SRE NEWSLETTER

Issue #22 // April 9, 2021

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Best Practices
// infracloud.io
This blog post covers the fundamental concepts and practices required to build a successful SRE team.
Service-Oriented Infrastructure
// masonhuemmer.com
Service-oriented infrastructure, SOI, builds infrastructure through modular components for a distributed system. It reduces overhead by promoting independent deployability and draws service boundaries around a product’s infrastructure provisioned by Terraform.
The flAWS Challenge
// flaws.cloud
Through a series of levels you'll learn about common mistakes and gotchas when using Amazon Web Services (AWS). There are no SQL injection, XSS, buffer overflows, or many of the other vulnerabilities you might have seen before. As much as possible, these are AWS specific issues.
What You Can (and Can’t) Learn from GitLab about Remote Work
// blog.dropbox.com
Remote-work researchers and the company’s strategist tell us how to make the most of a WFH workforce.
Microsoft is Now Submerging Servers into Liquid Baths
// theverge.com
Microsoft is starting to submerge its servers in liquid to improve their performance and energy efficiency.
Kubernetes Single Sign On - A Detailed Guide
// talkingquickly.co.uk
This series of posts covers how to setup a comprehensive group based single sign on system for Kubernetes. It includes most of the common SSO models so adapting Gitlab, Kibana, Grafana, etc. is simple.
Behind GitHub’s New Authentication Token Formats
// github.blog
GitHub shares a deep dive into how their new authentication token formats are built and how these improvements are keeping your tokens more secure.
The Daily Standup is a Waste of Time
// buildthestage.com
This post explores the problems larger teams have had with the "around the room" daily standup format. It then explains an alternative format that better scales to a growing team.
Kubernetes 1.21: Power to the Community
// kubernetes.io
A new release of Kubernetes. 1.21 includes: cronjobs graduate to stable, immutable secrets and configmaps, IPv4/IPv6 dual stack support, graceful node shutdown, persistent volume health monitor, and reductions in Kubernetes build maintenance.
Microsoft Releases a Cyberattack Simulator
// bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft has released an open-source cyberattack simulator that allows security researchers and data scientists to create simulated network environments and see how they fare against AI-controlled cyber agents.