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A Review of Some Key Players in the Space Infrastructure Development Platforms (IDPs) or Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) are designed to help organizations efficiently build, manage, and deploy infrastructure in a scalable and automated way. Here are some IDP tools and their features: Ambassador (vendor: Datawire, now a part of Ambassador Labs) Used by companies […]
Load balancing is a technique for distributing incoming network traffic across multiple servers. Nginx is a popular open-source web server and a reverse-proxy server that can be used for load balancing. In this article, we will discuss how to configure Nginx for load balancing using the example of Tomcat servers with applications deployed in them. […]
Deploying a web application using the GUI (graphical user interface) in Apache Tomcat requires a few steps to be completed. The guide provided below will outline the process of deploying a web application on a Tomcat server using a build platform such as Maven. Write codes using IDEs such as Visual Studio Code, Eclipse, or […]
The default location… Maven is an open-source build tool used for creating packages for Java-based applications. It has a local repository, which is a directory on the user’s machine that stores project dependencies such as libraries and packages. By default, the Maven local repository is located in the user’s home directory in a folder called […]
Maven and JDK Maven is one of the build tools used for creating packages from Java-based codes. One of the dependencies required for Maven is Java Development Kit. Unlike other Java-based applications, that are not build tools, the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) will work but only JDK will work with Maven and other build tools. […]
Preparing for Interviews… Job expectations will differ from organization to organization; so are the interviews. Hence, the need to prepare for job interviews with the role’s job description as a guide. We have compiled some sample DevOps interview questions that you may encounter during a job interview. We have also accompanied each question with a […]
About Linux… Linux is an open-source operating system that has different distributions. Here is a list of some Linux commands and a brief description of how they are used: rm – This deletes a file or directory sort – This sorts the lines of a file uniq – This removes duplicate lines from a file […]
About Git… Git is a version control system that helps developers track changes to files and collaborate with other developers. Some Git Commands… Here are some common Git commands and a brief description of what they do: git init – This initializes Git in a directory. git clone – This makes a copy of an […]
About DevOps… DevOps is a methodology employed in software development. It focuses on effective communication, collaboration, and integration of processes between developers and the operations team. This results in the speedy delivery of reliable and high-quality software. DevOps professionals tend to automate processes through the use of tools to help achieve accuracy and reliability. Benefits… […]
About GitHub Actions… “GitHub Actions” is one of the features of GitHub. It allows developers to automate their workflow by creating “actions”. Actions are custom automated processes that will be triggered in response to certain defined events. Events may include: Committing code to a repository Opening a pull request A set schedule (action may be […]