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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Our Services-Atlassian Support and Application Operation Support

 

Application Operation Service Portfolio

Welcome to our Application Operation Service Portfolio! We offer a comprehensive suite of services designed to optimize your application performance, ensure uptime, and enhance user experience. From infrastructure management and monitoring to security and compliance, we provide tailored solutions that meet your specific needs and objectives. Our team of experienced professionals understands the intricacies of modern application ecosystems and leverages best-in-class technologies to deliver reliable and scalable solutions.

Service Offerings

Infrastructure Management

We handle your entire application infrastructure, from servers and databases to networking and storage. Our expertise ensures optimal resource utilization, high availability, and seamless scalability.

Security & Compliance

We safeguard your applications and data with robust security measures, including intrusion detection, firewalls, and access control. We also ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.

Performance Monitoring & Optimization

We continuously monitor your applications for performance bottlenecks and proactively optimize them for optimal speed and efficiency. We provide detailed reports and insights to keep you informed.

DevOps & Automation

We leverage DevOps best practices and automation tools to streamline your development and deployment processes, enabling faster delivery and improved application quality.

Our Expertise

Deep Technical Knowledge

Our team possesses deep technical expertise in a wide range of technologies, including cloud platforms, databases, operating systems, and programming languages.

Industry Best Practices

We adhere to industry best practices and standards to ensure the quality, security, and reliability of our services. We continuously update our knowledge and skills to stay ahead of the curve.

Customer-Centric Approach

We prioritize customer satisfaction and strive to build long-term partnerships. We are committed to understanding your unique needs and providing tailored solutions that exceed expectations.



Wednesday, August 7, 2024

How you would automate security compliance checks for your AWS infrastructure.

 To automate security compliance checks for AWS infrastructure, I would use AWS Config, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Security Hub, and AWS IAM Access Analyzer.

  1. Configuration Management: Use AWS Config to track configuration changes and evaluate resource configurations against compliance rules. Implement custom Config Rules or use managed rules to ensure resources comply with security policies.
  2. Audit Trails: Enable AWS CloudTrail to capture all API activity and changes within the AWS account. Use CloudTrail logs to audit and review actions taken by users and services.
  3. Security Hub: Enable AWS Security Hub to provide a comprehensive view of security alerts and compliance status. Integrate with other AWS security services like GuardDuty, Inspector, and Macie for continuous threat detection and vulnerability assessments.
  4. Access Control: Use IAM Access Analyzer to identify and analyze the access provided by policies to ensure that resources are not overly permissive. Regularly review and refine IAM policies.
  5. Automation: Use AWS Lambda functions triggered by Config or CloudTrail events to automatically remediate non-compliant resources. For example, automatically revoke public access to S3 buckets or enforce encryption on new resources.
  6. Compliance Frameworks: Use AWS Artifact to access AWS compliance reports and align your infrastructure with industry standards like GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.

By automating these security and compliance checks, the infrastructure remains secure and compliant with industry standards and organizational policies.


process and AWS services used to perform a blue/green deployment for a web application hosted on AWS

 To perform a blue/green deployment for a web application on AWS, I would use the following process and services:

  1. Setup Environment:
    • Blue Environment: This is the current production environment. It includes EC2 instances, load balancers, databases, and other necessary resources.
    • Green Environment: Create an identical environment (green) to the blue environment. This will be used for the new version of the application.
  2. DNS Management:
    • Amazon Route 53: Use Route 53 for DNS management and traffic routing. Configure DNS records to point to the blue environment initially.
  3. Deployment:
    • AWS CodeDeploy: Use CodeDeploy to automate the deployment process. Set up a blue/green deployment group. This allows CodeDeploy to deploy the new version of the application to the green environment.
  4. Testing:
    • Smoke Tests: Perform smoke tests on the green environment to ensure the new version is working as expected.
    • Load Testing: Conduct load testing to ensure the green environment can handle production traffic.
  5. Switch Traffic:
    • Route 53 Traffic Shift: Update Route 53 to shift traffic from the blue environment to the green environment. This can be done gradually to monitor the new environment's performance and detect any issues early.
    • Health Checks: Configure Route 53 health checks to automatically switch back to the blue environment if the green environment fails.
  6. Monitoring:
    • AWS CloudWatch: Use CloudWatch to monitor metrics, logs, and alarms for both environments during the transition.
    • AWS X-Ray: Use X-Ray for tracing and debugging the application in the green environment.
  7. Rollback:
    • Instant Rollback: If any issues are detected with the green environment, use Route 53 to instantly switch back to the blue environment.
    • CodeDeploy Rollback: Use CodeDeploy’s automatic rollback feature to revert to the previous version if deployment issues are detected.
  8. Cleanup:
    • Terminate Blue Environment: Once the green environment is stable and confirmed to be working correctly, decommission the blue environment or repurpose it for future deployments.

This process ensures minimal downtime and reduces the risk associated with application updates by allowing a smooth transition between environments.

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Platform Engineering Team -DevOps

 

Platform Engineering team involves integrating various practices, tools, and cultural shifts to foster collaboration and efficiency between development and operations.

Some key steps and considerations typically involved:

Cultural Alignment, Automation, IaC, CI/CD, Monitoring and Logging, Containerization and Orchestration, Security, Collaborative Tools, Feedback Loops, Education and Training, Scalability and Resilience, Compliance and Governance.

By integrating these practices and cultural shifts, a Platform Engineering team can effectively implement DevOps principles to deliver value to customers faster and more reliably while improving overall operational efficiency and collaboration.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Devops interview

 Q. How you automate the whole build and release process?

Q. I have 50 jobs in the Jenkins dash board , I want to build at a time all the jobs
Q. DO you know how to install Jenkins via Docker ?
Q. My application is not coming up for some reason? How can you bring it up?
Q. How can you avoid the waiting time for the triggered jobs in Jenkins.
Q. How you handle the merge conflicts in git?
Q. I want to delete 10 days older log files. How can I?
Q. What is the job Of HTTP REST API in DevOps?
Q. Can we copy Jenkins job from one server to other server?
Q. syntax for building docker image
Q. What Are the Benefits Of Nosql?
Q. Provide few differences between DevOps and Agile

codeql-vulnerabilities across a codebase with CodeQL


Refer -CodeQL (github.com)

CodeQL Action

This action runs GitHub's industry-leading semantic code analysis engine, CodeQL, against a repository's source code to find security vulnerabilities. It then automatically uploads the results to GitHub so they can be displayed on pull requests and in the repository's security tab. CodeQL runs an extensible set of queries, which have been developed by the community and the GitHub Security Lab to find common vulnerabilities in your code.

For a list of recent changes, see the CodeQL Action's changelog.

RFP vs. RFQ vs. RFI

 https://www.procore.com/library/rfp-construction#construction-rfps-the-basics

Steps in the RFP Process

1. The owner defines the project details.

2. The owner writes and issues the RFP.

3. The owner publishes and distributes the RFP.

4. Contractors prepare their bids.

5. Contractors submit proposals.

6. The owner evaluates proposals and selects a contractor.

7. The owner and contractor negotiate the contract.

RFPs afford contractors the chance to demonstrate their qualifications and capabilities and articulate how they would deliver the highest and best value for the project.

An RFP typically consists of a project overview encompassing the scope, technical specifications, timeline and budget. It also includes submission guidelines, evaluation criteria and contractual terms. Together, these components offer vital information and guidelines that enable potential bidders to understand the project requirements, craft their proposals and effectively participate in the procurement process.