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In the rapidly growing field of cloud computing, managing expenses continues to be a challenge for businesses of all sizes. As organizations increasingly engage with cloud services, efficient management of cloud spend becomes an even more important responsibility. In this blog, we will explore how collaboration between DevOps and FinOps practices can lead to significant cost savings and increased operational efficiency. The Rise of Cloud Computing One of the major technological innovations that have changed the way organizations operate over recent years is the rise of cloud computing. Cloud computing has brought about a complete transformation in the way businesses operate making rapid scaling, high flexibility and maintaining cost-effectiveness for them, unlike traditional on-premises solutions that struggle to keep up with the growing demand. On the other hand, the cloud services billing model has its drawbacks. For example, it can lead to uncontrolled costs if the users don’t handl

Backing up databases is crucial for ensuring data integrity, disaster recovery preparedness, and business continuity. In MySQL environments, several tools are available, each with its strengths and optimal use cases. Understanding the differences between these tools helps you choose the right one based on your specific needs. Use Cases for Database Backup : Disaster Recovery : In the event of data loss due to hardware failure, human error, or malicious attacks, having a backup allows you to restore your database to a previous state.  Database Migration : When moving data between servers or upgrading MySQL versions, backups ensure that data can be safely transferred or rolled back if necessary.  Testing and Development : Backups are essential for creating realistic testing environments or restoring development databases to a known state.  Compliance and Auditing : Many industries require regular backups as part of compliance regulations to ensure data retention and integrity.  Compariso

  Overview This document provides a step-by-step guide to creating a Lambda function that sends notifications to Slack when: A new IAM user is created. A permission (policy) is attached to an IAM user. Prerequisites AWS Account with necessary permissions to create and configure Lambda, IAM, CloudTrail, and CloudWatch Logs. Slack workspace with permissions to create a new app and generate an incoming webhook URL. Architecture  IAM event -> CloudTrail -> CloudWatch Logs -> Lambda Function -> Slack [Good Read: Step-by-Step Guide to Cloud Migration With DevOps ] Step 1: Setup CloudTrail Go to CloudTrail Console: Navigate to the AWS Management Console. Go to the CloudTrail service. 2.  Create or Configure a Trail: Create a new trail or use an existing one. Ensure that the trail is configured to log management events. Enable the trail to send logs to CloudWatch Logs. Step 2: Setup CloudWatch Logs Create Log Group: Navigate to CloudWatch in the AWS Management Console. Create a ne

Integrating Prometheus with Cortex is a robust solution for scalable, long-term metrics storage and querying. Cortex enhances Prometheus by enabling high-availability setups and horizontal scalability. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you with the integration: Previously we talked that Prometheus is becoming a go-to option for people who want to implement event-based monitoring and alerting. The implementation and management of Prometheus are quite easy. But when we have a large infrastructure to monitor or the infrastructure has started to grow you require to scale monitoring solution as well. A few days back we were also in a similar kind of situation where one of our client’s infrastructure was growing as per the need and they need a resilient, scalable, and reliable monitoring system. Since they were already using the Prometheus, so we explored our option and came across an interesting project called “ Cortex “. What is Cortex? As we have discussed in our previous blog that