DevOps Terminology

GitHub

Is a user interface for project repositories (i.e. ‘Code’) that allows usage of the GIT version control system. Using GitHub allows users to fork repositories which allows multiple developers to work on a singular code base and create pull requests for other team members to review code submissions before their ‘fork’ gets merged with the main code branch.

GitHub

Node

Node (node.js) is an open source server environment program that allows JavaScript code to be run directly on a server. Node is updated fairly frequently and the current version is 21. A Node Version Manager (NVM) is required to update Node and also switch between different versions of node on a single computer.

Node.Js

Development Pipelines

A pipeline is a set of automated processes that allow developers to compile, build and deploy their code to production websites reliably and efficiently.

Terraform

Terraform is an Infrastructure as Code tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently. In short it is used for deploying, managing, and orchestrating multi-cloud environments (such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure Cloud Services).

What is Terraform

Azure Portal

Is a portal that allows a user to manage all their applications within their Azure Subscription in one place. It is a graphical user interface, and can be used as an alternative to command lines.

Azure Key Vault

This is a Microsoft cloud service for securely storing SSL Certificates, API Keys & Passwords – which are collectively known as ‘secrets’.

YAML

It is commonly used for configuration files and in applications where data is being stored or transmitted.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

A container orchestration service.

Bridge to Kubernetes

Is a service that allows debugging on your local computer.

Azure Service Bus

Provides a mechanism for transfer of date and state.

Dynatrace

Monitors drops in traffic.

Powershell

PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation and configuration management framework.

TeamCity

Teamcity is Continuous Integration tool written in Java language which supports building and deploying different types of projects.

Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy is a deployment tool. It takes the packages and artifacts generated by your build server and deploys them to various targets, be it Windows, Linux, Azure, AWS, or Kubernetes, in a safe and consistent process.