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DevOps vs. systems administration

Capgemini

Most people are aware of the traditional role of a system administrator. System Administrators provide the computing environment and access to the engineers, enabling them to do their job and move on to the next request. In the System Administrator model, there is a clear separation of duties between IT and Engineering.

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Emphasizing the Dev in DevOps

Xebia

When an organization is “doing DevOps”, and has employed “DevOps Engineers”, it often means they’re automating deployments and CI/CD pipelines, in addition to generally filling the role of what we used to call “System Administrators”. But in practice it’s mostly associated with operations.

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DevOps: Principles, Practices, and DevOps Engineer Role

Altexsoft

Developers wrote code; the system administrators were responsible for its deployment and integration. But since Agile and continuous workflow have taken over the world of software development, this model is out of the game. This methodology is a natural extension for Agile and continuous delivery approaches.

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Continuous deployment without downtime

CircleCI

Often you can find information on how to adopt DevOps practices like continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment, but there isn’t as much information on what could go wrong and how to handle those challenges. First, let’s note that continuous delivery is different from continuous deployment.

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7 DevOps Skills that are must-have for a DevOps Engineers

Openxcell

The specialists who work on DevOps for organizations are called DevOps engineers. The engineers often combine system administration, operations, and software development in the full capabilities matrix. Automation is a crucial aspect of continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline, deploying infrastructure.

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Infrastructure Engineer: Key Duties, Skills, and Background

Altexsoft

The article promoted the idea of a new type of system administrator who would write code to automate maintenance, upgrades, and other tasks instead of doing everything manually. However, according to Steve Traugott , “that got me conflated with systems integrator, so I later defaulted to engineer myself.”. Previous experience.

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DevOps for enterprises

CircleCI

While organizations looking to implement DevOps may primarily focus on the tools, transforming organizational mindsets and development processes should always come first. A misplaced emphasis on adopting the right toolset can make it impossible to implement DevOps successfully, especially across a large organization. What is DevOps?

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