Devops Management | Hokstad Consulting

Devops Management

Blog posts in the Devops Management category

Reducing CDN Egress Costs: 5 Tips

Practical steps to lower CDN egress: aggressive caching, Brotli/WebP compression, multi‑CDN routing, regional optimisation and moving static assets to CDN storage.

Read more

How Spot Instances Reduce Cloud Costs

How Spot Instances can cut cloud bills by up to 90% — ideal for stateless, fault‑tolerant workloads; learn interruption risks, pricing differences and best practices.

Read more

How Vulnerability Scanning Improves Compliance

Automated vulnerability scanning speeds detection, supports PCI DSS and ISO 27001 compliance, integrates into CI/CD, creates audit trails and reduces remediation costs.

Read more

End-to-End Encryption for Microservices

Practical guide to implementing end-to-end encryption in microservices using mTLS, service mesh automation, automated certificates, SPIFFE identities and phased rollout.

Read more

How AI Enhances Configuration Management Automation

AI automates configuration management by detecting drift, enforcing compliance and enabling self-healing systems to reduce errors and scale operations.

Read more

Container Image Scanning in CI/CD Explained

Integrate container image scanning into CI/CD: scan at build, registry and deployment; enforce policies, use distroless images and automate fail-fast checks.

Read more

Automating Compliance in CI/CD Pipelines

Embed Policy as Code and tools like OPA into CI/CD to run compliance checks at commits, PRs and deploys, reduce misconfigurations and speed audits.

Read more

Best Practices for Multi-Cloud CI/CD Observability

Centralise telemetry, adopt OpenTelemetry, automate CI/CD with GitOps, and apply AI for anomaly detection to secure and optimise multi‑cloud observability.

Read more

Private Cloud API Integration with Legacy Systems

Connect legacy on‑prem systems to private cloud APIs using gateways, containerisation and phased migration, with security, tools and deployment steps.

Read more

8 RBAC Best Practices for Kubernetes

Practical RBAC guidance for Kubernetes: enforce least privilege, use namespace bindings, avoid wildcards, limit token exposure, secure Secrets and audit access.

Read more

How to Set Up Role-Based Access Control for Vulnerability Scanning

Step-by-step guide to define roles, assign permissions, integrate directories and audit RBAC to secure vulnerability scanning and enforce least privilege.

Read more

Rollback vs Rollforward: Key Differences

Choose rollback for fast recoveries or rollforward to protect data—decisions hinge on database changes, failure type and required recovery speed.

Read more