A Change in Handling HTTP 401 Statuses
Uptime Robot treats all HTTP statuses equally. They mean either up or down… except HTTP 401. HTTP 401 is expected in some situations and not expected in others. Currently, HTTP 401 is handled as...
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DevOps interview questions: How to prepare
On LinkedIn, there are more than thirty thousand U.S.-based DevOps positions. That number may not be as high as it is for software developers, but it’s still higher than sysadmins or systems engineers. Maybe this demand has you interested in switching career paths, or maybe you want to change jobs. If that’s the case, you’re in luck. Today’s post will present some common interview questions that you’ll probably get when interviewing for a DevOps position.
Acronym Buster: IT Operations Tools
TLDR: There's a LOT of different tools out there... Clearly feeling the world was in desperate need of more acronyms, IT operations has well and truly stood up to the plate. Dazed and confused - and with FOMO about to kick in – I thought now would be a good time to write up an acronym buster so I could finally put those woes to bed. That, and I promised my manager I'd publish a new blog before COP.
Monitor Amazon MQ metrics with Datadog
Amazon MQ is a cloud-based, AWS-managed service for the popular Apache ActiveMQ message broker. It offers many advantages of being part of the AWS ecosystem as AWS automatically provisions and maintains infrastructure components from services including EC2 and EBS.
Analytics Plus webinar: How to manage IT projects like a pro using analytics
Watch this session to learn how analytics can help you: Use insights from past projects to mitigate potential risks in current projects, Meticulously track the progress of projects using essential project management tools such as burn down, and burn up charts, and Review the overall project status and task status, and initiate corrective action, if necessary.
Five worthy reads: The business benefits of serverless computing
Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we explore serverless computing and how it can impact business operations.
The simple, powerful way to boost your IT team's performance
IT teams, we are at a crossroads. We’ve spent years, if not decades, being thought of as cost centers at the best of times, and more often, a source of bottlenecks. Now, we’re making a name for ourselves as facilitators of innovation and providers of legendary service. Our companies are recognizing how critical we are to their success.
Website Security: Web Monitoring Tips for Keeping Your Site Safe
With the constant threat of DDoS, DNS attacks, malware, and data breaches; website security is a top priority for today’s tech teams. You’ve taken the appropriate measures. Your domain uses HTTP/S, SSL encryption, and is locked up tight. Or is it? In 2018, Symantec reported over 70 million records were leaked or stolen because of misconfigured S3 buckets.
To Protect and Secure: Selling Cybersecurity as a Service
Auvik AVP of product management Patrick Albert talks with Tayler Feigl, Channel Development Manager, APAC at Datto to discuss key findings in Datto’s annual State of the Channel Ransomware Report, the result of interviewing 100,000 small to mid-sized business (SMBs) around the globe. You’ll hear what your MSP peers are doing to prepare, protect, and recover against ransomware, and investigate how you can use these findings to sell cybersecurity as part of your managed services offering.
Stackdriver with Kubernetes - Stack Doctor
Welcome to the Stack Doctor series! In this video, take a sneak peek at how Kubernetes is helping developers deploy complex applications with Stackdriver. Yuri Grinshteyn shows you how to create and monitor Kubernetes clusters with Google Kubernetes Engine.