DevOps Glossary

Feature or functionality that works immediately after installation without any modification.

Tools that are ready to use immediately without additional configuration or customization.

Tool for spinning up and tearing down multi-VM Vagrant environments, facilitating the creation of reproducible development setups.

Adherence to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard for organizations that handle credit card information.

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard; information security standard for organizations that handle credit card data.

Category of cloud computing services providing a platform for developers to build, run, and manage applications.

Tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration.

Duration it takes for a web page to fully load in a user's browser, a crucial metric for web performance and user experience.

Digital operations management platform that helps organizations respond to critical incidents and manage on-call schedules effectively.

Agile software development technique where two programmers work together at one workstation.

Cloud-hosted log management service for collecting, analyzing, and storing logs from applications, servers, and devices.

Security method that allows users to access systems without traditional passwords, often using biometrics or security tokens.

Standardized set of tools and processes for software development within an organization.

Penetration Testing; authorized simulated cyberattack on a computer system to evaluate its security.

Method of evaluating the security of a computer system or network by simulating an attack from malicious outsiders.

Process of determining the speed, responsiveness, and stability of a computer, network, software program or device under workload.

Defense strategy focusing on securing the boundaries of an organization's network from external threats and unauthorized access.

Kubernetes resource that requests specific storage resources, allowing pods to access persistent storage in a cluster.

Any data that could potentially identify a specific individual, subject to strict privacy and security regulations.

Concept in DevOps where "pets" are unique, indispensable servers, while "cattle" are identical, replaceable instances.

Website monitoring service that checks the availability and performance of websites and web applications, providing alerts and detailed reports.

Series of automated processes for delivering software from development to production.

Practice of overseeing and optimizing the processes involved in software delivery pipelines.

Open-source cloud application platform providing a choice of clouds, developer frameworks, and application services.

Discipline of designing and building toolchains and workflows that enable self-service capabilities for software engineering organizations.