Site reliability engineering Site Reliability Engineering, also popularly referred to as the SRE, is a role in Computer Science Engineering where the main purpose is to provision, maintain, monitor, and manage the infrastructure in order to provide maximum application uptime and reliability. SRE is an emerging role, but the tasks that the SRE…

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The modern internet today is programmed in such a way that, the traffic is encrypted. Now, what does this encryption mean? In simple terms, encryption ensures only those who are meant to understand the information do so, and for others, it is just gibberish. Encryption Encryption transforms readable plaintext into unreadable…

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SSH ( Secure Shell ) is a program that is used to create a secure connection between two network enabled hosts. With this connection, the user will be able to get remote access to machines or transfer data between machines. …

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Ever regretted opening a huge file? Don’t worry. The head and tail commands can be used to look into either the beginning or the end of the file that you are interested. …