DevOps: What You Should Know

1. Adjust the time amongst the server in your system

ntpdate time.apple.com

2. Check and monitor your disk space

  • Your service may stop after one year from the beginning of your service release date because the log files occupies a server disk space.
  • Use logrotate to truncate the log files (even if you are practicing that, the logs will overflow at the server).
  • Monitor the remaining disk space by using df command.
df -h

3. Use the same version of your development and runtime systems environment in your team members.

  • Use https://semver.org
  • OS (Linux disribution and the version)
  • Programming language version (Especially Python 2.7.x and 3.x)
  • Framework version
  • VM version (Java VM version, etc)
  • Use Jenkins to test your systems and software in your team if possible, then release it.

4. Check the expiration of SSL certificate

  • After one or three year later, the certificate needs to be updated however no one knows since that team member is leaving.