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June/24 Highlights; Elevating Performance & Monitoring, Fixing Bugs and Improving Security

In June, Das Meta successfully completed 123 cloud infrastructure management tasks for various clients. These tasks covered performance improvement, monitoring enhancements, security updates, bug fixes, and support services. Our dedicated team ensured that each task brought significant value to our clients, helping them optimize their infrastructure, improve security, and boost overall system performance.
Elevating Performance
Our team focused on optimizing the performance of our clients' cloud infrastructure, completing 50 tasks. These efforts enabled efficient operations and increased efficiency.
Some Related Tasks

  • Creating Terraform modules for Redis: Enabled effective and reliable database management.

  • Implementing fallback to MySQL: Provided solid alternatives for critical applications.

  • Updating API celery resource limits & HPA values: Improved resource management across environments.

  • Load Testing Volume 1 for X Client

These improvements helped our clients maintain high performance and reliability in their operations, ensuring uninterrupted service delivery.
Monitoring Enhancements
Monitoring is vital for maintaining the health and performance of cloud infrastructure. In June, we completed 28 monitoring-related tasks, significantly enhancing our clients' ability to oversee their systems.
Highlights Include

  • Reviewing and fixing alarm integrations: Addressed critical alerts to ensure timely issue detection and resolution.

  • Changing ALB alert thresholds: Customized alert settings to better match client-specific requirements.

  • Reviewing monitoring alerts and dashboards in x client accounts: Enhanced the visibility and tracking of system performance.

  • Fixing Alarms

  • Adjust alarm names to match environments to not create confusion during incidents

These enhancements allowed us to proactively manage clients' infrastructures, quickly identify issues, and maintain optimal performance.
Security Updates
Security is a top priority at Das Meta. In June, we successfully completed 6 security-related tasks, strengthening the security posture of our clients' infrastructure.
Key Tasks Included

  • Moving service secrets to AWS for stage/prod environments: Secured sensitive information.

  • Adding allowed callback URLs to Auth0 App: Improved authentication security for pre-production environments.

  • Recreating test environments with enhanced security: Ensured safe and secure testing conditions.

These updates provided our clients with fortified security measures, protecting their data and applications from potential threats.
Bug Fixes
Addressing bugs promptly is essential for maintaining the reliability of cloud infrastructure management services. Our team resolved a few significant bugs in June.
Tasks included

  • Fixing "Disk pressure on nodes" alarm: Corrected metrics for accurate monitoring.

  • Resolving failure_threshold overwrite issues: Ensured proper configuration settings.

  • Debugging Auth0 user invitation issues: Improved user management and authentication processes.

These fixes helped our clients have stable and reliable systems, minimizing downtime and performance issues.
Besides those key tasks we also provided developer support ensuring that our clients could rely on us for quick resolutions and expert guidance, helping them focus on their core business activities.
As we move forward, we will continue to enhance our capabilities, ensuring our clients receive the best possible support and solutions for their cloud infrastructure needs.
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