Category: Glossary

An SLA is a formal contract between a service provider and customer defining expected service levels and penalties for breaches.

MTTD measures the average time between when a problem occurs and when the team becomes aware of it.

Pulumi lets you define and manage cloud infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages like Python, TypeScript, and Go.

A Pod Disruption Budget limits the number of pods that can be voluntarily disrupted at once, ensuring minimum availability during maintenance.

A rolling update replaces application instances incrementally, ensuring continuous availability during the update process.

Jenkins is an open-source automation server that automates building, testing, and deploying software through CI/CD pipelines.

Linkerd is a lightweight, CNCF-graduated service mesh for Kubernetes providing observability, security, and reliability with minimal complexity.

An observability pipeline collects, transforms, routes, and filters telemetry data between sources and destinations for cost optimization.

The sidecar pattern deploys a helper container alongside the main application container in a pod, extending functionality without code changes.

The RED method monitors three key metrics for request-driven services: Rate, Errors, and Duration.