DevOps Dictionary

What is Vertical Scaling? Vertical Scaling, also known as scaling up or scaling down, is the process of increasing or decreasing the resources (CPU, RAM, storage) of a single machine to handle more workload. It enhances performance without adding more instances but has hardware limitations compared to Horizontal Scaling. How...

What is VPC? Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a cloud computing service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows users to create isolated networks within the AWS cloud. A VPC enables users to launch AWS resources, such as EC2 instances, databases, and load balancers, in a virtual network that...

What is VPC Peering? VPC Peering is a networking connection between two Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) in AWS that allows them to communicate with each other as if they were part of the same network. VPC peering enables the private routing of traffic between VPCs using private IP addresses, allowing...

What is WAF (Web Application Firewall)? WAF (Web Application Firewall) is a security service that monitors and filters HTTP traffic between a web application and the internet. It helps protect web applications from various types of attacks, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and other malicious threats. A WAF...

YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is a human-readable data serialization format commonly used for configuration files, data exchange, and defining structured data in a variety of programming languages. It is known for its simplicity and readability compared to other formats like JSON and XML. YAML uses indentation to represent structure,...

What is Zero Trust Security? Zero Trust Security is a security model that assumes no user or device, whether inside or outside the corporate network, can be trusted by default. Instead of relying on traditional perimeter-based security, Zero Trust applies strict access controls and continuous verification to ensure that only...