Category: DevOps

The Ultimate Guide to Cloud Data Engineering with Azure, ADF, and Databricks

Introduction

In today’s data-driven world, organisations are constantly seeking better ways to collect, process, transform, and analyse vast volumes of data. The combination of Databricks, Azure Data Factory (ADF), and Microsoft Azure provides a powerful ecosystem to address modern data engineering challenges. This blog explores the core components and capabilities of these technologies while diving deeper into key technical considerations, including schema evolution using Delta Lake in Databricks, integration with Synapse Analytics, and schema drift handling in ADF. Continue reading “The Ultimate Guide to Cloud Data Engineering with Azure, ADF, and Databricks”

A Guide to Jenkins High Availability and Disaster Recovery in CI/CD

When your business depends on a smooth CI/CD pipeline, downtime isn’t just an inconvenience, it’s a direct hit to productivity, revenue, and customer trust. Jenkins, as one of the most widely adopted automation servers, powers thousands of mission-critical pipelines every day. But like any system, it’s vulnerable to failures. That’s where Jenkins High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery in Jenkins come into play. 

This guide breaks down how to strengthen your Jenkins architecture, implement high availability and prepare for disaster recovery. We’ll also cover practical approaches to backup and restore, so your CI/CD infrastructure stays resilient even in worst-case scenarios.  Continue reading “A Guide to Jenkins High Availability and Disaster Recovery in CI/CD”

Modern Tools to Close Security Gaps and Protect Your Infrastructure

Introduction

Today’s world of IT is changing at such a rapid pace, and security is not just another option, it’s necessary. Even small software loopholes can lead to the hackers having access to your data or installation of ransomware on your systems. Companies generally overlook stable images, unscanned endpoints, and infected servers as significant points of security loopholes in their network. To cover these openings in the fortress of network security, advanced security tools like CrowdStrike, Rapid7, OpenSCAP, and ClamAV team up to challenge the security breaches to achieve high success in the blocking, prevention, and response of threats. Continue reading “Modern Tools to Close Security Gaps and Protect Your Infrastructure”

What is Security Patching? A Step-by-Step Guide to the Security Patching Process.

In an era where cyberattacks are growing more sophisticated, outdated systems remain the easiest targets. Security patching plays a vital role in closing these vulnerabilities, protecting sensitive data, and ensuring system stability. From fixing bugs to preventing ransomware, timely patching is one of the simplest yet most powerful defenses an organization can implement. Continue reading “What is Security Patching? A Step-by-Step Guide to the Security Patching Process.”

Logs to Unclog: The Complete Guide to Logging

Introduction to Logging

What Are Logs?

Logs are chronological records of events that occur within software applications, operating systems, and network devices. They serve as the digital equivalent of a ship’s logbook, documenting what happened, when it happened, and often providing context about why it happened.

Why Logging Matters

In today’s distributed systems and microservices architectures, logging is not just helpful — it’s essential. Here’s why:

  • Debugging: Logs provide crucial information for identifying and fixing bugs
  • Monitoring: They enable real-time monitoring of system health and performance
  • Security: Logs help detect security incidents and unauthorized access
  • Compliance: Many regulations require comprehensive logging for audit trails
  • Performance Analysis: They help identify bottlenecks and optimization opportunities
  • Business Intelligence: Application logs can provide insights into user behavior and business metrics

Continue reading “Logs to Unclog: The Complete Guide to Logging”