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張 旭

Introducing Infrastructure as Code | Linode - 0 views

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devops server infrastructure

shared by 張 旭 on 14 Apr 21 - No Cached
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a technique for deploying and managing infrastructure using software, configuration files, and automated tools.
  • With the older methods, technicians must configure a device manually, perhaps with the aid of an interactive tool. Information is added to configuration files by hand or through the use of ad-hoc scripts. Configuration wizards and similar utilities are helpful, but they still require hands-on management. A small group of experts owns the expertise, the process is typically poorly defined, and errors are common.
  • The development of the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline made the idea of treating infrastructure as software much more attractive.
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  • Infrastructure as Code takes advantage of the software development process, making use of quality assurance and test automation techniques.
  • Consistency/Standardization
  • Each node in the network becomes what is known as a snowflake, with its own unique settings. This leads to a system state that cannot easily be reproduced and is difficult to debug.
  • With standard configuration files and software-based configuration, there is greater consistency between all equipment of the same type. A key IaC concept is idempotence.
  • Idempotence makes it easy to troubleshoot, test, stabilize, and upgrade all the equipment.
  • Infrastructure as Code is central to the culture of DevOps, which is a mix of development and operations
  • edits are always made to the source configuration files, never on the target.
  • A declarative approach describes the final state of a device, but does not mandate how it should get there. The specific IaC tool makes all the procedural decisions. The end state is typically defined through a configuration file, a JSON specification, or a similar encoding.
  • An imperative approach defines specific functions or procedures that must be used to configure the device. It focuses on what must happen, but does not necessarily describe the final state. Imperative techniques typically use scripts for the implementation.
  • With a push configuration, the central server pushes the configuration to the destination device.
  • If a device is mutable, its configuration can be changed while it is active
  • Immutable devices cannot be changed. They must be decommissioned or rebooted and then completely rebuilt.
  • an immutable approach ensures consistency and avoids drift. However, it usually takes more time to remove or rebuild a configuration than it does to change it.
  • System administrators should consider security issues as part of the development process.
  • Ansible is a very popular open source IaC application from Red Hat
  • Ansible is often used in conjunction with Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Linode offers a collection of several Ansible guides for a more comprehensive overview.
  • Pulumi permits the use of a variety of programming languages to deploy and manage infrastructure within a cloud environment.
  • Terraform allows users to provision data center infrastructure using either JSON or Terraform’s own declarative language.
  • Terraform manages resources through the use of providers, which are similar to APIs.
張 旭

DNS Records: an Introduction - 0 views

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dns server networking

shared by 張 旭 on 26 Mar 18 - No Cached
  • reading from right to left
  • top-level domain, or TLD
  • first-level subdomains plus their TLDs (example.com) are referred to as “domains.”
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  • Name servers host a domain’s DNS information in a text file called the zone file
  • Start of Authority (SOA) records
  • You’ll want to specify at least two name servers. That way, if one of them is down, the next one can continue to serve your DNS information.
  • Every domain’s zone file contains the admin’s email address, the name servers, and the DNS records.
  • a zone file, which lists domains and their corresponding IP addresses (and a few other things)
  • TLD nameserver
  • ISPs cache a lot of DNS information after they’ve looked it up the first time
  • Usually caching is a good thing, but it can be a problem if you’ve recently made a change to your DNS information
  • An A record matches up a domain (or subdomain) to an IP address
  • point different subdomains to different IP addresses
  • An AAAA record is just like an A record, but for IPv6 IP addresses.
  • An AXFR record is a type of DNS record used for DNS replication
  • used on a slave DNS server to replicate the zone file from a master DNS server
  • DNS Certification Authority Authorization uses DNS to allow the holder of a domain to specify which certificate authorities are allowed to issue certificates for that domain.
  • A CNAME record or Canonical Name record matches up a domain (or subdomain) to a different domain.
  • You should not use a CNAME record for a domain that gets email, because some mail servers handle mail oddly for domains with CNAME records
  • the target domain for a CNAME record should have a normal A-record resolution
  • a CNAME record does not function the same way as a URL redirect
  • A DKIM record or domain keys identified mail record displays the public key for authenticating messages that have been signed with the DKIM protocol
  • An MX record or mail exchange record sets the mail delivery destination for a domain (or subdomain).
  • Ideally, an MX record should point to a domain that is also the hostname for its server.
  • Your MX records don’t necessarily have to point to your Linode. If you’re using a third-party mail service, like Google Apps, you should use the MX records they provide.
  • Lower numbers have a higher priority
  • NS records or name server records set the nameservers for a domain (or subdomain).
  • You can also set up different nameservers for any of your subdomains.
  • The order of NS records does not matter; DNS requests are sent randomly to the different servers, and if one host fails to respond, another one will be queried.
  • A PTR record or pointer record matches up an IP address to a domain (or subdomain), allowing reverse DNS queries to function.
  • PTR records are usually set with your hosting provider. They are not part of your domain’s zone file.
  • An SOA record or Start of Authority record labels a zone file with the name of the host where it was originally created.
  • The administrative email address is written with a period (.) instead of an at symbol (<@>).
  • The single nameserver mentioned in the SOA record is considered the primary master for the purposes of Dynamic DNS and is the server where zone file changes get made before they are propagated to all other nameservers.
  • An SPF record or Sender Policy Framework record lists the designated mail servers for a domain (or subdomain).
  • An SPF record for your domain tells other receiving mail servers which outgoing server(s) are valid sources of email, so they can reject spoofed email from your domain that has originated from unauthorized servers.
  • Your SPF record will have a domain or subdomain, type (which is TXT, or SPF if your name server supports it), and text (which starts with “v=spf1” and contains the SPF record settings).
  • An SRV record or service record matches up a specific service that runs on your domain (or subdomain) to a target domain.
  • A TXT record or text record provides information about the domain in question to other resources on the Internet.
  • One common use of the TXT record is to create an SPF record on nameservers that don’t natively support SPF.
張 旭

Secrets Management with Terraform - 0 views

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terraform config devops security

shared by 張 旭 on 12 Apr 19 - No Cached
  • Terraform is an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool that allows you to write declarative code to manage your infrastructure.
  • Keeping Secrets Out of .tf Files
  • .tf files contain the declarative code used to create, manage, and destroy infrastructure.
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  • .tf files can accept values from input variables.
  • variable definitions can have default values assigned to them.
  • values are stored in separate files with the .tfvars extension.
  • looks through the working directory for a file named terraform.tfvars, or for files with the .auto.tfvars extension.
  • add the terraform.tfvars file to your .gitignore file and keep it out of version control.
  • include an example terraform.tfvars.example in your Git repository with all of the variable names recorded (but none of the values entered).
  • terraform apply -var-file=myvars.tfvars
  • Terraform allows you to keep input variable values in environment variables.
  • the prefix TF_VAR_
  • If Terraform does not find a default value for a defined variable; or a value from a .tfvars file, environment variable, or CLI flag; it will prompt you for a value before running an action
  • state file contains a JSON object that holds your managed infrastructure’s current state
  • state is a snapshot of the various attributes of your infrastructure at the time it was last modified
  • sensitive information used to generate your Terraform state can be stored as plain text in the terraform.tfstate file.
  • Avoid checking your terraform.tfstate file into your version control repository.
  • Some backends, like Consul, also allow for state locking. If one user is applying a state, another user will be unable to make any changes.
  • Terraform backends allow the user to securely store their state in a remote location, such as a key/value store like Consul, or an S3 compatible bucket storage like Minio.
  • at minimum the repository should be private.
張 旭

DNS Records: An Introduction - 0 views

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dns networking system

shared by 張 旭 on 28 Aug 19 - No Cached
  • Domain names are best understood by reading from right to left.
  • the top-level domain, or TLD
  • Every term to the left of the TLD is separated by a period and considered a more specific subdomain
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  • Name servers host a domain’s DNS information in a text file called a zone file.
  • Start of Authority (SOA) records
  • specifying DNS records, which match domain names to IP addresses.
  • Every domain’s zone file contains the domain administrator’s email address, the name servers, and the DNS records.
  • Your ISP’s DNS resolver queries a root nameserver for the proper TLD nameserver. In other words, it asks the root nameserver, *Where can I find the nameserver for .com domains?*
  • In actuality, ISPs cache a lot of DNS information after they’ve looked it up the first time.
  • caching is a good thing, but it can be a problem if you’ve recently made a change to your DNS information
  • An A record points your domain or subdomain to your Linode’s IP address,
  • use an asterisk (*) as your subdomain
  • An AAAA record is just like an A record, but for IPv6 IP addresses.
  • An AXFR record is a type of DNS record used for DNS replication
  • DNS Certification Authority Authorization uses DNS to allow the holder of a domain to specify which certificate authorities are allowed to issue certificates for that domain.
  • A CNAME record or Canonical Name record matches a domain or subdomain to a different domain.
  • Some mail servers handle mail oddly for domains with CNAME records, so you should not use a CNAME record for a domain that gets email.
  • MX records cannot reference CNAME-defined hostnames.
  • Chaining or looping CNAME records is not recommended.
  • a CNAME record does not function the same way as a URL redirect.
  • A DKIM record or DomainKeys Identified Mail record displays the public key for authenticating messages that have been signed with the DKIM protocol
  • DKIM records are implemented as text records.
  • An MX record or mail exchanger record sets the mail delivery destination for a domain or subdomain.
  • An MX record should ideally point to a domain that is also the hostname for its server.
  • Priority allows you to designate a fallback server (or servers) for mail for a particular domain. Lower numbers have a higher priority.
  • NS records or name server records set the nameservers for a domain or subdomain.
  • You can also set up different nameservers for any of your subdomains
  • Primary nameservers get configured at your registrar and secondary subdomain nameservers get configured in the primary domain’s zone file.
  • The order of NS records does not matter. DNS requests are sent randomly to the different servers
  • A PTR record or pointer record matches up an IP address to a domain or subdomain, allowing reverse DNS queries to function.
  • opposite service an A record does
  • PTR records are usually set with your hosting provider. They are not part of your domain’s zone file.
  • An SOA record or Start of Authority record labels a zone file with the name of the host where it was originally created.
  • Minimum TTL: The minimum amount of time other servers should keep data cached from this zone file.
  • An SPF record or Sender Policy Framework record lists the designated mail servers for a domain or subdomain.
  • An SPF record for your domain tells other receiving mail servers which outgoing server(s) are valid sources of email so they can reject spoofed mail from your domain that has originated from unauthorized servers.
  • Make sure your SPF records are not too strict.
  • An SRV record or service record matches up a specific service that runs on your domain or subdomain to a target domain.
  • Service: The name of the service must be preceded by an underscore (_) and followed by a period (.)
  • Protocol: The name of the protocol must be proceeded by an underscore (_) and followed by a period (.)
  • Port: The TCP or UDP port on which the service runs.
  • Target: The target domain or subdomain. This domain must have an A or AAAA record that resolves to an IP address.
  • A TXT record or text record provides information about the domain in question to other resources on the internet.
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    "Domain names are best understood by reading from right to left."
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