261. Pillar 1: Operational Excellence

Perform operations as code

Infrastructure as code

Make frequent, small, reversible changes

So that in case of any failure, you can reverse it

Refine operations procedures frequently

And ensure that team members are familiar with it

Anticipate failure

Anticipate failure

Learn from all operational failures

Learn from all operational failures

Use managed services

to reduce operational burden

Implement observability for actionable insights

performance, reliability, cost…

Prepare

AWS CloudFormation. AWS Config

Operate

AWS CloudFormation, AWS Config, AWS CloudTrail, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray

Evolve

AWS CloudFormation, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS CodePipeline

Operational Excellence

Includes the ability to run and monitor systems to deliver business value and to continually improve supporting processes and procedures