CloudOps Deep Dive: Cost Challenges and Solutions

CloudOps is a critical part of modern DevOps, ensuring cloud infrastructure is scalable, secure, cost-efficient, and highly available. But managing cloud environments comes with its challenges—especially costs! 💰

In this video, I break down:
✅ What CloudOps is and why it matters
✅ Key responsibilities of CloudOps engineers
✅ Free and open-source tools for CloudOps
✅ Common cloud cost challenges (over-provisioning, complex pricing, storage costs)
✅ Proven strategies to optimize cloud expenses

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:10 What is CloudOps?
01:46 Why CloudOps is Important
03:03 Key Responsibilities of CloudOps Engineers
04:08 Cost intro, free tools, and advanced tools
06:20 Common Cost Challenges & How to Solve Them
11:27 Conclusion & Final Thoughts

📌 Read the Full Article on Medium!
📖 Check out my in-depth article here: 👉 medium.com/@ebohgoodness.e/devops-engineering-spec…

📌 Resources Mentioned in the Video:
🔗 Terraform – developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/docs
🔗 Ansible – www.redhat.com/en/ansible-collaborative
🔗 Prometheus – prometheus.io/
🔗 Grafana – grafana.com/
🔗 Docker – www.docker.com/
🔗 Kubernetes – kubernetes.io/docs/home/
🔗 AWS Pricing Calculator – calculator.aws/#/
🔗 Google Cloud Pricing - cloud.google.com/build/pricing?hl=en

💡 Pro Tip:
CloudOps is all about balancing performance and cost. Whether you’re in a startup or a large enterprise, understanding cloud pricing models and cost optimization strategies will save you thousands of dollars!

🔥 Let me know in the comments—what’s your biggest CloudOps