Category: services
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Ansible 101
Ansible is an open-source IT automation tool that provides an easy way to automate repetitive tasks, deploy applications, and manage infrastructure. With Ansible, you can easily manage and configure systems, whether they are on-premise or in the cloud, without the need for complicated scripts or configuration files. Ansible is built around the concept of “playbooks,”…
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Terraform 101
Terraform is a tool developed by HashiCorp for infrastructure automation. It allows users to define infrastructure in code, creating a consistent, repeatable, and predictable way to provision and manage resources across various cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and others. Terraform works by defining infrastructure as code in a…
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What is Apache Kafka?
Apache Kafka is a distributed, scalable, high-throughput, and fault-tolerant stream processing platform. It was originally developed by the LinkedIn Corporation and is now maintained as an open-source project under the Apache Software Foundation. Kafka provides a unified, high-level API for handling real-time data streams, which makes it a popular choice for use cases such as…
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What is containerization?
Containerization is a technology in the field of Information Technology (IT) that allows you to package and isolate applications and their dependencies into lightweight, portable containers. This makes it possible to run multiple containers on the same host, each with its own isolated environment and resources, without affecting each other. Containers offer several advantages over…
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What is a data mesh?
Organizations should consider using a data mesh if they need to manage a large volume of data and need greater control over data security and privacy. A data mesh is an architecture for managing data that is based on mesh-like networks of data services. Data mesh architectures are decentralized and focused on autonomy and resilience,…
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What are microservices?
Microservices are a software architecture pattern where an application is built as a suite of services, each of which runs in its own process and communicates with lightweight mechanisms, often an HTTP resource API. These services are independently deployable and scalable and are organized around business capabilities. The microservice architecture enables the continuous delivery/deployment of…
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What is service-oriented architecture?
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is an architectural style for designing and developing software applications. It is based on the notion of a service, which is a self-contained unit of functionality that can be accessed by other applications in a distributed environment. SOA enables applications to be developed and deployed independently of each other, allowing for greater…
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