TALK ABSTRACT

In this lightning talk, we’ll dive into the five key reasons why debugging your infrastructure in under an hour remains such a challenge:

• Lack of Centralized Visibility
  • IaC codebases are fragmented, with resources spread across multiple repositories. We’ll discuss the pros and cons of mono vs. multi-repo practices.
• Inadequate Historical Data and Change Tracking
  • Understanding what has changed over time is crucial, yet tracking changes is challenging, often requiring tedious git diffs and log searches.
• Insufficient Impact Analysis
  • Tools like Terraform Plan have limitations in predicting the effects of infrastructure changes. We’ll share stories of how attempted fixes with poor visibility led to new outages.
• Fragmented Documentation
  • Maintaining high-quality documentation is tough. Scattered documentation across various tools can slow down response times, especially when the code isn’t yours.
• Complex Multi-Cloud Environments
  • Handling multiple cloud providers is often necessary for compliance and reliability, but the complexity can lead to intertwined sources of errors.