Cloud & Infrastructure¶
The Cloud & Infrastructure library contains deep-dive guides, operational playbooks, and cheat sheets for building, scaling, and optimizing cloud-native systems. From orchestrating containers with Kubernetes to simulating system failures using chaos engineering and managing cloud spending, these guides are designed for DevOps engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, and cloud architects.
Core Infrastructure Areas¶
Select a guide below to explore specific cloud and automation topics:
Cloud Infrastructure & Containers¶
Manage, deploy, and scale microservices and serverless infrastructure:
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Kubernetes, Istio, & Helm Cheat Sheet
A comprehensive reference guide for K8s deployments, service mesh controls using Istio, and package management with Helm.
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AWS Lambda & Serverless Reference
A practical cheat sheet covering serverless functions, triggers, scaling behaviors, and operational best practices.
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Internal Developer Platforms (IDP)
Understand the fundamentals of Platform Engineering and building Internal Developer Platforms to enable developer self-service.
Infrastructure as Code & Automation¶
Define, provision, and maintain infrastructure state programmatically:
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Terraform for Starters
Learn Terraform fundamentals, state management, provider configuration, and modular resource provisioning.
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Helm Templates for Antifragile Patterns
A technical walkthrough on template creation in Helm to enforce self-healing and resilient infrastructure patterns.
Resilience & Cost Governance¶
Audit architectures for performance efficiency, cost metrics, and failure resilience:
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AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS)
A step-by-step implementation guide to running controlled chaos engineering experiments on AWS infrastructure.
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Cloud Cost Optimization
A strategic overview of cloud cost economics, waste reduction tactics, and FinOps governance.