Is it possible to configure WSL2 so that containers expose the same port on both the WSL2 environment and the host system? Specifically, if a container is running on localhost:8000 within WSL2, can it be accessed on localhost:8000 from the Windows host or external networks?

I was able to set up my WSL2 so that the containers run on WSL2, but I can't reach the backend at all from outside of the container, which makes my local setup completely useless.

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Career shifting helpppppp

I’m currently working as a Backend Developer at a mid-sized company, but unfortunately, the work environment isn’t ideal.
There’s a lack of structure, and my manager is often unfocused, which leads to constant pressure and confusion across the team. The stress doesn’t come from a heavy workload, but rather from the absence of clear direction and effective leadership.

Recently, I started exploring new opportunities and even began going through some interviews. Then I joined a mentorship program run by a reputable company — and it was a turning point.

During the program, I was introduced to the DevOps field, and I found myself genuinely passionate about it. My mentor guided me on the tools and certifications I need to pursue, but the full transition will likely take around 5 months or so.

The challenge is that I’m struggling to stay motivated in my current role while preparing for this shift. I’m really looking for a more structured, corporate environment — one with real teams, healthy collaboration, and clear goals.

If you have any advice or know of companies open to hiring people who are transitioning between roles, I’d truly appreciate your help and guidance.

This is a tough phase, and any support would mean a lot. Thank you!

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Do you use Crossplane? My company today only uses K8s. We have Crossplane configured for some tasks, but not extensively. We are considering whether to continue using it or start using Terraform, as most people are unfamiliar with Crossplane.

Please share your thoughts

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Get a Job

Let me tell you my story. I am 18 years old, currently living in Europe and working in fast food to earn some money and survive. At the age of 13, I became interested in computers and programming. At 14, I started writing some small programs in C++. Since I was 15, I have been studying cybersecurity, networks, and everything related to DevOps. My dream and goal is to become an engineer in this field. Please give me some advice. Currently, I try to study this every day for at least an hour, and on weekends for more than 4-5 hours without days off. I had some interviews but was not accepted anywhere.

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Idempotency in System Design: Full example

https://lukasniessen.medium.com/idempotency-in-system-design-full-example-80e9027e7bea

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API GATEWAY

I have been tasked to create a prototype for an API gateway for my company which we shall sell as a saas. I have not done such a project before and here is how i have been thinking about approaching the problem.
1. Use Nginx as a reverse proxy then business logic in Go or C/C++ and Redis pub/sub for caching.
2. Coming up with a reverse proxy first then modifying it into a gateway
3. Just start everything from scratch.

am a junior and i have never encountered such, if there is a better way and please guide . help align my thinking

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Introducing ReflexCore :Your Open‑Source Cognition Layer for DevSecOps Shells

Hey everyone

I’m excited to share GitsWhy ReflexCore, the free, Apache‑2.0–licensed agent that turns any Bash/Zsh shell into a cognition‑native DevSecOps environment. It:

Monitors keystroke patterns to infer intent and detect hesitation

Auto‑tunes system health by flushing entropy pools & cleaning zombie processes

Logs everything into a local, Fernet‑encrypted vault for later analysis

Ships with a full test suite & GitHub Actions CI, so it’s production‑ready

https://github.com/gitswhy/reflexcore

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Junior DevOps interview prep ressources !

Got my first DevOps/cloud technical assessment coming up (take-home case + discussion). It was from networking so there's no JD or clear position, so I don't know what he will test exactly. I have AZ-104, GCP Associate, and some other certs but limited real-world experience. Looking for good resources that cover practical troubleshooting scenarios and 'what if X breaks' type questions. Already have the Cracking DevOps Interview book. Any other recommendations for hands-on practice or realistic scenario walkthroughs? Especially interested in take-home case examples or what to expect from the technical discussion afterward.

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Do you track vendor SLA breaches?

I've started looking more into SAAS SLA breaches for common saas services we use (GitHub, JIRA, etc) due to outages during the first half of the year. Each vendor seems to have its own set of "rules" for what downtime is, if your account qualifies, and how quickly you have to submit it.

Is anyone successfully recouping credits, or am I on a fool's errand? Does your devops team do this or you have an internal team (finance?) doing this? Maybe its managed by a third party vendor? Looking for options and advice.

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Suggestions for open-source projects to get involved in

Hi, I am a student learning DevOps and AI infrastructure tools. I want to get involved in an open-source project that has a good, active community around it. Any suggestions?

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Can System admin transit to devops ???

I have 3 YOE as a system administrator—managing servers, deployments, patching, and infrastructure tasks. I’m now planning to learn AWS and DevOps tools (Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, etc.).

My question is:
👉 Will my sysadmin experience still count when applying for DevOps roles?

👉 Or will I have to start from scratch as a fresher?

👉 Do they even taken fresher for devops?

Would appreciate insights from anyone who made this transition or is working in DevOps. Or have any suggestions for me.


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Stuck in resources and difficulty learning (plz advise)

Because of my network, I can grab an SRE interview at a good company. I am a computer engineer who just graduated btw. I am following this roadmap: https://roadmap.sh/devops ; I learnt python and version control (git/github) but for the other tech stack like Linux, Docker, Kuberenetes, AWS, Computer networks, etc the roadmap includes only articles or 10 minute youtube videos as sources. Where do I learn these from? I tried following big youtube videos that many guys made but they are really unstructured. I need to learn 3-4 major tech stack within 25-30 days. PLEASE SUGGEST ME WHAT TO DO. good resources? Should I learn just the basics from somewhere and BUILD PROJECT and learn by that, is that a good way? Plz advise



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Third party api integration - user level credential storage best practices

Our SAAS has just started integrating directly with a third party system where we need to tie the api calls to a specific user by using each individual user's password to said system. We've been around for a year and do a lot of SSO stuff. We'd like to not have the user log in a second time, but we also need to use their specific user id and password. Their only access is through a SOAP api with no option to ask for a change. We do have vault, but I'm not sure that this is the correct path to follow. Obviously I also don't want to store these passwords in our database, as the access these passwords provide give a lot of power to a bad actor. What are the best strategies for this? We're a small(ish) startup and this is something that is pretty far beyond my level of expertise. Thanks in advance!

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Do y’all actually check licenses for all your dependencies?

Just wondering when you're working on a project (side project, open source, or even at work), do you actually pay attention to the licenses of all the packages you’re pulling in?

Do you:

* Use any tools for it?
* Just trust the package manager and move on?
* Or honestly not think about it unless someone brings it up?

Also curious if anyone’s ever dealt with SPDX or SBOM stuff. Is that something real devs deal with, or just corporate/legal teams? Trying to get a feel for how people handle this in the wild

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Clients/Company Cloud Preference

As a Multicloud DevOps/SRE Engineer, based on your experience, which cloud vendor does your client or company prefer?


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Monetization Experiments / Changing Plans, Pricing, Entitlements

Curious if anyone has a setup they like for updating plans, pricing, or feature access without needing backend changes every time.

Looking for tools or patterns that let you run experiments (new tiers, gated features, usage tweaks, etc.) without pulling in engineering for every update.

Does anything avoid the usual sync hell?

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Seeking feedback: would a new declarative IaC language be useful, and what features would you want vs. Terraform/Bicep?

Hi all — I’m exploring an idea for a declarative IaC language, tentatively called kite(because it's lightweight and can fly across clouds). I’d really value practitioner feedback before I go too far.

Goal: make cloud-agnostic standardised infra definitions simpler to read, test, and refactor, with a focus in developer experience and high productivity. Not selling anything; this is an early exploration and I’m here for discussion and critique.

If this skirts the rules, mods please let me know and I’ll adjust.  

Questions for you

1. Pain points with Terraform or Azure Bicep today:
Clunky to use(hard to refactor, duplicate resources for each cloud)?
Sucks to import existing resources?
State management (locking, drift, partial failures, buckets)?
All resources start with provisioner name? aws_vpc, google_compute_network
Module/version sprawl and upgrade friction?
Long plans/apply times, flaky providers, provider auth?
Testing (unit/contract), policy (OPA/Sentinel), and change review?
Multi-account/project/org structures and least-privilege at scale?
CI/CD ergonomics, caching, and parallelism?
Enforcing resource names during compilation?
Module registries, versioning, and testing?
What makes you choose Bicep over Terraform (or vice versa) today?
2. Must-have features for a new language:
Write once, provision anywhere? (why write same VM for AWS/GCP/Azure in 3 different places when going multi-cloud or migrating from one to another)
A common interface for standard resources: VMs, Buckets/Storage/StorageAccounts with option to jump in on cloud specific customisations
Resource renaming should not re-create the whole cloud instance. Renaming a resource eks cluster should behave just as renaming a normal variable in a normal programming language not destroy existing infra and create new one
Resources should be saved in a proper DB and be able to create analytics on them or query them
Strong typing with good IDE support? `resource "type" "name"` is just 2 strings and is confusing and not working as a real programming language
Short schema definition. 2 or more files filled with variables and outputs and other stuff just to declare a schema seems too much work. We need to be more pragmatic and productive
Import statement instead of provider prefixes aka `aws_ / google_ / azurerm_` . A proper packaging system seems the best here
Import/adopt existing resources safely?
3. Adoption: If this were open source and hit your top pain points, would you trial it on a small, low-risk workload? What would you need to see before considering it for production?

How to respond

Please share concrete war stories, “gotchas,” and workflows that work well for you. That will help me validate whether this direction is worthwhile.
If mods are okay with it and you prefer a deeper chat, feel free to DM; otherwise I’m happy to keep everything in the thread. I won’t post shortened URLs or promotional links. 

Thanks in advance — candid feedback (including “don’t build this, fix X instead”) is very welcome.

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LGTM with Istio Mesh

Hi everyone,

Context: We run our services in aws eks. We have Istio enabled and all our services are now using mtls. It is a requirement for us that all inter service communication has to be encrypted. We have recently deployed Loki and Mimir for logs and metrics in a different namespace. I have read loki and Mimir documentation that we can setup our own certificates and trust stores for tls. But we want to give that job to Istio only as it does it well and we don't have to manage anything.

Question: So did anyone try doing lgtm in their k8s cluster using the Istio service mesh. In addition to lgtm we also have to run opentelemetry collector. Can we use Istio service mesh for this.

I have tried doing this for open telemetry collector, but i failed to get it right.

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Career Advice: Should I switch from QA to DevOps or focus on the Test Automation route?

Hey folks,
I’m currently working as a QA and I’m looking to level up my career. I’m torn between two possible directions to double down:

Option 1: Test Automation

- I’d be learning some Frameworks on Typescript basis

- The learning curve seems smoother and more directly related to what I do now

- But I worry about the long-term growth ceiling (both technically and salary-wise)

Option 2: DevOps

- Higher salary potential and more demand in the long run

- Seems more versatile (CI/CD, infrastructure, cloud, containers, etc.)

- But it feels like a much steeper learning curve — more coding, deeper systems knowledge
(i don’t have a dev background (only scripting basics so far, but i don't want to code too much, just basics))

My questions:
Is it worth it to go into DevOps from a QA background? Or is it better to master Test Automation first, then pivot to DevOps later? Also what kind of people would fit the role the best? Trying to figure out if i would really like the job as much as i imagine

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Reverse Proxy Deep Dive Part 3: Understanding Service Discovery Challenges

This is Part 3 in a series looking at reverse proxies in production environments. It focuses on service discovery, from static host lists to DNS-based approaches and external control planes like ZooKeeper.

The post highlights operational tradeoffs such as DNS TTL tuning, health check strategies, and scaling challenges like health check storms and dynamic host churn.

If you manage proxy infrastructure or service discovery systems, I’d appreciate feedback or stories about how you handle these issues.

10-minute read here: https://startwithawhy.com/reverseproxy/2025/07/26/Reverseproxy-Deep-Dive-Part3.html
Also covers connection management and HTTP parsing in earlier parts.

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Free DevOps Learning Resources – ArgoCD & Ansible with Nagios

🚀 Free DevOps Playlists – ArgoCD & Ansible with Nagios

Sharing two advanced-level, hands-on YouTube playlists to strengthen your DevOps skill set:

🔹 ArgoCD (GitOps + Kubernetes)
🔹 Ansible with Nagios (Automation + Monitoring)

👨‍💻 Interested in Data Engineering Bootcamp?
We’re running a structured, job-ready program with live sessions, hands-on projects, resume prep, and interview support.

No fluff — just real learning. Save this post for your upskilling journey. 🔥

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