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Automated before?
Has anyone faced numerous blockers when automating something, such as agent issues, firewall, logging, bamboo build fails etc etc? I've been working on something for almost 2 months and have a deadline but no matter what I do nothing is working after a developer added environment tests to the code and everything started skipping tests or more issues were created.
I use Amazon Q for code understanding and chatgpt if needed, but prefer one on one with my seniors to guide me. I've just been extremely stressed and worried about this it feels I'm getting nowhere and nobody understands that and I have everything documented but they don't want to read it.
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What do people use for monitoring/o11y? Why did you pick that provider?
Title says it all. I've tried most of them but I feel like I'm missing something-- most of these providers are painful to implement.
Super curious what people use, why you use it, and how you make it suck less
thanks all
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Idempotency in System Design: Full example
https://lukasniessen.medium.com/idempotency-in-system-design-full-example-80e9027e7bea
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Production support to Devops Switch
Hi All,
I have around 11 years of experience in production support, currently I am working in partial SRE role but I want to completely switch to a Devops role. Could you please guide me.
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Dynamic Reverse Wireguard
Hello DevOps folks!
I want to share with you my exciting project which I had to develop because I live in Iran.
It all started after Israel and Iran war. Our internet was super slow for the first few days, and got worse everyday until we almost had 0 internet connection to outside.
I was trying my best to setup a working VPN but everything would be blocked withing a couple of hours.
But I saw something weird. For a Wiretuard setup, it was possible to have a working VPN, but only in a reverse setup, meaning server MUST have sent the handshake. The other way around (Handshakes from Iran to outside) was being blocked.
I've developed a simple python script which reverses the handshake process.
I've posted on this subreddit because this project was so exciting for me, I figured you guys would like it too.
It's kinda a dynamic reverse Wireguard VPN.
Github repo
https://redd.it/1m4l0q7
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How many infra engineers you have for how many developers?
Hey all,
Wondering about scaling the infrastructure org in connection with how many product developers they serve.
When I say the infrastructure org, I mean SRE, Platform, devops, Tooling, Ops and every other team that takes care of stuff for the Product teams.
So how many people and team do you have in your company and how many product team and engineers are they servicing?
Of course I'm aware some companies are more infra intensive, happy to get more specific answers.
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A growing wave of “AI SRE” tools - Are they production ready?
Recently, I met with a startup founder (through Rappo) who is working on an "AI SRE" platform. That led me down a rabbit hole of just how many tools are popping up in this space.
BACCA.AI – Is the first AI-native Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to supercharge your on-call shift
OpsVerse – Aiden, an agentic copilot that demystifies your DevOps processes
TierZero – Your AI Infrastructure Engineer
Cleric – The first AI for application teams that investigates like a senior SRE
Traversal – Traversal is an AI-powered site reliability platform that automates root cause detection and remediation
OpsCompanion – Chat-based assistant that streamlines runbooks and suggests resolutions.
SRE.ai (YC F24) – AI agents automating DevOps workflows via natural language interfaces.
parity-sre (YC) – World’s First AI SRE” for Kubernetes; auto‑investigates and triages alerts before engineers.
Deductive AI – Code-aware reasoning engine building unified graphs to find root causes in petabytes of logs.
Resolve AI – AI production engineer that cuts MTTR by 5x with autonomous troubleshooting.
Fiberplane – Collaborative incident response notebooks, now supercharged with AI.
RunWhen – 100x faster with Agentic AICurious to hear what the take is on these AI SRE tools?
Has anyone tried any of these? Also, are there any open-source alternatives out there?
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Seen lot of good things about kodecraft. But price is too high for an unemployed person from india
Hi,
I have been a lurker here. Commented here and there. There is two website I can see popping up in comment, Kodecloud and kodecraft. While kodecloud is good for learning, but I saw kodecraft provides handson experience. Coming from a economically challenged background 97$ looks too much each month in price parity. Is there any way to get any discount in price?
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How to actually think as a DevOps and cloud engineer?
I'm new to this, 22 years old, graduated 2 weeks ago. I somehow managed to get my GCP Associate, AZ-104, SC-900, learned some tools and all, but I dunno... I still feel like I'm nothing.
I know you'll say "do projects and real things," but let's be honest , we all use AI or watch some tutorial from existing cloud architecture. Like, I dunno, I feel like I'm not a real engineer.
I want to actually think like a DevOps/cloud engineer but I'm struggling with imposter syndrome here. How do you move from just following tutorials to actually understanding and creating solutions and have that real thinking ?
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Can i work with devops?
I graduated last month and have an opportunity to study devops on an pretty good place. I know how to code using python and js (fullstack). What are your thoughts?
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Can a container know the list of mounted volumes?
I have a an app that’s distributed as a Docker image and by default, it uses SQLite for simplicity. So the recommendation is to either use an external DB like Postgres, but if the user wants to keep it simple they can keep using SQLite.
The issue is that sometimes they forget to map the SQLite path to a host path, the container dies and the data is lost.
Any suggestions on how to alert the user (other than on documentation)?
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(Newbie Deployer) NGINX- Docker-Compose or K8s?
I am currently running 2 different docker-compose services on the same CVM (using different docker-compose files).
One is a .NET service running on .../8080, another is a FastAPI running on .../8000
(some of the FastAPI endpoints also call the .NET endpoints)
I'm looking to add NGINX because I need SSL for both services.
However, I don't know which is the better option:
1) Consolidate everything into a single Docker-Compose with NGINX in said docker compose
2) Setup K8s NGINX Ingress Controller, as well as use K8s pods to rout between the 2 different services based on outside traffic (?)
I'm not familiar with K8s at all (but I am interested to learn... just don't want to crash out because this project does have some sort of deadline).
Have only recently begun to feel a little teensy bit of confidence/familiarity with Docker.
Alternatively, are there any other options or progressions?
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My teenager son wants to learn devOps
Hello reddit! My teenager son wants to be a devops engineer and i need some tips or some resources. My background is mostly software development for the first decade and move up as architecture then lots of devops (mostly azure and gcp terraform and automation). Should I let him play with software development first then slowly into infra/devops like I do or let him do system networking/sysadmin stuff? My kid has some basic knowleged in coding from school and nothing else other than playing chess all day. 😁
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How would you deploy multiple clients in one k8s cluster using ArgoCD and kustomize?
I prefer kustomizations whenever possible, and I'm about to start using ArgoCD for the first time.
But how would you structure your Git repos in order to deploy multiple client instances of an application in k8s? Would you have one branch per client, one repo per client maybe? Other smart methods?
Let's say each client needs a tomcat instance and a database instance from mariadb operator. And will use some shared services like valkey for example.
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Spectral lint demo for APIs
Hey 👋
I’ve put together a GitHub repo that showcases Spectral linting, specifically for APIs.
It’s to demo how the Spectral tooling can help DevOps and Dev teams identify OWASP violations in your OpenAPI specs as well as show how it can help enforce your own organisational guardrail and governances for your APIs (operation naming conventions for example). The repo has a good and bad example you can run against to see how Spectral works.
Additionally, I’ve put together a GitHub Action that triggers on PR to show how it can be used as part of your PR gates, as well as how you can shift left locally in VS Code for example.
Hopefully helps those unaware of the tool or aspiring devops people looking for a real world demo, free, that they can run on their own machine to get to grips with it!
If you find it useful, feel free to star it!
https://github.com/riosengineer/spectral-demo
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Live tech courses and training Platform
Hi DevOps community members. Whether you are swtiching into DevOps from a different career or a different domain in technology, a recent fresh graduate, upskilling your skills for your current work placement or attempting to get certified, Tutrx is launching a live online tutor marketplace.
For Students:
- experienced indsutry led instructors who bring real-world expertise to teach you in order to meet your needs and goals such as landing a job, tranisitoning into a new career, giving support to your current work or someone looking to get certified.
- will have hands on labs with demo data, quizes and assignments all created and made to improve your skills with practical knowledge and use cases from experienced instructors.
- For people who want to learn something quick like a trouble shooting problem or a quick solution, the platform will have 2 minute or less videos that give quick steps in solving technical problems.
- At Tutrx there are courses for everyone and design to host live classes to match your time schedule and availability around the world from anywhere.
- Courses will be matched to your skill level and how much prrior experience you have, so you will know what's the best pathway to go to meet your end goals.
Tutrx is not only designed for Students but also for Instructors who want to start teaching as a fulltime or part time at your own dedicated time.
For Teachers:
- Creating a course is as simple as 5 steps which you can create any style or format of course that meets your training guide.
- You can host 1 on 1 private sessions or a group classroom session all can be done with our customized video conferencing tool which has unlimited minutes.
- With this dedicated video conferencing tool, students and teachers can take notes, have video to text transcription, summarization with AI, remote control and many more features.
- Our platform gives you the ability to create any learning material and content easily such as Short Video builder to create shorts in minutes, quiz, assignments and lab builders to create practical lab and learning material. You can manage everything in your own dashboard, see metric and progress of your students and revenue generated.
- Get instant payouts with our partnered payment gateway so all you have to worry about is just the enjoyment of teaching.
Go see our platform features and sign up to be registered using the link below.
https://tutrx.org
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Hi guys, need your suggestion and opinion on this project!
I was thinking to build an open source alternative for Control-M. I'm yet to plan this out but need to check whether it's any good of an idea.
I need to do some project for my resume as I'm quitting my job (don't like the work) and i would love if it was an actually useful one. I am not sure if this is the right sub to ask this question, but you guys seem really supportive.
Once again, even though it is a side hustle project I would be happy if it would be actually
Useful.
Please provide your valuable suggestions/inputs.
Thanks in advance,
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How Do Big Cloud Providers Like AWS/DigitalOcean Build Their Infrastructure? Want to Learn and Replicate on a Small Scale
Hi all,
I’m really interested in learning how major cloud providers like AWS, GCP, Azure, or DigitalOcean set up their infrastructure from the ground up—starting from physical servers to running a full self-service cloud platform.
My goal is to eventually build my own version on a smaller scale where users can sign up, create VMs or databases, and be billed hourly—similar to what cloud providers offer. But before jumping in, I want to study and understand:
• What kind of software stack do big cloud providers use on bare metal?
• How do they manage virtualization, networking, storage, and tenant isolation?
• Which open-source tools (e.g., OpenStack, Proxmox, Harvester, etc.) are worth exploring?
• How are billing, metering, and provisioning automated?
• Any good resources (books, blogs, courses) to learn all of this from the ground up?
If anyone here has built something like this or works in infrastructure/cloud engineering, I’d love to hear your advice or learning path suggestions.
Thanks in advance!
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imo DevOps Market is still Great
Hi Folks,
I recently did only one job interview tbh out of boredom (2 stages) and got the offer (EU). 143k EUR TC (on-site) - it's okay for EU since we have lower salaries here than US, but that's not the point.
They told me they had about 50 candidates, but I have solid fundamentals and have kept my stack reasonably fresh. I do infrastructure and coding for my side project (shameless shoutout to prepare.sh), so it was relatively easy.
I started as full-stack, then worked in finance for 5 years, and moved back to tech in 2019. Compared to finance, this market is still great. Even during the best days in the financial sector, I was looking for months for ANY job, getting maybe 1-2 calls out of 300 applications.
By no means do I consider myself a great coder or architect - I'm okay at best. This makes me think there's either a great mismatch in expectations (e.g., people get heavily misled thinking they can pass a few certs, know "helm install," write basic CI/CD) or there's some other mystery, because every time I read Reddit, I see doom and gloom posts from people.
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Europe: Girlfriend finished IT degree with DevOps focus - can't land an entry job. Any advice?
Hey all,
My girlfriend moved to Europe (Austria) with me and recently finished a Bachelor’s in IT here to get her foot in the door. She came from a music education background (which she didn't enjoy doing at all) but switched to IT after getting inspired by my work and me (regretfully) saying that IT would always be a strong market (boy, was I wrong). I'm a senior software developer, but not in DevOps specifically.
She leaned toward DevOps during her studies (CI/CD, cloud, automation, etc.). She's not into programming-heavy roles but really liked the infrastructure/ops side of things.
Now she’s struggling to find a job. Even junior roles ask for 2–3 years of experience, or companies just end up hiring seniors instead. She has no internships or formal work experience, and the market seems brutal right now for beginners. I am specifically refering to the EU market here, as I assume that most people here are from the US.
Any advice?
* Are there real entry points into DevOps right now?
* Would cloud certs (AWS, Docker, etc.) help?
* Do self-built projects matter, or do companies only care about professional experience?
* Should she aim for sysadmin or cloud support roles instead?
* Is there any sign of the situation improving?
Thanks in advance. We’d appreciate any input or real-world advice!
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Proxmox-GitOps - a Self-configuring GitOps Environment for Container Automation in Proxmox VE
Hi everyone, I wanted to share my GitOps project for my homelab, a self-configuring CI/CD environment for Proxmox:
https://github.com/stevius10/Proxmox-GitOps
Proxmox-GitOps is built to manage and deploy LXC containers in Proxmox, fully defined as code and easy to modify via Pull Request. Consistent, modular, and dynamically adapting to changing environments and base configurations.
A single command (and accepting the Pull Request in the Docker environment, ha) bootstraps the recursive deployment:
- The Docker-based environment pushes its own codebase as a monorepo, referencing modular components (containers you define are automatically integrated as submodules), each integrated into CI/CD. This triggers the pipeline.
- The pipeline then triggers itself — updating references, enforcing state, and continuing recursively.
Provisioning is handled via Ansible using the Proxmox API. Configuration is managed with Chef/Cinc cookbooks focused on application logic.
Shared configuration is applied consistently across all services. Changes to the base system propagate automatically.
It’s easily extensible, aiming to have all containers built the same way. There’s an explanation of how to do this in the README of the repository.
This project is still young and there are most likely some bugs. I built it primarily for my own homelab, but I’d like to develop it further. Would really appreciate your input – even (or especially) if you run into issues.
Thank you in advance for any interest or feedback you have 🙂
https://redd.it/1m4fwki
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How do you use Go for scripting?
Dear Problem Solvers,
I use Bash, Python and JS at work and I kinda like the ability to call an npx command for something I’ve scripted in nodejs. It personally helps me a lot with pipelines and automation.
But I’m rather new in Go, and I was wondering how I could be using it for my tasks. Any tips or examples from your work?
Do you always need to do a “go build” in an earlier step on the pipeline to use that?
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multiple net interfaces handling
hi recently I was thinking about following case:
I have a linux destop machine that is plugged to network A via eth cable and has enabled wlan that connect to network B. both interfaces are up and runnig. How do I know what interface is currently used f.e. when I open the browser and enter a site or execute apt in terminal ?
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Suggestions for Observability & AIOps Projects Using OpenTelemetry and OSS Tools
Hey everyone,
I'm planning to build a portfolio of hands-on projects focused on Observability and AIOps, ideally using OpenTelemetry along with open source tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Jaeger, etc.
I'm looking for project ideas that range from basic to advanced and showcase real-world scenarios—things like anomaly detection, trace-based RCA, log correlation, SLO dashboards, etc.
Would love to hear what kind of projects you’ve built or seen that combine the above.
Any suggestions, repos, or patterns you've seen in the wild would be super helpful! 🙌
Happy to share back once I get some stuff built out!
https://redd.it/1m3xkwj
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I analyzed 50k+ LinkedIn job posts to build job-focused DevOps Roadmaps
Hi Folks,
We've been working on roadmaps https://prepare.sh/roadmaps and figured we'd share it here to get some thoughts from the community.
All data is based on LinkedIn job postings (Jan 2025 - To Present). The main angle here is to land jobs or increase salary/total comp and imo the best way for this was to use recent job market data rather than listing every possible DevOps tool.
We built a trends system and analyzed tons of LinkedIn job posts based on what companies are actually hiring for (the system is live on our site too). Instead of one generic roadmap, we made separate ones for SRE, SysAdmin, MLOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Engineer, and classic DevOps. Each has actual courses linked to the topics.
The entire foundation courses are completely free. There's a small fee for advanced content to help cover server costs since they come with live environments - most are 1-click deployments of Kubernetes, Grafana, Prometheus, Postgres, Mongo, Kafka, Vault, etc.
Please lmk what you think!
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How do you handle tagging repositories when it's time to release code?
One thing I've never really seen done, despite it always seeming like a good idea is tagging repositories for releases. Part of the reason I've never implemented it myself is that I don't know how to work around the following issues:
1. How do you actually tag the designated commit? Just through the git CLI? In the browser? Do you have a job for it?
2. How do you manage ancient tags and the associated job for releasing them? Admittedly this is biased by the CI/CD tools I've used, but all of them so far feature a build per branch, so in my experience, with nothing tidying old tags up, there'd be hundreds of build/release jobs? Is it usually a case of ignoring them and manually tidying them up?
For context, everywhere I've worked usually either does some nonsense sort of git flow (much more about giving the developers a feeling of safety rather than actually making anything safer), or just releasing from the top of main following the principle that commits pushes to main should already have been validated as safe. Great principle in my experience if you can get everyone to follow it.
If you're doing git tags for releases and you've solved these issues could you explain what you did? Could you also provide context for how often releases are performed and who actually does them?
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Is parallels desktop best option for devops on m1 mac?
Is parallels desktop best option for devops on m1 mac?
Any alternatives?
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AI-driven burnout?
I left my desk today having accomplished a lot I guess, but working with AI tooling feels hollow for some reason. I’m still making technical design-related decisions and “writing” code if you can even call it that anymore. I ship a bit faster now and can get up to speed on new tools much faster. But it feels really mechanical. This could also be that I’ve been doing this job a decade and a half and maybe this is just natural burnout. I’m approaching 40, and have a ways to go in my career but I don’t think I can keep doing the same thing for another 20 years.
Building everything for, and with AI just has me questioning how useful is this work to society as a whole.
I’ve always loved computers and technology in and outside of work. But lately I’ve been really over it all.
https://redd.it/1m3nva7
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Docker-BuildAgent: One Build Image for Node, Angular, .NET, and More!
I am having deja-vu...I thought I posted this, now I cannot find it.
Hey devs! I just released a major update to Docker-BuildAgent – a flexible, all-in-one Docker image and build system for modern CI/CD pipelines.
What is it?
A pre-configured Docker image and build orchestrator (built on NUKE) for Node.js, Angular, .NET, and PowerShell projects.
Designed for GitHub Actions, but works with any CI/CD.
Handles Docker builds, Node/Angular builds, artifact packaging, versioning, and even Discord/GitHub notifications.
Key Features:
🐳 Docker image builds, tagging, and registry push
🟢 Node.js/Angular/React support (auto-detects package manager)
📝 Customizable build scripts and artifact copying
🔁 Reusable build logic via NUKE targets
💬 Discord & GitHub integration for notifications/releases
🧪 Dry-run mode for safe testing
⚡ Pre-installed: Node, Angular CLI, .NET 8 SDK, Docker CLI, PowerShell, Git, GitVersion, Nuke, and more
How do I use it?
Mount your project as `/workspace` and run `docker-build` or `node-build` (see Quick Start)
Customize with .build.scripts, .build.copy, and env mapping files
Use the provided templates for Dockerfiles if you don’t have your own
Full CI/CD examples for GitHub Actions
Docs & More
Full Documentation
Customization options
Parameters & settings
Troubleshooting & FAQ
Why? I wanted a single, reproducible build environment for all my projects, with best practices and zero “works on my machine” issues. If you’re tired of maintaining separate build scripts and Dockerfiles for every stack, give it a try!
Feedback, questions, and PRs welcome! 🙌
https://github.com/The-Running-Dev/Docker-BuildAgent
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auto reboot stuck on bios
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