DevOps Glossary

Discover and learn all DevOps terms starting with A here.

  • API Gateway

    API Gateway is a managed front door for backend APIs that routes client requests and handles common tasks like authentication, rate limiting, and monitoring.

    Networking

  • Ansible

    Open source automation tool that uses playbooks to configure servers, deploy applications, and enforce consistent system state.

    Configuration Management

  • Argo CD

    GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes that syncs deployments from Git and alerts on configuration drift.

    CI/CD

  • AWS

    AWS is Amazon鈥檚 cloud platform providing on-demand compute, storage, networking, and managed services for building and running applications.

    Cloud Computing

  • AWS App Mesh

    AWS App Mesh controls service-to-service traffic for microservices on AWS with routing, observability, and resiliency policies.

    Cloud Computing

  • Active Directory

    Microsoft Active Directory manages identities and access policies for users, groups, and devices across Windows domains.

    Security

  • AWS IoT

    AWS IoT securely connects devices to AWS, enabling telemetry ingestion, processing, and remote device management.

    Cloud Computing

  • AWS Lambda

    AWS Lambda runs code on AWS in response to events, automatically scaling without server management for APIs and background processing.

    Cloud Computing

  • AI Gateway

    A managed front door for AI models that routes requests and applies security, rate limits, logging, and safety checks.

    Networking

  • AWS STS AssumeRole

    AWS STS AssumeRole is an API call that returns temporary credentials for access allowed by another IAM role.

    Authentication and Authorization

  • AWS IAM Role

    AWS IAM Role is an identity with permissions that services, users, or workloads assume to access AWS resources.

    Authentication and Authorization