DevOps Glossary

High-performance distributed proxy designed for cloud-native applications, often used as a service mesh component.

Temporary, disposable environments created on-demand for testing or development, ensuring consistency and isolation.

Acceptable amount of unplanned downtime or errors a service can experience without consequences.

Record of error messages generated by a software application or system, crucial for troubleshooting and monitoring.

Process of identifying, recording, and analyzing errors in software applications to improve reliability and user experience.

Open-source software for building AWS-compatible private and hybrid cloud computing environments.

Record of events taking place in the execution of a system to provide an audit trail.

Design paradigm in which the flow of the program is determined by events such as user actions, sensor outputs, or messages from other programs.

Approach to managing all aspects of IT infrastructure and operations through code.

Security issue where an API returns more data than necessary, potentially revealing sensitive information.

Approach to software testing that emphasizes the tester's freedom and creativity to uncover issues.

Tool for unattended mass installation of Linux systems, streamlining the process of setting up multiple machines.

Python library and command-line tool for streamlining the use of SSH for application deployment or systems administration tasks.

Design principle promoting immediate reporting of failures to enable quick detection and resolution of issues.

Instances where the compilation or integration process of software fails due to errors.

Error in evaluation where a condition is mistakenly flagged as true when it is actually false.

AWS serverless compute engine for containers that works with both Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS.

Property that enables a system to continue operating properly in the event of the failure of some of its components.

Anti-pattern where developers make decisions based on fear rather than best practices or data.

Practice of creating a separate branch in version control for each feature during development.

Technique allowing teams to modify system behavior without changing code, enabling gradual rollouts and A/B testing.

Technique in software development that turns certain functionality on and off during runtime, without deploying new code.

Practice of using feature flags to control and manage the lifecycle of features in software applications.

Technique in software development for turning features on or off quickly without changing code.

Tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications, now replaced by Docker Compose.