Terraform is an Infrastructure as code tool created by Hashicorp which automates the provisioning of cloud infrastructure. Terraform can be used to provision infrastructure on the major public cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, Azure, Digital Ocean and more. It is written in Golang and Impressico’s DevOps engineers being adept in Golang can create custom extensions to Terraform in order to provide a customized offering.

Docker is a tool which allows developers to create Microservices and package up applications in a container which has everything it needs to function. Impressico’s DevOps engineers plan and provide multiple environments ensuring fast app deployments. Using the Multi-Stage Docker Build process, the least size is always ensured.

Kubernetes is a tool which is used for Docker orchestration and takes care of networking and service discovery. It also comes with self-healing and scaling features which allows 100% uptime of applications. Impressico’s DevOps Engineers make use of Helm Charts to deploy and run docker images on Kubernetes. Kubernetes also ties in effortlessly with all the major cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, Azure etc.

Packer is a multi-utility tool created by Hashicorp that provisions infrastructure in the form of virtual images, docker images, etc. It is a great tool that can be used to build out/configure virtual machines/servers and always have an update ready to use an image available. It ties in seamlessly with configuration management tools such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt, etc.

Jenkins is a CICD tool which can be used to schedule/perform CICD activities by creating deploy pipelines. Using Apache Groovy, Impressico’s DevOps Engineers create scripted and declarative pipelines using either a DSL provided by Jenkins or by creating custom functional resources. Jenkins, in turn. is used for automating the Build and Release process while employing various DevOps tools in turn.

Testing is an integral part of the SDLC and now with tools available to automate it, it has also become a vital part of a successful DevOps practice. Using CI Tools such as Jenkins, Travis, Circle Impressico’s DevOps Engineers integrate the automated unit tests and test cases to initiate as soon as something is deployed. Results are sent via a chosen communication channel and the suites are designed intelligently to revert to an old state if the test fails.

Build and Release is the process of deploying developed code as soon as it reaches source control. Impressico’s DevOps Engineers integrate pipelines within the source code so that each branch/fork/trunk of the code is capable by itself to spawn off a pipeline to deploy itself. Augmented with automated tests, the build and release pipeline can be intelligent enough to roll back if necessary.

New Relic is a web application performance service designed to work in real-time with a live web app. New Relic Infrastructure provides flexible, dynamic server monitoring. Infrastructure empowers modern operation teams to make intelligent decisions about complex systems

Datadog is the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. Datadog helps IT, operations and development teams who build and run applications on dynamic or high-scale infrastructures. Datadog collects metrics and events out of the box, including other monitoring tools.

LogicMonitor’s SaaS architecture easily fits into your existing IT environment, a little configuration is required and there is a minimal tax on your IT infrastructure overhead. It automatically recognizes devices in your infrastructure and immediately begins collecting performance metrics.

PRTG is a central component of networking monitoring. It is used to monitor the state, health, and performance of everything from servers to networking devices.
Alerts generated in PRTG can trigger incidents in PagerDuty, to alert the appropriate technician via SMS, phone, email or push.