CLOUD-NATIVE OBSERVABILITY AND OPERATIONS: EMPOWERING RESILIENT AND SCALABLE APPLICATIONS
Keywords:
Cloud-Native Observability, Microservices, Kubernetes, Automation, Container OrchestrationAbstract
The way apps are built, deployed, and handled has changed a lot since cloud computing and microservice architectures became popular so quickly. In this changing and spread-out world, cloud-native operations and observability have become important parts of making sure that applications are reliable, scalable, and work well. In this article, the importance of observability and operations in cloud-native environments is discussed, along with the main techniques and tools that help businesses create apps that are both resilient and scalable. By using automation and container orchestration systems like Kubernetes along with logging, metrics, and distributed tracing, companies can learn a lot about how applications work, improve performance, and make deployment processes faster and easier. The article also shows real-life data and case studies that show how using cloud-native operations and observability practices can help with things like less downtime, faster deployment cycles, and better scalability. It also talks about the problems that come with putting these practices into action and gives suggestions for how to solve them. The article stresses how important it is to use cloud-native operations and observability to increase business value and drive innovation in the digital age.
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