Category: DevOps
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Are we ready for database containers yet?
Containers are a popular way to virtualize and package applications, but when it comes to database workloads, the adoption has definitely been much slower. The technology has been around for a long while (at least in the IT-industry or dog years), and I wondered if we’re ready to use it widespread for databases. And if…
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IaC Database Deployments
Copy-pasting code snippets from StackOverflow isn’t (always) the best way to do infrastructure as a code (IaC) database deployments. In fact, if you’re ever planning to deploy more than two database services, you should probably consider building your own infrastructure as a code templates and repositories. Having IaC repositories and templates gives you the ability…
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Treating database as a code
Over the last two years I have been working lot on improving the tooling and processes related to database development at where I work. One concept born out of this work is what we have started calling a “Database-as-a-Code” model. Originally the idea was to introduce some of the good practices, such as version control,…
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How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The DevOps
It was not long ago that I though DevOps to be one of those things that happened to other people, and honestly, I did not give it that much thought. That was a time when I was a DBA in the part of the company that does deployments and support for our products, the Ops. After…