When teams and organizations work together, one of the critical aspects of working with cloud resources is ensuring that the right people have the right access to the correct resources. This article will explore how to use Google's Identity and Access Management (IAM) and CTO.ai's configs management tool for a secure and efficient onboarding process. Google Cloud IAM Google Cloud IAM is a unified credential and access policy management system that offers access controls and visibility for centrally managing cloud resources. With IAM, you can set permissions on specific resources, helping enfo ..read more

Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) provide a secure environment for your resources, isolating them from public access while facilitating inter-resource communication. Managing VPCs effectively is pivotal for ensuring the security, performance, and flexibility of your deployments. Today, we'll dive into how CTO.ai enables straightforward VPC network configuration management through its deployment tooling. Prerequisites GCP account A created project on GCP Docker installed on your local machine A CTO.ai account CTO.ai GCP workflow is installed on your machine, and Ops CLI installed. Pulumi Token in ..read more

In today’s agile development landscape, continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) have become fundamental practices for modern software deployments. CTO.ai stands as one of the industry leaders in this arena, offering seamless integration and deployment pipelines. Integrating CTO.ai with AWS CloudWatch for alerting can enhance your pipeline by notifying you about the build status and any anomalies that may occur during the build process. In this blog post, we will walk you through the process of setting up AWS CloudWatch alerts for CTO.ai builds step by step. Prerequisites Befo ..read more

Introduction Container orchestration has become a useful technique for deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications. However, efficiently directing traffic into these containers remains a challenge. This blog post delves into container-native load balancing using Ingress, a powerful tool for routing traffic to services within a Kubernetes cluster. We'll explore the concept, benefits, and how to implement it, complete with code configuration examples. Understanding Container-Native Load Balancing Traditional load balancers operate at the infrastructure level, unaware of the appl ..read more

Prometheus, an open-source system monitoring and alerting toolkit, can be a cornerstone in setting up a robust alerting mechanism to facilitate this. In this blog, we will delve deep into creating custom alerting solutions using Prometheus and CTO.ai, ensuring that you have an efficient alert system that notifies you of potential issues before they escalate into more serious problems. Prerequisites Before we dive into this blog, ensure you have the following setups: CTO.ai account Helm installed in your K8s cluster Prometheus and Grafana are installed in your K8s cluster Kubernetes Cluster ..read more

As software delivery becomes more sophisticated, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices are essential to maintain a consistent and efficient development lifecycle. One platform facilitating this process is CTO.ai, a CI/CD tool enabling developers to automate their workflows and enhance productivity. As we increase software deployments via automation, there's an associated risk of vulnerabilities and breaches. Thus, it's imperative to secure your CI/CD pipeline. This article aims to provide key steps to enhance security when using CTO.ai in your CI/CD pipeline. CTO.ai S ..read more

Businesses need to ensure not only the consistency and reliability of their applications but also the ability to scale resources up or down based on demand. Traditionally, Virtual Machines (VMs) have been the go-to solution for isolating and running applications in self-contained environments. However, as the scale and complexity of applications grow, managing many Virtual Machines (VMs) becomes quite challenging. This is where Kubernetes enters the scene, offering a better and more automated approach to orchestration and scaling. In this article, we’ll learn the advantages of Kubernetes over ..read more

Introduction The software development world has witnessed a paradigm shift with the advent of container technology, pioneered by Docker in 2013. Containers encapsulate an application and its dependencies into a single, isolated unit, ensuring consistent, reliable, and rapid deployment across various computing environments. Migrating to containers brings many benefits, including resource efficiency, scalability, and portability. Let's dive into the detailed advantages of adopting containers. Resource Efficiency Less Overhead: Unlike virtual machines (VMs), containers share the host system’s O ..read more

AWS CloudWatch provides robust monitoring solutions that enable you to track and analyze logs efficiently with CTO.ai. In this blog, we'll follow a step-by-step guide on configuring CloudWatch Logs for AWS ECR using CTO.ai workflows. Prerequisites A functioning AWS account with appropriate permissions and IAM roles for AWS ECR. An AWS ECR repository. CTO.ai account and a project set up with repository access installed with the AWS Workflows Set Up AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Roles and Policies Before we begin, we need to ensure that the IAM role associated with your CTO.ai work ..read more

Introduction The synergy and functionality between different technologies in the DevOps and Cloud infrastructure often defines the efficiency and scalability of a system. In this blog, we explore how AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Redis, and CTO.ai work in concert to create robust, scalable, and efficient cloud-native applications. We will be exploring the CTO.ai EC2 ASG CDK Workflow, which is open source in our GitHub Organization. AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) - The Foundation AWS CDK is an open-source software development framework for defining cloud ..read more