Unit 6 - DevOps Tooling and Case Studies

Question 1

What is Version Control System (VCS)?

Answer 1

• Definition -> tool for managing software code changes, acting as a safety net during experimentation
• Purpose -> tracking changes, enhance communication and collaboration and provide continuous development approach
• Benefit -> valuable to DevOps teams to reduce development time and improving deployment

Question 2

Why use Version Control?

Answer 2

• takes snapshot of modification
• Example: a team of developers added new functionalities
• Benefits

Question 3

Features of Git:

Answer 3

1. Open source - released under GPL(General Public License)
2. Scalable
3. Distributed
4. Security
5. Speed
6. Branching and Merging
7. Maintain the clean history

Question 4

Monitoring: Prometheus

Answer 4

• open-source tool for monitoring and alerting