DevOps Bulletin #77: DevOps Metrics
Tags: devops, kubernetes, docker, cloud
Published: 2022-11-16 18:09:12

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## Headline Tutorials:

![Docker exec command](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/00uxr0ey234kej28ud1s.png)

🔦 “[**Cracking the Docker CLI**](https://iximiuz.com/en/posts/containers-101-container-mgmt-commands/?utm_source=devopsbulletin&utm_medium=newsletter)”- The goal of this article is to show how a tiny bit of understanding of the containers’ nature can help you master Docker’s CLI, starting from the most foundational group of commands — commands to manage containers.

**🔒 “**[**AWS IAM Roles, a tale of unnecessary complexity**](https://infosec.rodeo/posts/thoughts-on-aws-iam/?utm_source=devopsbulletin&utm_medium=newsletter)**”** — This all makes sense when you understand the inability to totally rewrite/refactor important complex systems used by customers and instead trying to keep solving all the challenges with an steady stream of incremental band-aids.

**📚 “**[**44 books for DevOps, Site Reliability, and Cloud Engineers**](https://spacelift.io/blog/devops-books?utm_source=devopsbulletin&utm_medium=newsletter)**”** — This blog post showcases some books to start your DevOps career or advance your career to the next level.

**📊 “**[**17 DevOps metrics you should be tracking**](https://dzone.com/articles/17-devops-metrics-you-should-be-tracking?utm_source=devopsbulletin&utm_medium=newsletter)**”** — The development process requires a mix of technical and communications skills, which calls for specialized metrics to keep track of the team’s vitals.

**🗃 “**[**How to backup Kubernetes MySQL operator clusters**](https://www.howtogeek.com/devops/how-to-backup-kubernetes-mysql-operator-clusters/?utm_source=devopsbulletin&utm_medium=newsletter)**”** — This article will walk you through setting up backups to an Amazon S3-compatible object storage service. You’ll also see how to store backups in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) storage or local persistent volumes inside your cluster.

**🔑 “**[**Configuration in the cloud**](https://awsteele.com/blog/2022/10/19/configuration-in-the-cloud.html?utm_source=devopsbulletin&utm_medium=newsletter)**”** — A proof of concept that highlights how AWS Lambda could potentially use secrets stored in AWS Parameter Store and AWS Secrets Manager.

**💸 “**[**GitHub stars won’t pay your rent**](https://kitze.io/posts/github-stars-wont-pay-your-rent?utm_source=devopsbulletin&utm_medium=newsletter)**”** — Going from OSS to SaaS. Mistakes made and lessons learned from launching Sizzy — The Browser For Developers.

**🚀 “**[**Serverless clean architecture & code with Domain-Driven Design**](https://leejamesgilmore.medium.com/serverless-clean-architecture-code-with-domain-driven-design-852796846d28?utm_source=devopsbulletin&utm_medium=newsletter)**”** — How to use clean code and architectures in Serverless apps to ensure clean separation of code and infrastructure; including examples written in the AWS CDK and TypeScript.

## Latest open source projects

### Podman Desktop

![A graphical tool for developing on containers and Kubernetes
](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/0*rJWry79LhUKPvYFP.png)

[Podman Desktop](https://podman-desktop.io/?utm_source=devopsbulletin&utm_medium=newsletter) enables you to easily work with containers from your local environment. It leverages Podman Engine to provide a lightweight and daemon-less container tool.

### Matano

![Matano lets you collect log data from sources using S3 or SQS based ingestion.
](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/0*Hv5f1Qkx6WtKcu7w.png)

[Matano](https://github.com/matanolabs/matano?utm_source=devopsbulletin&utm_medium=newsletter) is an open source security lake platform for AWS. It lets you ingest petabytes of security and log data from various sources, store and query them in an open Apache Iceberg data lake, and create Python detections as code for realtime alerting.

### AWS Resource Explorer CLI

![Searches AWS resources and launches them in the AWS console in your browser](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/0*cIuigaX3vdsT9KXX.gif)

A [CLI](https://github.com/ljacobsson/aws-resource-explorer-cli) that searches AWS resources and launches them in the AWS console in your browser. This is using the Resource Explorer feature and works similarly to typing /Resource <your query> in the AWS console search bar, but lets you do it in your terminal instead for increased productivity.

### GitHub Audit Tool

![Auditing GitHub repos](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/1*kYJHXY0JPhbW6eAe-m2J9g.png)

This is a [tool](https://github.com/EISMGard/github-audit-tool?utm_source=devopsbulletin&utm_medium=newsletter) for auditing github organizations including their repos, users, and teams. It is useful for compliance, security and auditing.

## Tweet of the week

![Twitter of the week](https://miro.medium.com/max/591/0*iQHg4-Dq6Iryc0XY.png)

Read the full thread [here](https://twitter.com/elrowan/status/1590857416601612288).

## Meme of the week

![Meme of the week](https://miro.medium.com/max/506/0*8umsXHp5M5dyIGE-.png)

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