Static vs Dynamic Security Testing in CI/CD
Compare SAST and DAST in CI/CD: when to run each, key benefits, false-positive differences, and how to combine them for Kubernetes pipeline security.
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Blog posts in the Automation category
Automating TLS in DevOps Workflows
Automate certificate issuance, renewal and deployment across VMs and Kubernetes with ACME, cert-manager and CI/CD to prevent outages and enforce TLS policies.
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Open-Source vs Proprietary CI/CD Tools for Kubernetes
Compare open-source and proprietary CI/CD tools for Kubernetes — cost, customisation, security and support to help you choose GitOps, managed or hybrid pipelines.
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Azure ARM Templates for Multi-Region Disaster Recovery
Guide to building repeatable multi-region disaster recovery with ARM templates: design patterns, traffic management, replication, testing and automation.
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How Immutable Infrastructure Enables Zero Downtime
Treating servers as disposable, versioned images eliminates configuration drift and enables atomic deployments, simple rollbacks and uninterrupted service.
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IaC Security Testing vs Manual Code Reviews
Automation finds common IaC misconfigurations fast; human reviews catch architecture and business-logic risks — the safest approach is a hybrid workflow.
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Governance-as-Code: Automating Cloud Policies
Encode security, compliance and cost rules into CI/CD and runtime checks to automate cloud policy enforcement, reduce misconfigurations and create auditable trails.
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IAM Policy Design for Multi-Cloud Compliance
Centralise identity, adopt Zero Trust and Policy‑as‑Code, and use AI to reduce over‑permissioning and maintain GDPR/ISO/NCSC compliance across AWS, Azure and GCP.
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Future Trends in CI/CD: AI and Automation
AI and automation are transforming CI/CD with predictive failure detection, self-healing pipelines, generative test creation and zero-touch deployments balanced by human oversight.
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ArgoCD vs Flux: Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Support
Compare ArgoCD’s centralised hub-and-spoke control plane with Flux’s distributed agent model to choose the right GitOps approach for multi-cluster Kubernetes.
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CI/CD Orchestration Tools: Comparison 2025
Compare GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, TeamCity and Buildkite across scalability, security, integrations and cost to choose the right 2025 CI/CD tool.
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Service Discovery and Load Balancing: How They Work Together
How service discovery and load balancing work together to keep microservices scalable, resilient and efficiently routed across dynamic environments.
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