Site Reliability: Tools & Automation


Overview/Description
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level



Overview/Description

There are numerous tools available to Site Reliability Engineers to help with planning, managing, deploying, automating, and monitoring services and infrastructure. In this course, you'll explore these tools as well some the benefits of automation and the automation process. You'll also discover common pitfalls and failures, as well as how to manage of post-mortem incidents.



Expected Duration (hours)
0.9

Lesson Objectives

Site Reliability: Tools & Automation

  • discover the key concepts covered in this course
  • provide an overview of planning tools such as JIRA and Pivotal Tracker
  • differentiate between tools used for creation such as GitHub and Subversion
  • describe common tools used for packaging and releasing services and releases
  • differentiate between different tools used to automate functions
  • provide an overview of tools used to monitor applications and infrastructure
  • describe the value of automation including consistency, platform, repairs, and time savings
  • provide an overview of uses cases for automation
  • describe the path that the evolution of automation follows
  • describe how automation processes can vary
  • provide an overview of common pitfalls associated with troubleshooting systems
  • provide an overview of the primary goals of a post-mortem philosophy
  • determine which factors are the root cause of a problem
  • summarize the key concepts covered in this course
  • Course Number:
    it_sregsredj_02_enus

    Expertise Level
    Intermediate