarative configuration and idempotence, and practical adoption steps including cultural support and shared tooling.

DevOpsIaCInfrastructure as Code
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Understanding Infrastructure as Code: Concepts, Principles, and Implementation Methods
DevOps
DevOps
Sep 9, 2022 · Operations

What Is NetDevOps and How It Helps IT Meet Business Goals

NetDevOps applies DevOps principles to networking, enabling automated, code‑driven network provisioning, continuous integration/deployment, and real‑time monitoring, which improves agility, collaboration, and reliability while presenting challenges such as cultural shift, skill gaps, and risk aversion that organizations must address through training, process redesign, and appropriate tooling.

DevOpsInfrastructure as CodeNetDevOps
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What Is NetDevOps and How It Helps IT Meet Business Goals
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Sep 7, 2022 · Operations

Why Automation Scripts Still Matter in the Age of Kubernetes

The article argues that despite the hype around Kubernetes and modern cloud-native tools, automation scripts remain essential for reliable deployments, highlighting cultural stigma, technical limitations of immutable infrastructure, and the need for multi‑tenant solutions to maintain stable environments.

Infrastructure as Codeimmutable infrastructuremulti-tenant
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Why Automation Scripts Still Matter in the Age of Kubernetes
DevOps
DevOps
Aug 12, 2022 · Operations

9 DevOps Best Practices and Common Anti‑Patterns

This article explains what DevOps is, why it matters, and presents nine practical best‑practice recommendations—including culture, CI/CD, testing, observability, automation, security, and IaC—while also highlighting common anti‑patterns to avoid for successful DevOps adoption.

Anti-PatternsBest PracticesDevOps
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9 DevOps Best Practices and Common Anti‑Patterns
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Aug 4, 2022 · Operations

A Comprehensive Guide to DevOps Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Benefits, Challenges, Best Practices, and Top Tools

This article provides an in‑depth overview of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for DevOps, explaining its definition, business advantages, implementation approaches, common challenges with solutions, practical use cases, and a comparison of leading tools such as CloudFormation, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, and Chef.

Best PracticesDevOpsIaC
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A Comprehensive Guide to DevOps Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Benefits, Challenges, Best Practices, and Top Tools
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Jul 24, 2022 · Cloud Native

Deploying an Alibaba Cloud ACK Kubernetes Cluster with Terraform

This tutorial walks through provisioning an Alibaba Cloud ACK Kubernetes cluster using Terraform, covering provider setup, VPC and VSwitch creation, managed Kubernetes resource definition, Jenkins deployment, DNS configuration, and cleanup procedures, with full code examples.

ACKAlibaba CloudInfrastructure as Code
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Deploying an Alibaba Cloud ACK Kubernetes Cluster with Terraform
Software Development Quality
Software Development Quality
Jul 9, 2022 · Operations

Boost Deployment Efficiency with Structured Environment Management

This guide outlines how to classify, configure, and automate development, integration, UAT, pre‑production, and production environments, establishing principles, standards, recommended practices, common operational steps, and key metrics to improve deployment efficiency and maintain security and compliance.

CI/CDInfrastructure as Codeautomation
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Boost Deployment Efficiency with Structured Environment Management
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Jul 1, 2022 · Operations

How DevOps Can Help Reduce Technical Debt

This article explains what technical debt is, why it arises, and how adopting DevOps practices such as cross‑functional teams, automation, infrastructure‑as‑code, containerization, and API‑centric design can identify, track, and repay technical debt to improve system reliability and agility.

DevOpsInfrastructure as Codeautomation
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How DevOps Can Help Reduce Technical Debt
DevOps
DevOps
Jul 1, 2022 · Information Security

Understanding DevSecOps: Concepts, Benefits, and Practical Implementation

This article explains what DevSecOps is, why traditional security approaches no longer suffice in fast‑paced software delivery, outlines its key advantages such as risk control and cost reduction, and provides detailed guidance on organizational, process, and technology practices—including tool recommendations and CI/CD pipeline integration—to embed security throughout the software lifecycle.

DevOpsDevSecOpsInfrastructure as Code
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Understanding DevSecOps: Concepts, Benefits, and Practical Implementation
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Jun 27, 2022 · Cloud Native

Why Developer Self‑Service Matters and How It Works

The article explains the growing importance of developer self‑service platforms in modern cloud‑native environments, describing their benefits, operational models, and how they empower developers to manage infrastructure and application delivery efficiently.

DevOpsInfrastructure as Codecloud-native
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Why Developer Self‑Service Matters and How It Works
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Jun 15, 2022 · Cloud Native

Why Serverless Devs Needs Terraform and How Multi‑Environment Differs from Pure Terraform

This article explains the distinct roles of Serverless Devs and Terraform, compares multi‑environment deployment with direct Terraform usage, clarifies the concepts of environments versus environment variables, and details why the multi‑environment feature is implemented as a component rather than a CLI tool.

Infrastructure as CodeKubeVelaMulti-Environment
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Why Serverless Devs Needs Terraform and How Multi‑Environment Differs from Pure Terraform
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Mar 28, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Terraform Tutorial: Step‑by‑Step Provisioning of Alibaba Cloud Resources

This article provides a comprehensive, step‑by‑step Terraform tutorial for Alibaba Cloud, covering RAM account setup, environment variables, version configuration, VPC and security group creation, ECS provisioning, web service deployment, DNS addition, output handling, and resource cleanup, complete with code snippets and command illustrations.

Alibaba CloudCloud ComputingDevOps
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Terraform Tutorial: Step‑by‑Step Provisioning of Alibaba Cloud Resources
System Architect Go
System Architect Go
Mar 27, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Terraform: Infrastructure as Code

Terraform enables declarative, code‑driven provisioning of cloud resources such as VPCs, virtual hosts, load balancers, databases, and storage across multiple providers, simplifying infrastructure management through reusable providers and modules, version control, and state tracking, thereby reducing manual configuration effort.

IaCInfrastructure as CodeTerraform
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Terraform: Infrastructure as Code
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Mar 15, 2022 · Cloud Native

How Qovery Automates Hundreds of Production‑Ready Kubernetes Clusters

Deploying and managing hundreds of production‑ready Kubernetes clusters is complex, but Qovery’s open‑source engine automates provisioning, operation, and upgrades on AWS using Terraform, Helm, and Rust, cutting setup time from days to minutes while ensuring reliability across global workloads.

AWSInfrastructure as CodeKubernetes
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How Qovery Automates Hundreds of Production‑Ready Kubernetes Clusters
Ops Development Stories
Ops Development Stories
Jan 12, 2022 · Cloud Native

Deploy Kubernetes Inside Kubernetes: Mastering Kubefarm and PXE Boot

This article explains how to use Helm to deploy a full Kubernetes cluster within another Kubernetes cluster, detailing the Kubefarm project, PXE‑bootable server farms, Kubernetes‑in‑Kubernetes architecture, node provisioning via PXE, certificate management with cert‑manager, and advanced networking and webhook integration.

HelmInfrastructure as CodeKubefarm
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Deploy Kubernetes Inside Kubernetes: Mastering Kubefarm and PXE Boot
GrowingIO Tech Team
GrowingIO Tech Team
Dec 9, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Mastering Multi-Cloud Terraform: Architecture, Modules, and Best Practices

This article explains why GrowingIO adopts Terraform for multi‑cloud resource management, introduces Terraform’s core concepts and architecture, details a practical project structure with modules, conditional logic, complex loops, global variables, and environment isolation, and shares insights on its advantages and limitations.

Infrastructure as CodeModulesMulti-Cloud
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Mastering Multi-Cloud Terraform: Architecture, Modules, and Best Practices
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Dec 5, 2021 · Cloud Native

Understanding GitOps: Principles, Workflow, and Benefits

GitOps is an automated infrastructure management approach that leverages DevOps best practices such as version control, code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines to treat infrastructure as code, enabling declarative, pull‑request‑driven deployments especially in Kubernetes‑centric cloud‑native environments.

CI/CDDevOpsInfrastructure as Code
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Understanding GitOps: Principles, Workflow, and Benefits
Liulishuo Tech Team
Liulishuo Tech Team
Oct 29, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Automating Cloud Infrastructure at Liulishuo: Deployment, Management, and Governance Practices

The article describes Liulishuo's Cloud Infra team's end‑to‑end automation of cloud resource provisioning, scaling, and cost governance using Terraform, a custom Luban platform, GitLab CI/CD, and chat‑bot integrations, highlighting the architectural design, implementation steps, and measurable benefits for both operations and business teams.

Cloud AutomationCost OptimizationInfrastructure as Code
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Automating Cloud Infrastructure at Liulishuo: Deployment, Management, and Governance Practices
DevOps Coach
DevOps Coach
Sep 23, 2021 · Cloud Native

How HashiCorp Revolutionized Infrastructure Automation from Terraform to Vault

This article explores HashiCorp's evolution, detailing how its low‑code tools like Terraform, Nomad, Consul, and Vault automate complex cloud infrastructure tasks, the founders' story, product pivots, and the company's future in the rapidly changing cloud‑native landscape.

DevOpsHashiCorpInfrastructure as Code
0 likes · 16 min read
How HashiCorp Revolutionized Infrastructure Automation from Terraform to Vault
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Sep 9, 2021 · Cloud Native

Understanding GitOps: Principles, Workflow, and Benefits

GitOps automates infrastructure management by applying DevOps best practices such as version control, pull requests, and CI/CD pipelines to declarative infrastructure code, enabling reliable, observable, and secure deployments especially in Kubernetes‑based cloud‑native environments.

CI/CDDevOpsInfrastructure as Code
0 likes · 10 min read
Understanding GitOps: Principles, Workflow, and Benefits
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Baidu Intelligent Testing
Sep 7, 2021 · Cloud Native

Building Business‑Decoupled DevOps Infrastructure for High‑Efficiency Cloud‑Native Delivery

The article describes how a to‑B SaaS platform tackled exploding microservice counts, soaring infrastructure costs, complex topologies and high‑frequency releases by standardizing, declaratively provisioning, and intelligently automating cloud‑native DevOps services, resulting in dramatically improved delivery efficiency and reliability.

DevOpsInfrastructure as Codeautomation
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Building Business‑Decoupled DevOps Infrastructure for High‑Efficiency Cloud‑Native Delivery
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Sep 5, 2021 · Operations

The Role of Automation in DevOps

This article explains how automation drives DevOps practices by improving speed, consistency, and reliability across the software lifecycle, discusses tools and challenges, and outlines future trends for integrating automated testing and infrastructure-as-code in modern development operations.

CI/CDDevOpsInfrastructure as Code
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The Role of Automation in DevOps
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Aug 26, 2021 · Cloud Native

Understanding GitOps: Principles, Benefits, and Implementation for Cloud‑Native Application Delivery

This article explains what GitOps is, its core principles such as declarative configuration and versioned state, the operational benefits it brings—including improved visibility, productivity, reliability, and security—and provides step‑by‑step guidance on implementing GitOps workflows for cloud‑native applications.

CI/CDDevOpsInfrastructure as Code
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Understanding GitOps: Principles, Benefits, and Implementation for Cloud‑Native Application Delivery
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Jul 1, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Rethinking the Developer Experience: Building Applications in the Serverless Era

In his ServerlessDays China 2021 talk, Austen Collins explains how the Serverless Framework and the new Tencent‑backed Serverless Cloud let developers bypass local‑environment limitations by deploying, logging, and cloning applications directly in the cloud within seconds, dramatically boosting productivity, reducing configuration overhead, and enhancing the overall developer experience.

Cloud ComputingInfrastructure as CodeServerless
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Rethinking the Developer Experience: Building Applications in the Serverless Era
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
May 29, 2021 · Cloud Native

How Ctrip International Flights Scaled with Cloud‑Native Practices and Cut Costs

This article shares Ctrip International Flights' cloud‑native journey, detailing how they adopted infrastructure‑as‑code, automated CI/CD pipelines, centralized logging and monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana and Thanos, and applied elastic scaling, spot instances, and network optimizations to reduce operational costs while maintaining high availability.

Infrastructure as Codecloud-nativecost-optimization
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How Ctrip International Flights Scaled with Cloud‑Native Practices and Cut Costs
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
May 13, 2021 · Cloud Native

From Code Prison to Service: How Infrastructure‑as‑Code Powers the New Cloud‑Native Era

The article outlines the evolution from traditional code repositories to a code‑as‑service model, describing how pipeline‑as‑code, machine‑as‑code, server‑cluster‑as‑code and infrastructure‑as‑code (Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform) enable cloud‑native development, DevOps automation, and platform‑centric R&D ecosystems.

CI/CDDockerGitOps
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From Code Prison to Service: How Infrastructure‑as‑Code Powers the New Cloud‑Native Era
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Apr 6, 2021 · Cloud Native

Automate Cloud Deployments Cost‑Effectively with Terraform on Alibaba Cloud

With cloud adoption shifting to rapid, low‑cost deployment, Alibaba Cloud’s Open Platform offers an end‑to‑end solution that automates product activation, quota management, reserved‑instance optimization, and RAM policy export using Terraform, Argo, and Kubernetes, enabling fully automated, elastic, and cost‑effective cloud workloads.

Cloud AutomationInfrastructure as CodeKubernetes
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Automate Cloud Deployments Cost‑Effectively with Terraform on Alibaba Cloud
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Mar 24, 2021 · Cloud Native

Understanding GitOps: Principles, Workflow, and Benefits

GitOps automates infrastructure management by applying DevOps best practices such as version control, code review, and CI/CD pipelines, using declarative IaC stored in Git to enable reliable, observable, and secure deployments across cloud‑native environments.

CI/CDDevOpsGitOps
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Understanding GitOps: Principles, Workflow, and Benefits
Ctrip Technology
Ctrip Technology
Mar 4, 2021 · Cloud Native

Ctrip International Ticketing Cloud‑Native Migration: Infrastructure as Code, Logging, Monitoring, and Cost Optimization

This article shares Ctrip International Ticketing’s cloud‑native migration experience, covering infrastructure‑as‑code with Terraform, managed Kubernetes, centralized logging and monitoring using Elastic Search, Prometheus, Grafana and Thanos, and practical cost‑optimization techniques such as auto‑scaling, spot instances, storage tiering and network proxying.

Infrastructure as CodePrometheusTerraform
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Ctrip International Ticketing Cloud‑Native Migration: Infrastructure as Code, Logging, Monitoring, and Cost Optimization
DevOps Engineer
DevOps Engineer
Jan 30, 2021 · Operations

Essential Skills and Tools for Learning DevOps

DevOps combines development and operations practices, requiring knowledge of software development concepts, Linux, networking, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, orchestration, monitoring, infrastructure as code, scripting, and version control, with tools such as Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, and Git.

CI/CDDevOpsInfrastructure as Code
0 likes · 9 min read
Essential Skills and Tools for Learning DevOps
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Jan 2, 2021 · Operations

Understanding DevOps: Benefits, Differences from Traditional Ops, and Practical Implementation

This article explains what DevOps is, outlines its key benefits such as faster feedback loops, higher quality and reduced costs, compares it with traditional IT operations, and provides practical guidance on mindset shifts, infrastructure as code, automation, and tool selection for successful adoption.

DevOpsInfrastructure as Codeautomation
0 likes · 10 min read
Understanding DevOps: Benefits, Differences from Traditional Ops, and Practical Implementation
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Dec 24, 2020 · Cloud Native

Understanding GitOps: Principles, Workflow, and Benefits

GitOps is an automation-driven approach that applies DevOps best practices such as version control, code review, and CI/CD pipelines to infrastructure management, enabling declarative configuration, pull‑request‑based changes, and automated deployment pipelines for Kubernetes and other cloud‑native environments.

CI/CDDevOpsGitOps
0 likes · 13 min read
Understanding GitOps: Principles, Workflow, and Benefits
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Nov 17, 2020 · Cloud Native

What Is Cloud Native? Core Concepts, Technologies, and Benefits Explained

This article defines cloud native as an optimal, low‑overhead approach to designing software that lives in the cloud, outlines its key technology domains—including containers, Kubernetes, service mesh, observability, and serverless—and explains why evolving infrastructure to the cloud brings consistency, scalability, and immutable deployment advantages.

Container TechnologyInfrastructure as CodeKubernetes
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What Is Cloud Native? Core Concepts, Technologies, and Benefits Explained
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Nov 7, 2020 · Fundamentals

Macro Technology Trends: Democratized Programming, Rust’s Growth, Visualization Tools, Infrastructure as Code, and Browsers as Application Platforms

This article surveys current macro‑technology trends, covering the democratization of programming through low‑code platforms, Rust’s expanding role in big‑data and machine‑learning, the rise of code‑centric visualization tools, the maturation of infrastructure‑as‑code practices, and how browsers have unintentionally become full‑featured application platforms.

Infrastructure as CodeRustbrowser-platform
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Macro Technology Trends: Democratized Programming, Rust’s Growth, Visualization Tools, Infrastructure as Code, and Browsers as Application Platforms
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Sep 16, 2020 · Operations

Noah: A Test Environment Governance Platform for Efficient Development and Testing

Noah is a test environment governance platform that uses infrastructure‑as‑code principles, resource pooling, soft routing, and containerization to automate the creation, management, and teardown of complex testing environments, dramatically improving developer productivity and reducing operational costs.

ContainerizationDevOpsInfrastructure as Code
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Noah: A Test Environment Governance Platform for Efficient Development and Testing
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Aug 20, 2020 · Operations

How DevOps Can Reduce Technical Debt During Cloud Migration

This article explains what technical debt is, why it accumulates in both development and operations, and outlines four DevOps‑driven strategies—including building cross‑functional teams, automation, containerization, and API‑centric design—to identify, track, and repay technical debt while improving cloud migration outcomes.

CI/CDDevOpsInfrastructure as Code
0 likes · 10 min read
How DevOps Can Reduce Technical Debt During Cloud Migration
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jul 28, 2020 · Operations

Boost DevOps with Infrastructure as Code: Benefits and Implementation Guide

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) streamlines DevOps by automating provisioning, ensuring reproducible and consistent environments, enabling version‑controlled configurations, and supporting fast feedback through testing, while the article outlines its core benefits, key principles, goals, and provides practical Ansible and Testinfra examples.

DevOpsInfrastructure as CodeTestinfra
0 likes · 8 min read
Boost DevOps with Infrastructure as Code: Benefits and Implementation Guide
Cloud Native Technology Community
Cloud Native Technology Community
Apr 22, 2020 · Cloud Native

How to Automate Jenkins, Gogs, and Nexus Deployment on Kubernetes with a Custom Template Engine

This article explains how to implement infrastructure‑as‑code for CI/CD tools on a shared Kubernetes cluster by using a lightweight variable‑template engine, configuring Jenkins, Gogs, and Nexus via ConfigMaps, initContainers, and REST/Script APIs, and combining multiple automation techniques for seamless deployment.

CI/CDGitOpsInfrastructure as Code
0 likes · 12 min read
How to Automate Jenkins, Gogs, and Nexus Deployment on Kubernetes with a Custom Template Engine
Cloud Native Technology Community
Cloud Native Technology Community
Apr 16, 2020 · Cloud Native

Automating Kubernetes‑Based .NET Core Microservices and CI/CD with Infrastructure as Code

This article details a hands‑on workshop that automates the provisioning of a Kubernetes‑based .NET Core microservice environment and CI/CD pipeline using infrastructure‑as‑code scripts, covering tool selection, script workflows, deployment steps, and initialization techniques for reproducible cloud‑native development.

.NET CoreCI/CDInfrastructure as Code
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Automating Kubernetes‑Based .NET Core Microservices and CI/CD with Infrastructure as Code
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Mar 19, 2020 · Operations

Implementing Jenkins as Code with Docker and Configuration‑as‑Code

This article describes how to create an immutable Jenkins instance by storing all configuration and job definitions as declarative code, building a Docker image with required plugins, using the Configuration‑as‑Code and Job‑DSL plugins, and automating setup tasks such as default user creation and wizard skipping across multiple environments.

CI/CDConfiguration as CodeDevOps
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Implementing Jenkins as Code with Docker and Configuration‑as‑Code
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Feb 5, 2020 · Cloud Native

Why OAM Is the Key to Simplifying Cloud‑Native Application Management

This article explains the motivations behind OAM, outlines its eight core values—including cloud‑native declarative definitions, platform‑agnostic deployment, infrastructure‑as‑code, architecture‑focused design, integrated operations, transparent integration, role separation, scalability, and modular collaboration—while providing concrete YAML examples and AWS ECS CLI principles.

DevOpsInfrastructure as CodeKubernetes
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Why OAM Is the Key to Simplifying Cloud‑Native Application Management
Ctrip Technology
Ctrip Technology
Dec 19, 2019 · Cloud Native

Evolution of Ctrip Cloud Platform: From OpenStack IAAS to Cloud‑Native Kubernetes

This article chronicles Ctrip's cloud‑infrastructure journey—from the early OpenStack‑based IAAS platform through containerization with Mesos, the migration to large‑scale Kubernetes clusters, and the adoption of cloud‑native practices that improve resource utilization, deployment speed, and application governance.

ContainerizationDevOpsInfrastructure as Code
0 likes · 10 min read
Evolution of Ctrip Cloud Platform: From OpenStack IAAS to Cloud‑Native Kubernetes
Liangxu Linux
Liangxu Linux
Oct 7, 2019 · Operations

Master Ansible: A Step‑by‑Step Guide to Automating Server Configuration and Management

This comprehensive tutorial walks you through Ansible fundamentals, installation, core modules, playbook structure, variables, templates, handlers, roles, and dozens of practical examples, enabling you to automate Linux server tasks such as package installation, service management, file distribution, and configuration templating with confidence.

Infrastructure as CodePlaybooksansible
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Master Ansible: A Step‑by‑Step Guide to Automating Server Configuration and Management
Cloud Native Technology Community
Cloud Native Technology Community
Aug 21, 2019 · Industry Insights

What Does a DevOps Consultant Actually Do? A Real‑World Walkthrough

This article shares a DevOps consultant’s personal journey, detailing the diverse responsibilities, tools, and mindset required—from early full‑stack experience and virtualization research to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑as‑code, security, load balancing, and fostering a DevOps culture across teams.

CI/CDDevOpsInfrastructure as Code
0 likes · 9 min read
What Does a DevOps Consultant Actually Do? A Real‑World Walkthrough
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Apr 30, 2019 · Cloud Computing

Seven Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) Tools for Cloud Automation

This article introduces Infrastructure-as-Code, explains how it transforms IT infrastructure management, and reviews seven major IaC platforms—AWS CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager, Google Cloud Deployment Manager, Terraform, Chef, Ansible, and Puppet—highlighting their features, usage patterns, and reference documentation.

AWS CloudFormationCloud AutomationIaC
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Seven Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) Tools for Cloud Automation
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Mar 19, 2019 · Cloud Native

How UCloud Leverages Terraform for Faster, Safer Cloud Resource Orchestration

UCloud’s engineering team built a Terraform‑based resource orchestration platform that cuts provisioning time from over three minutes to under a minute, enhances reliability through custom diffs, idempotent retries, and CI/CD integration, and supports multi‑cloud management, showcasing best practices in cloud‑native infrastructure automation.

Infrastructure as CodeResource OrchestrationTerraform
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How UCloud Leverages Terraform for Faster, Safer Cloud Resource Orchestration
UCloud Tech
UCloud Tech
Mar 12, 2019 · Cloud Computing

Avoid Disaster with Terraform: Safe Blue‑Green Deployments on UCloud

This article explains the risks of using Terraform without proper safeguards, demonstrates a real-world failure caused by careless use of the --auto-approve flag, and presents a robust blue‑green deployment pattern with an arbitration module that enforces safe state transitions on UCloud.

Blue-Green DeploymentCloud ComputingInfrastructure as Code
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Avoid Disaster with Terraform: Safe Blue‑Green Deployments on UCloud
UCloud Tech
UCloud Tech
Mar 7, 2019 · Cloud Native

How UCloud Uses Terraform to Cut Cloud Resource Deployment Time by 80%

This article explains how UCloud built a Terraform‑based resource orchestration tool that dramatically reduces deployment time, improves reliability, and integrates with CLI and CI/CD pipelines, while detailing fault‑tolerance, integration, and engineering practices for large‑scale cloud infrastructure.

CI/CDDevOpsInfrastructure as Code
0 likes · 14 min read
How UCloud Uses Terraform to Cut Cloud Resource Deployment Time by 80%
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Jun 27, 2018 · Operations

Mastering DevOps: Four Quadrants, Principles, and Future AIOps

Presented by JD Finance’s senior architect Wang Chao, this talk outlines the four‑quadrant operations framework (speed, quality, safety, cost), introduces DevOps concepts and principles, details lifecycle management, infrastructure‑as‑code, platform‑as‑code, and looks ahead to data‑driven operations and AIOps for scalable, secure, cost‑effective services.

AIOpsDevOpsInfrastructure as Code
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Mastering DevOps: Four Quadrants, Principles, and Future AIOps
DevOps Coach
DevOps Coach
Mar 27, 2018 · Operations

How IT Automation Will Transform Networks, Infrastructure, and Security in 2018

The article outlines how the 2018 automation wave is reshaping IT by accelerating network, infrastructure, cloud, and security processes, highlighting tools like Terraform, Ansible, SDN solutions, and DevSecOps practices, and urging organizations to adopt DevOps‑style automation to stay competitive.

DevOpsIT AutomationInfrastructure as Code
0 likes · 12 min read
How IT Automation Will Transform Networks, Infrastructure, and Security in 2018
DevOpsClub
DevOpsClub
Mar 23, 2018 · Operations

How to Automate Infrastructure with IaC, Terraform, and Chef for Seamless CI/CD

This article explains why manual VM provisioning and application deployment are bottlenecks, and shows how combining Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform with configuration‑management solutions such as Chef can create a fully automated, version‑controlled pipeline that speeds up continuous integration, delivery and deployment across development, test and production environments.

CI/CDChefDevOps
0 likes · 26 min read
How to Automate Infrastructure with IaC, Terraform, and Chef for Seamless CI/CD
DevOps Engineer
DevOps Engineer
Mar 19, 2018 · Operations

DevOps Cultural Philosophy and Practical Practices

The article explains DevOps culture, the shift toward eliminating barriers between development and operations, and outlines key practices such as frequent small releases, microservices, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and infrastructure as code to accelerate innovation while maintaining reliability.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsInfrastructure as Code
0 likes · 7 min read
DevOps Cultural Philosophy and Practical Practices
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jan 14, 2018 · Operations

How We Built a Unified Network Automation Framework for Heterogeneous Devices

This article shares how a telecom operations team tackled the complexity of managing dozens of device vendors and hundreds of models by designing a Python‑based automation module called Forward, which standardizes low‑level actions, provides reusable libraries, and enables rapid script composition for diverse network scenarios.

Heterogeneous DevicesInfrastructure as Codenetwork automation
0 likes · 10 min read
How We Built a Unified Network Automation Framework for Heterogeneous Devices
DevOps
DevOps
Sep 7, 2017 · Cloud Computing

Understanding Cloud Computing, ALM, and DevOps Best Practices

The article explains how cloud computing supports Application Lifecycle Management, outlines the benefits and risks of various cloud service models, and describes DevOps practices such as Infrastructure as Code, automated provisioning, continuous integration, and knowledge sharing that help mitigate cloud‑related challenges.

ALMCloud ComputingDevOps
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Understanding Cloud Computing, ALM, and DevOps Best Practices
DevOpsClub
DevOpsClub
Aug 29, 2017 · Operations

Mastering DevOps: The Tao, Fa, Shu, Qi Framework for Efficient Delivery

This article introduces the DevOps “Tao, Fa, Shu, Qi” framework, explaining its four layers—purpose, strategy, tactics, and tools—while discussing VUCA challenges, agile principles, automation, measurement, culture, and practical implementation guidance for building high‑speed, reliable software delivery pipelines.

DevOpsInfrastructure as Codeautomation
0 likes · 16 min read
Mastering DevOps: The Tao, Fa, Shu, Qi Framework for Efficient Delivery
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jul 17, 2017 · Operations

How a $100B Financial Giant Mastered DevOps: Real‑World Transformation Lessons

This article recounts the DevOps transformation of a large traditional financial institution, detailing its background, challenges, agile restructuring, legacy system consolidation, continuous delivery pipeline, cloud migration, infrastructure‑as‑code adoption, platformization, and the core principles that enabled successful large‑scale automation.

Continuous DeliveryDevOpsFinancial Services
0 likes · 27 min read
How a $100B Financial Giant Mastered DevOps: Real‑World Transformation Lessons
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Mar 20, 2017 · Operations

Mastering Ansible: A Beginner’s Guide to Operations Automation

This article introduces Ansible as a powerful, agentless automation tool for operations engineers, covering the tasks suitable for batch deployment, its architecture, core concepts like idempotence, essential components, basic command usage, and practical examples such as installing software, managing users, and configuring SSH keys.

DevOpsInfrastructure as Codeansible
0 likes · 7 min read
Mastering Ansible: A Beginner’s Guide to Operations Automation
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jan 5, 2017 · Operations

Mastering Puppet: Automate Server Deployment and Configuration

This article explains how Puppet automates large‑scale server provisioning by describing its architecture, workflow, manifest examples, class inheritance, and module structure, helping operations teams reduce manual effort and avoid errors in configuration management.

Infrastructure as CodePuppetautomation
0 likes · 8 min read
Mastering Puppet: Automate Server Deployment and Configuration
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Jul 25, 2016 · Operations

How to Achieve Fast, Reliable Continuous Delivery with Microservices and DevOps

This article explains the core concepts of continuous delivery, the challenges it faces, practical solutions such as automated testing, CI pipelines, infrastructure‑as‑code tools like Ansible, Docker containerization, and how microservices interact with DevOps to enable rapid, safe releases.

Continuous DeliveryDockerInfrastructure as Code
0 likes · 32 min read
How to Achieve Fast, Reliable Continuous Delivery with Microservices and DevOps
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Apr 16, 2015 · Operations

How Puppet Transforms Infrastructure Management and Boosts DevOps Collaboration

This article explains why many IT teams struggle with code that works in development but fails in production, introduces Puppet as a configuration‑management platform, describes its declarative language, resources, types, providers, classes, manifests and modules, and shows how it enables reliable, collaborative DevOps workflows.

DevOpsInfrastructure as CodePuppet
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How Puppet Transforms Infrastructure Management and Boosts DevOps Collaboration