[Backup Strategy](atomicglue.co/glossary/backup-strategy) — A backup strategy defines what data you protect, how often you back it up, where you store backups, and how you restore them. A good strategy follows the 3-2-1 rule: three copies, two different media, one offsite.
[CI/CD (GitHub Actions)](atomicglue.co/glossary/ci-cd-github-actions) — CI/CD automates the process of testing and deploying code changes. GitHub Actions is a CI/CD platform built into GitHub that runs workflows triggered by events like pushes, pull requests, or schedules.
[Deployment Pipeline](atomicglue.co/glossary/deployment-pipeline) — A deployment pipeline is an automated sequence of stages that code passes through from commit to production, including build, test, review, and deploy steps.
[Docker](atomicglue.co/glossary/docker) — Docker packages your application and all its dependencies into a lightweight, portable container that runs the same way everywhere: your laptop, a test server, or production.
[Git / GitHub](atomicglue.co/glossary/git-github) — Git is a version control system that tracks changes to your code. GitHub is a cloud platform that hosts Git repositories and adds collaboration features like pull requests, issues, and Actions.
[Kubernetes](atomicglue.co/glossary/kubernetes) — Kubernetes (K8s) is an open source platform for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It turns a cluster of servers into a single pool of compute resources.
[Staging vs Production](atomicglue.co/glossary/staging-vs-production-devops) — Staging is a pre-production environment that mirrors production as closely as possible, used for final testing before releasing changes to real users. Production is the live environment that serves your actual users.
[Uptime Monitoring](atomicglue.co/glossary/uptime-monitoring) — Uptime monitoring checks your website at regular intervals from multiple locations to detect downtime, performance degradation, and SSL certificate issues before your users notice.