Hashicorp Waypoint fork?

So there are OpenBao vs. Vault and OpenTofu vs. Terraform, what is the Waypoint fork?

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DevOps job market

I see constantly pessimistic post that to get job in IT is almost impossible yet on weekly basis, I get DMs from recruiters with offers to apply for DevOps positions.

Do you experience the same or just job market in the Eastern Europe is better.

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What training or course should I do for my career growth? I'm an DevOps person

I have been in DevOps for almost 8 years now, I feel I should be looking at a bit towards security side of things because I see a lot of potential there. However, I'm debating whether it should go towards security or AI training as my next step for growth. I would appreciate if anyone could guide me!

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Deploying A Service

Hi guys, I have developed a Web Application, that I want to deploy. This is a sode project so I don’t have budget for costly deployments. My service includes:

1. Backend: Fastapi, Celery
2. Frontend: ReactJS
3. DBs: Redis, SQLLite

Can anybody suggest me where can I deploy? Tried render free tier but redis is not included there

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A lightweight alternative to Knative for scale-to-zero in Kubernetes — Make any HTTP service serverless on Kubernetes (no rewrites, no lock-in, no traffic drop)

Hey Engineers,

I wanted to share something we built that solved a pain point we kept hitting in real-world clusters — and might help others here too.

# 🚨 The Problem:

We had long-running HTTP services deployed with standard Kubernetes `Deployments,` when traffic went quiet, the pods would:

* Keep consuming CPU/RAM
* **Last replicas couldn’t be scaled down**, leading to unnecessary cost
* Cost us in licensing, memory overhead, and wasted infra

Knative and OpenFaaS were too heavy or function-oriented for our needs. We wanted **scale-to-zero** — but without rewriting.


# 🔧 Meet [KubeElasti](https://github.com/truefoundry/KubeElasti)

It’s a lightweight operator + proxy(resolver) that adds **scale-to-zero** capability to *your existing HTTP services* on Kubernetes.

No need to adopt a new service framework. No magic deployment wrapper. Just drop in an `ElastiService` CR and you’re good to go.


# 💡Why we didn’t use Knative or OpenFaaS

They’re great for what they do — but **too heavy** or **too opinionated** for our use case.

Here’s a side-by-side:

|Feature|**KubeElasti**|**Knative**|**OpenFaaS**|**KEDA HTTP-add-on**|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|Scale to Zero|✅|✅|✅|✅|
|Works with existing svc|✅|❌|❌|✅|
|Resource footprint|🟢 Low|🔺 High|🔹 Medium|🟢 Low|
|Request queueing|✅ (Takes itself out of the path)|✅ (always in path)|✅|✅ (always in path)|
|Setup complexity|🟢 Low|🔺 High|🔹 Medium|🔹 Medium|



# 🧠 How KubeElasti works

When traffic hits a scaled-down service:

1. A tiny KubeElasti proxy catches the request
2. It **queues** and **triggers a scale-up**
3. Then **forwards** the request when the pod is ready

When the pod is already running? The proxy gets out of the way completely. That means:

* **Zero overhead in hot path**
* **No cold start penalty**
* **No rewrites or FaaS abstractions**



# ⚖️ Trade-offs

We intentionally kept KubeElasti focused:

* ✅ Supports **Deployments** and **Argo Rollouts**
* ✅ Works with **Prometheus metrics**
* ✅ Supports **HPA/KEDA for scale-up**
* 🟡 Only supports **HTTP** right now (gRPC/TCP coming)
* 🟡 Prometheus is required for autoscaling triggers



# 🧪 When to Choose KubeElasti

You should try KubeElasti if you:

1. Run **standard HTTP apps** in Kubernetes and want to avoid idle cost
2. Want **zero request loss** during scale-up
3. Need something **lighter than Knative,** KEDA HTTP add-on
4. Don’t want to **rewrite** your services into functions



We’re actively developing this and keeping it **open source**. If you’re in the Kubernetes space and have ever felt your infra was 10% utilized 90% of the time — I’d love your feedback.

We're also exploring gRPC, TCP, and Support more ScaledObjects.

Let me know what you think — we’re building this in the open and would love to jam.

Cheers,

Raman from the KubeElasti team ☕️

# Links

Code: [https://github.com/truefoundry/KubeElasti](https://github.com/truefoundry/KubeElasti)

Docs: [https://www.kubeelasti.dev/](https://www.kubeelasti.dev/)

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Help: How to migrate Azure Data Factory, Blob Storage, and Azure SQL from one tenant to another?


Hi everyone,
I work at a data consulting company, and we currently manage all of our client’s data infrastructure in our own Azure tenant. This includes Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipelines, Azure Blob Storage, and Azure SQL Databases — all hosted under our domain.

Now, the client wants everything migrated to their own Azure tenant (their subscription and domain).

I’m wondering:

Is it possible to migrate these resources (ADF, Blob Storage, Azure SQL) between tenants, or do I need to recreate everything manually?

Are there any YouTube videos, blog posts, or documentation that walk through this process?


I’ve heard about using ARM templates for ADF, .bacpac for SQL, and AzCopy for storage, but I’m looking for step-by-step guidance or lessons learned from others who’ve done this.

Any resources, tips, or gotchas to watch out for would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks in advance 🙏

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How often are you seeing bugs in production and how do you handle them?

We have unit tests, some integration tests, CI that runs tests on each push, CD to automate deployments, and manual testing, yet we're still seeing a decent amount of bugs in production. At least a couple almost every week.

I'm curious how often are others seeing bugs and how do you handle passing them back to the dev team to fix? Aside from opening a ticket, how are you handling the politics behind passing work onto a team that you're not on and don't run?

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Cloud for SMEs

Hi, I am currently researching the cloud market in Europe.
Want to understand what kind of businesses buy cloud services, why, and through what channels.

Please DM if you can help me with the same - won't take more than 10 mins of your time.

Thanks!!!

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Help me evaluate my options

Hi, I am the sole developer/devops in an application. The application runs through Wine on Linux because it needs to call a C++ DLL that has Windows dependencies. The DLL works by maintaining state. And it has I/O limitations and whatnot so it needs to run one instance of DLL for every user.

The application runs this way.
Frontend->API->Check if docker container running for that user-> If not create it and call the endpoint exposed from the container.


The container runs image has Wine+some more APIs that call the DLL.

The previous devs created a container on demand for each user and they hosted it in house running docker containers on bare metals. (Yes the application is governmental). Now they want to use AWS. I am now evaluating my options between Fargate and EKS.

I evaluated my options as: Fargate and EKS.

Fargate would make my life easier but I am worried the vendor lock in. What if they decide to use a different servers/in-house later down(for whatever reason). I/someone would need to setup everything again.

EKS would be better for less vendor lock in but it's complexity and the fact that I am going to be just the single guy on the project and jumping between writing C++ and maintaining kubernetes is obviously going to be a pain.

I could use some opinions from the experts. Thanks



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Discussing about some fatures on a tool for DevOps Engineers that manipulates .env files.

I amimplementing this tool https://github.com/pc-magas/mkdotenv intented to be run insude CI/CD pipelines inoprderto populate `.env` files with secrets.


At future release (0.4.0) the tool would support theese arguments:

MkDotenv VERSION:  0.4.0
Replace or add a variable into a .env file.

Usage:
        ./bin/mkdotenv-linux-amd64 \
           [ --help|-help|--h|-h ] [ --version|-version|--v|-v ] \
           --variable-name|-variable-name <variable_name> --variable-value|-variable-value <variable_value> \
           [ --env-file|-env-file|--input-file|-input-file <env_file> ] [ --output-file|-output-file <output_file> ] \
           [ --remove-doubles|-remove-doubles ] \

Options:

  --help, -help, --h, -h        OPTIONAL Display help message and exit
  --version, -version, --v, -v  OPTIONAL Display version and exit
  --variable-name, -variable-name       REQUIRED Name of the variable to be set
  --variable-value, -variable-value     REQUIRED Value to assign to the variable
  --env-file, -env-file, --input-file, -input-file      OPTIONAL Input .env file path (default .env)
  --output-file, -output-file   OPTIONAL File to write output to (`-` for stdout)
  --remove-doubles, -remove-doubles     OPTIONAL Remove duplicate variable entries, keeping the first

And I wonder would --remove-doubles be a usable feature my goal is if .env file contains multiple occurences of a variable for example:

S3_SECRET="1234"
S3_SECRET="456"
S3_SECRET="999"

By passing the --remove-doubles for example in this execution of the command:

mkdoptenv --variable-name=S3_SECRET --variable-value="4444"  --remove-doubles

Would result:

S3_SECRET="4444"

But is this feature really wanted?

Futhermore I also can be used with pipes like this:

mkdoptenv --variable-name=S3_SECRET --variable-value="4444" --remove-doubles --output-file="-" | mkdoptenv --variable-name=S3_KEY --variable-value="XXXX" --remove-doubles

But is this also a usable feature as well 4u?


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devops jobs for Jr level

I'm from India, btech cse student and I'm start learning devops, previously I'm in cybersecurity

can anyone give guidence?
and how about devops job market for Jr level or intern

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I built an AI tool that turns terminal sessions into runbooks - would love feedback from SREs/DevOps engineers

Hey everyone!

I've been working on Oh Shell! - an AI-powered tool that automatically converts your incident response terminal sessions into comprehensive, searchable runbooks.

**The Problem:**
Every time we have an incident, we lose valuable institutional knowledge. Critical debugging steps, command sequences, and decision-making processes get scattered across terminal histories, chat logs, and individual memories. When similar incidents happen again, we end up repeating the same troubleshooting from scratch.

**The Solution:**
Oh Shell! records your terminal sessions during incident response and uses AI to generate structured runbooks with:

* Step-by-step troubleshooting procedures

* Command explanations and context

* Expected outputs and error handling

* Integration with tools like Notion, Google Docs, Slack, and incident management platforms

Key Features:

* 🎥 One-command recording: Just run ohsh to start recording

* 🤖 AI-powered analysis: Understands your commands and generates comprehensive docs

* 🔗 Tool integrations: Push to Notion, Google Docs, Slack, Firehydrant, [incident.io](https://incident.io)

* 👥 Team collaboration: Share runbooks and build collective knowledge

* 🔒 Security: End-to-end encryption, on-premises options

What I'd love feedback on:

1. Does this solve a real pain point for your team?

1. What integrations would be most valuable to you?

1. How do you currently handle runbook creation and maintenance?

1. What would make this tool indispensable for your incident response process?

1. Any concerns about security or data privacy?

Current Status:

* CLI tool is functional and ready for testing

* Web dashboard for managing generated runbooks

* Integrations with major platforms

* **Free** for trying it out

I'm particularly interested in feedback from SREs, DevOps engineers, and anyone who deals with incident response regularly. What am I missing? What would make this tool better for your workflow?Check it out: [https://ohsh.dev](https://ohsh.dev)

Thanks for your time and feedback! 

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Oracle - Race to Certification 2025

Oracle is allowing free certification till 31st October via their Race to Certification program. If you are interested, sign up for it.

https://education.oracle.com/race-to-certification-2025

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Best way to prep for CKA?

Hey everyone,
I’m planning to take the **Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)** exam and was wondering:

* What are the best resources/courses you used to prep?
* Any mock labs or hands-on practice you’d recommend?
* Also, any **student discounts** or promo codes available for the exam or courses?

Trying to keep it budget-friendly and efficient. Appreciate any help or advice!

Thanks in advance!

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Need guidance on how to start with devops

I am new to devops and wanna know how to start with learning devops any guidance will be helpful thnx

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Tell me where the pitfalls are

I've been working with Terraform for a while now. It's been occurring to me that we might be able to use it for user onboarding/offloading. Terraform would have to: make a user in AD, add that person to our github organization, and potentially assign licenses for things like Adobe suite, M365, and some other licenses that dont have a Terraform provider for them, but at this point could be pretty quickly written at least to the extent we need them. And then when someone leaves the company, the licenses would be freed and the users disabled.

But I rarely see people talking about using Terraform this way. I'm curious if anyone has any experience in attempting to use Terraform for user management and what issues you've seen.

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Really concerned about AI

I’m a senior platform/devops engineer with 7 years of experience.

Should I be concerned about ai taking our jobs? It’s not that I’m worried about the next year or 5 years but after that.

Agentic AI and AI developers are often talked about and the CEO said the whole platform will be run by agents in 5 years.

Can someone put my mind at ease here?

I’m still early on in my career and will need to be working for the next 20 or 30 years.

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I built a tiny Windows service wrapper for production use - looking for feedback

Hi all,

Over the past couple of months, I've been having to wrap apps, scripts & utilities as WIndows Services for a few projects at work. Tools like WInSW & NSSM do exist, but I seem to keep running into bugs or missing features - especially around log rotation, management & restarting behaviour.

This led me to build WInLet \-a tiny, production-focused WIndows service wrapper we now use internally at work. It's really built to be simple to use and to offer proper support for log management, env vars, restart policies & so on.

Key features:

Run any script or executable as a Windows Service
A plethora of log management configurations - rotation, compression, etc
Configurable auto-restart on failure
Tiny footprint
Easy-to-read TOML configuration

Example config:

Example config (with full logging and health check):

[service]
name = "my-web-api"
display_name = "My Web API"
description = "Production web API with monitoring"

[process]
executable = "node"
arguments = "server.js"
working_directory = "C:\\Apps\\MyWebAPI"
shutdown_timeout_seconds = 45

[process.environment]
NODE_ENV = "production"
PORT = "3000"
DATABASE_URL = "postgresql://db-server/myapi"

[logging]
level = "Information"
log_path = "C:\\Logs\\MyWebAPI"
mode = "RollBySizeTime"
size_threshold_kb = 25600
time_pattern = "yyyyMMdd"
auto_roll_at_time = "02:00:00"
keep_files = 14
zip_older_than_days = 3
separate_error_log = true

[restart]
policy = "OnFailure"
delay_seconds = 10
max_attempts = 5
window_seconds = 600


[service_account]
username = "DOMAIN\\WebAPIService"
allow_service_logon = true
prompt = "Console"

Install/start it like this:

WinLet.exe install --config my-web-api.toml
WinLet.exe start --name my-web-api

Here's what's coming next - especially as our internal requirements evolve at work:

Prometheus metrics & Windows performance counters
PowerShell module
Hot-reload of config changes
Service dependency graph and bulk operations
Web dashboard for management

I'd love to hear form anyone managing/using Windows services - suggestions, feedback & other use cases you may have are all welcome. Posting in here as well in the hope someone else finds it useful.

Github: ptfpinho23/WinLet: A modern Windows service runner that doesn’t suck.

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Infrastructure automation and self service portal for helpdesk

I hope my question is in the right subreddit. If not, I will remove my post.

I would like to get the community's opinion on a work-related topic. I am a network engineer and I want to implement network and system automation in my company. I have already developed several Ansible roles to automate the management of Cisco switches. I will also develop playbooks/roles for automating the deployment and configuration of Windows and Linux servers.

This automation has two objectives: to harmonize the configuration of new machines being deployed, and to allow the helpdesk to carry out some basic actions without having to connect directly to the machines. For these actions, I have set up Semaphore UI (https://semaphoreui.com/) and created several tasks. Everything works as expected. However, I find that using Semaphore is not suited for the helpdesk. Reading and understanding Ansible logs requires knowledge of Ansible, which the helpdesk does not have.

So my question is: Should the helpdesk be trained to understand and read Ansible logs, or would it be better to develop an independent web application, with a simpler GUI tailored for the helpdesk, containing easy-to-fill fields and a results table, for example? This web application would use the Semaphore UI API to launch jobs and display the results.

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Trying to break into CS - worth doing a conversion master’s? + CV feedback please!

Hey all, I’m hoping to get some advice. I’ve been working in Tech for about 6 years, mostly on the business/marketing side. More recently, I took on a junior data analyst role, but it’s still quite marketing/business focused rather than purely technical.

This September, I’m planning to start a part-time conversion master’s in Computer Science (my company is sponsoring me) to properly pivot into the CS field.

I’m wondering:

1. Is it actually worth doing a conversion master’s in CS, given my background?
2. See my CV https://imgur.com/a/K3YTaKc, does it look okay for someone trying to break into CS? Anything you’d suggest changing or adding?

Any feedback or thoughts would be massively appreciated! Thanks 😊

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AI has had no noticeable difference in monitoring / troubleshooting

I obviously use chatgpt to ask for how to debug or some ideas why specific issue might be happening. I also use cursor to create runbooks / alerts / dashboards but that's about it. I have tried a bunch of tools that try to talk to k8s cluster etc but haven't been able to see a noticeable difference generally in debugging. Most of my life is in terminal/logs or dashboards..

One place I have seen though, is in Supabase. They have a cool AI assistant that can query the db / check schema / errors within it's data and do the analysis.


What's the best use-case that you've seen so far that you're repeatedly using? Curious to hear if any of you have been able to validate the AI productivity gain as a DevOps/SRE!

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