Active Directory
An essential part of corporate security is having the facility to set user controls and deployments from a common interface.
Git Version Control
When many people are simultaneously collaborating on the same system, it’s necessary to keep track of any changes made, have to ability to know who changed what, and cleanly merge those changes without overwriting other’s contributions.
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) / TLS
When dealing with customer information, it is vitally important to ensure that data is never exposed to outside observers.
PlantUML
An important aspect to development is the planning stage. PlantUML is one tool which we use to share ideas and detailed concepts.
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
Nobody likes it when services become slow or unresponsive. SNMP is a useful protocol for monitoring from low-level system state all the way through to pulling detailed statistics.
Kubernetes
When running a highly available EC infrastructure, it is necessary to have a way of managing deployed services.
DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) Programming Methodology
When developing a new system, it is important that all team members work to implement methodologies with improve processes.
CIDR (Classless Inter-domain Routing)
When dealing with many interconnected networks as in the case of Charm’s infrastructure, it is important to be able to logically structure them. CIDR subnetting allows us to maintain multiple networks set around an easy to follow schema.
