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Awesome TechNative

Curated list of resources engineers need to know when working at TechNative.

We at TechNative help organizations with optimizing their cloud.

Contents

• AWS
  • Utilities
  • EC2
  • YouTube Channels
• Tools
  • CLI
  • Orchestration
  • Database
  • Containerization
  • CI/CD
  • Infrastructure Monitoring
  • Log Management
• Pipelines
• FinOps
• Learn and get certified
  • Terraform
• Diagramming
• Code Repositories
• News
• People and social
• Friendly Compatitors
• Other Awesome Lists
  • FinOps 🤔
• Contributing
  • Contributors
• Copyright

AWS

Terraform Modules

• nozaq terraform-aws-remote-state-s3-backend - remote state setup module

Utilities

• Cloud Nuke - Cloud cleanup cli utility. Removes a large set of AWS resources.
• AWSweeper - A tool for cleaning your AWS account.
• AWS Extend Switch Roles - Firefox, Chrome & Edge extension for easily switching AWS accounts.
• AWS Latencies - AWS data center latencies, visualized (click on a DC to see results)

EC2

• https://instances.vantage.sh - Easy Amazon EC2 Instance Comparison.
• https://www.packer.io - Baking EC2 images in a sophisticated way.

YouTube Channels

• AmazonWebServices
• AWSTutorialSeries
• AWSWebinars

Community Channels:

• Backspace Academy
• Cloud Academy

Architecture References

• AWS Architecture Center - List of various architectural diagrams that you can use for inspiration.
• Prescriptive Guidance - List of various strategies, guides and patterns for developing in AWS.
• AWS Serverless - resource for learning about AWS serverless concepts.

Tools

CLI

• AWS CLI - The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) is a unified tool to manage your AWS services
• AWS SSM plugin - Start and end sessions that connect you to your managed AWS nodes
• AWS-MFA - Easily manage your AWS Security Credentials when using Multi-Factor Authentication
• SSMSH - A shell for the AWS EC2 Parameter Store
• GHCLI - Take GitHub to the command line. GitHub CLI brings GitHub to your terminal. Free and open source.
• Cw - The best way to tail AWS CloudWatch Logs from your terminal

Orchestration

• Terraform - Automate Infrastructure on Any Cloud. Provision, change, and version resources on any environment.
• Ansible - Ansible® is an open source command-line automation software. It can configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate advanced workflows.

Database

• mysql-client - text for the tool
• kubectl - text for the tool
• MongoDB Shell - text for the tool

Containerization

• Docker - Docker.io is a platform for developing, shipping, and running applications in containers.
• Kubernetes - kybernetes is a system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications

PackageManagers

• Helm - A package manager for Kubernetes that simplifies deployment and management of applications and services in a cluster.
• NPM - A package manager for Node.js that helps manage and share reusable code libraries with others.
• PIP - A package manager for Python that simplifies installation and management of third-party libraries and dependencies.

CI/CD

• Jenkins - An open source automation server for building, testing, and deploying software.
• Travis CI - A cloud-based, distributed continuous integration service used to build and test software projects.
• CircleCI - A cloud-based platform for continuous integration and deployment that supports multiple languages and frameworks.

Infrastructure Monitoring

• Prometheus - An open-source monitoring system that collects metrics from targets and stores them in a time-series database.
• Grafana - A data visualization and monitoring platform used to analyze and monitor metrics from various data sources.
• Datadog - A monitoring and analytics platform that provides full-stack observability for cloud environments.

Log Management

• ELK Stack - A collection of three open-source tools for log management: Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.
• Sumo Logic - A cloud-based log management and analytics service used to identify and resolve operational and security issues.
• Splunk - A platform used to search, monitor, and analyze machine-generated data such as log files and event data.

Pipelines

• Act - Run your GitHub Actions locally.

FinOps

• FinOps.org - The FinOps Foundation.

Learn and get certified

• DevOps Exercises - Excersises for practicing your DevOps skills.
• FinOps Certification and Training - Official FinOps Certification and Training.
• Linux Professional Institute - The Linux Professional Institute for professional Linux Certification
• AWS Well-architected Labs - Various labs provided by AWS that revolves around their Well-architected framework.
• AWS Hands-on Labs - Curated list of workshops and labs regarding various AWS services.
• dev.to - List of guides on how to implement different technologies

Terraform

• AWS Provider Documentation - AWS Provider for Terraform developer documentation.
• Terraform Best Practices - Recommendations and best practices for working with Terraform.

Diagramming

• Draw.io - Free online diagramming tool.
• CloudCraft - Visualize Infrastructure and sync AWS resources.

Code Repositories

GitHub organizations

• github.com/wearetechnative - TechNative's Open Source GitHub repositories.
• gitlab.com/technative-b-v - TechNative's first and original repositories.
• gitlab.com/technative-website - TechNative's Website repositories.
• gitlab.com/technative-mcs - TechNative's Managed Services repositories.
• gitlab.com/technative-compliance - TechNative's Compliance repositories.
• gitlab.com/technative-university - TechNative's Learning repositories.

Gitlab

• gitlab.com/technative - TechNative's GitLab repositories.

News

• Hacker News - Social news about computer science and "Anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."
• Infra Weekly - IT Infrastructure Weekly News.

People and social

• TechNative LinkedIn - TechNative LinkedIn page.
• @TechnativeBV - TechNative's Twitter channel.
• @basanneveld - Bas Anneveld's twitter page.
• Walter's LinkedIn - Walter van der Harst's linkedIn page.
• @mipselaer - Pim Snel's twitter account.
• AWS LinkedIn Groups - Listing of AWS linkedIn Groups.

Friendly Competitors

• Truss - San Francisco based cloud managed services company, with nice Github.
• Nuvibut - Swiss based cloud managed services company.
• Cloud Posse - Houston bases cloud managed services company, with a many OSS projects.
• Binbashar - Miami Based cloud managed services company, with some cool OSS Projects.

Other Awesome Lists

• Awesome AWS - List of awesome AWS libraries, OSS repos, guides, blogs, and other resources.
• Awesome AWS Certification - List of AWS learning materials: videos, practice exams, tips, etc.
• AWS Security Tools - List of OSS tools for AWS security: defensive, offensive, auditing, DFIR, etc...
• Awesome Scalability - The Patterns of Scalable, Reliable, and Performant Large-Scale Systems.
• Awesome Terraform - Curated list of resources on HashiCorp's Terraform.
• Awesome Readme - A curated list of awesome READMEs and tools to create them.

FinOps 🤔

• Awesome FinOps 1 - A curated list of awesome things related to FinOps.
• Awesome FinOps 2 - A curated list of awesome FinOps resources.

Other awesome lists can be found in awesome and awesome-awesomeness.

Contributing

Contributions of any kind welcome, just follow the guidelines!

Contributors

Thanks goes to these contributors!

Copyright

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