DevOps Tooling Reference

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Quick reference for CI/CD tools, monitoring stacks, IaC frameworks, container runtimes, and service mesh comparison charts.

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devops-tooling-reference/ ├── LICENSE ├── README.md └── config.example.yaml

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DevOps Tooling Reference

Version: 2.0.0 | Price: $19 | Format: Markdown + HTML + config examples

Overview

A comprehensive comparison and quick reference for the modern DevOps ecosystem. Features side-by-side comparison charts for CI/CD tools, monitoring stacks, Infrastructure as Code frameworks, container runtimes, service meshes, secrets management, and log aggregation platforms. Includes decision trees for choosing the right tool for your use case.

This is the highest-value product in the cheatsheet collection — designed for DevOps engineers, SREs, and platform team leads who need to evaluate, compare, and quickly reference tooling options.

Who Is This For?

DevOps engineers evaluating tools for their organization
SREs comparing monitoring and observability stacks
Platform engineers building internal developer platforms
Tech leads making infrastructure technology decisions
Anyone preparing for DevOps/SRE interviews

What's Inside

Cheatsheet Files (`cheatsheets/`)

File	Topics Covered
`01-cicd-tools.md`	GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI, ArgoCD — comparison chart, strengths, config patterns
`02-monitoring-stacks.md`	Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, ELK — metrics, alerting, dashboards comparison
`03-iac-frameworks.md`	Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef/Puppet — syntax comparison, decision guide
`04-container-runtimes.md`	Docker, containerd, Podman, CRI-O, Kata — architecture, security, compatibility comparison
`05-service-mesh.md`	Istio, Linkerd, Consul Connect, Cilium — features, complexity, performance comparison
`06-secrets-management.md`	HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Sealed Secrets, SOPS — comparison and integration patterns
`07-log-management.md`	ELK/EFK, Loki, Datadog Logs, Fluentd/Fluent Bit — architecture, cost, scale comparison
`08-cloud-services.md`	AWS vs Azure vs GCP — service name mapping for compute, storage, networking, databases, ML
`09-decision-trees.md`	Tool selection decision trees for every category — "if X, use Y" flowcharts

Example Files (`examples/`)

File	Description
`terraform-main.tf`	Production Terraform configuration with provider, VPC, and compute resources
`prometheus-config.yml`	Prometheus scrape configuration with alerting rules
`ansible-playbook.yml`	Ansible playbook for server provisioning and application deployment

Quick Reference (`cheatsheet.html`)

A single self-contained HTML page with the key comparison tables from every category. Perfect for printing or keeping open on your second monitor during architecture discussions.

How to Use

1. Unzip the product to any directory

2. Browse cheatsheets/ — start with the category you're evaluating

3. Use 09-decision-trees.md to narrow down tool choices for your use case

4. Open cheatsheet.html for a printable overview of all comparison charts

5. Copy config examples from examples/ as starting points

6. Share comparison charts with your team during tool evaluation meetings

Format Notes

All cheatsheets are GitHub-flavored Markdown with extensive comparison tables
Comparison criteria are consistent across similar tool categories
Each tool section includes: overview, strengths, weaknesses, and "when to use" guidance

... continues with setup instructions, usage examples, and more.

📄 Code Sample .yml preview

examples/ansible-playbook.yml # ============================================================================= # Ansible Playbook — Server Provisioning & Application Deployment # ============================================================================= # Demonstrates: # - Role-based task organization # - Package installation and service management # - Template rendering (Jinja2) # - Handler-based service restarts # - Security hardening basics # - Application deployment with health check # # Usage: # ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini ansible-playbook.yml # ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini ansible-playbook.yml --check # Dry run # ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini ansible-playbook.yml -t deploy # Only deploy tag # # Inventory example (inventory.ini): # [web] # web01.example.com ansible_user=deploy # web02.example.com ansible_user=deploy # # [db] # db01.example.com ansible_user=deploy # ============================================================================= --- - name: Provision and deploy web application hosts: web become: true # Run as root (sudo) gather_facts: true # Collect system info (OS, IP, etc.) # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Variables # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- vars: app_name: myapp app_user: appuser app_group: appgroup app_dir: "/opt/{{ app_name }}" app_port: 8000 app_version: "1.2.0" # Python version to install python_version: "3.12" # Nginx configuration nginx_worker_processes: auto nginx_worker_connections: 1024 # Firewall ports to open # ... 181 more lines ...

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