Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) can mean different things to different companies; and operators that are responsible for reliability typically use a DevOps toolset. However, one thing is certain: SREs combine the skills of software engineers and production plus operations management, to achieve high reliability and ensure that SLO/SLA targets are met. So SREs not only need to get a firm grip on the technologies involved in the system, but also on the intricacies of production deployments. Plus they have to have to develop and execute incident response processes.

Fortunately, there are many tools and technologies that can aid their work. This post will discuss the most practical tools for SREs and how they help achieve high reliability, effective communication and transparency.

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