Author Archives: Ajitabh
Why Systemd Timers Outshine Cron Jobs
For decades, cron has been the trusty workhorse for scheduling tasks on Linux systems. Need to run a backup script daily? cron was your go-to. But as modern systems evolve and demand more robust, flexible, and integrated solutions, systemd timers … Continue reading
Posted in FLOSS, Tips/Code Snippets
Tagged automation, DevOps, linux, SysAdmin, systemd, Tech Insights
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Is crontab not a shell script….really?
While trying to figure out an error, I found the following line in one of the crontab files and I could not stop myself from smiling. PATH=$PATH:/opt/mysoftware/bin And that single line perfectly encapsulated the misconception I want to address today: … Continue reading
Beyond the Code: Building a Culture of Resilience & The Future of Recovery
Welcome to the grand finale of our “Unseen Heroes” series! We’ve peeled back the layers of automated system recovery, from understanding why failures are inevitable to championing stateless agility, wrestling with stateful data dilemmas, and mastering the silent sentinels, the … Continue reading
Posted in Resilience
Tagged Automated Recovery, Culture of Resilience, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Future of Tech, Leadership, SRE, System Resilience
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The Silent Sentinels: Tools and Tactics for Automated Recovery
We’ve journeyed through the foundational principles of automated recovery, celebrated the lightning-fast resilience of stateless champions, and navigated the treacherous waters of stateful data dilemmas. Now, it’s time to pull back the curtain on the silent sentinels, the tools, tactics, … Continue reading
The Data Dilemma: Mastering Recovery for Stateful Applications
Welcome back to “The Unseen Heroes” series! In our last post, we celebrated the “forgetful champions”—stateless applications—and how their lack of memory makes them incredibly agile and easy to recover. Today, we’re tackling their more complex cousins: stateful applications. These … Continue reading