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Configuration Management

Configuration Versioning: Why You Need a Config DVR

Configuration data, which includes secrets and parameters, is critical to any modern IT infrastructure. For DevOps teams, tracking config changes is necessary for running a... Read More
Configuration Management

The Pitfalls of Using Environment Variables for Config and Secrets

In the wake of the December 2022 CircleCI breach, we're highlighting the pitfalls of using environment variables for config and secrets. Read More
Configuration Management

How CloudTruth Supports SOC 2 Certification

Most SaaS companies strive for SOC 2 certification to prove to their customers the security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of their... Read More
Configuration Management

DevOps vs. Platform Engineering: Uniting Forces to Tame Config Sprawl

Introduction The IT industry has seen significant paradigm shifts, such as the advent of cloud computing in the mid-2000s and DevOps transforming into platform engineering in... Read More
Configuration Management

Meet Your Secrets and Config Co-pilot, CloudTruth

IntroductionConfiguration management can be daunting in today's fast-paced world of continuous deployments. Ensuring smooth and reliable releases is challenging with the... Read More
Configuration Management

Config Sprawl and Developer Toil

Configuration Sprawl and Developer Strain: Abstraction, Not Interference Developers face cognitive strain regardless of the configuration tools they have at their disposal.... Read More
Configuration Management

GitOps and Centralized Config: Like Peanut Butter & Chocolate

GitOps is a relatively new methodology for automating infrastructure management through Git. It is a way of using Git as a single source of truth for your infrastructure,... Read More
Secrets

Rotate Secrets Quickly with Centralized Config

A production data password just leaked into a log file. The "we must rotate secrets quickly" countdown timer begins!Cybersecurity is a critical concern for businesses of all... Read More
Configuration Management

Introducing 7-Factor Config

7-Factor Config is a set of principles that describes an efficient way to manage secrets, parameters, and templates, enabling teams to deploy reliably, scale quickly, and... Read More
Secrets

Dynamic Config Injection Benefits

Dynamic config injection using a late binding design pattern allows a system to defer the resolution of a configuration secret or parameter until runtime. This pattern is... Read More
Application Configuration

It's Time for Configure Once Deploy Everywhere

What is Configure Once Deploy Everywhere? "Configure once deploy everywhere" (C.O.D.E) is a configuration management practice that minimizes the time and effort required to... Read More
Configuration Management

Config Sprawl's Negative Impact on Mean Time to Resolution MTTR

Why you should focus on your MTTR Cloud outages can significantly impact businesses, resulting in lost revenue and damaged reputations. One of the key challenges in quickly... Read More