Over the past few months, I’ve attended multiple DevOps interviews.
One thing I noticed very quickly:
Many candidates are comfortable with
Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines…
But when the conversation shifts to networking, things get tricky.
And the reality is:
A huge number of real production issues in distributed systems come down to networking problems.
• DNS failures
• Load balancer misconfigurations
• Security group / firewall issues
• Latency between services
• Service-to-service connectivity
For a DevOps engineer, understanding networking isn’t optional — it’s foundational.
As part of my DevOps Interview Series, I’ve put together an article covering real networking scenarios and questions that are being asked in interviews today.
If you're preparing for DevOps roles in 2026, this will help you prepare practically — not just theoretically.
More topics coming soon in this series:
→ Linux
→ Kubernetes
→ Docker
→ Security & Scanning
→ CI/CD
→ Ansible (yes, still very relevant)
→ Git
→ Monitoring & more
Stay tuned.
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What is Ansible ?
Ansible is basically a tool that helps you tell computers what to do automatically instead of doing it yourself.
Think of it like a remote control for servers: you write simple instructions in plain English (called playbooks), and Ansible goes to all your servers and executes them.
For example:
1. Install software ✅
2. Start a service ✅
3. Copy files ✅
No need to log in to each server one by on , Ansible does it for you.
It’s agentless, meaning you don’t need to install anything on the servers—it just uses SSH.
🚨6 Devops tools you might not be aware of :
1. SonarQube → Finds code bugs and security flaws.
2. Trivy → Scans for docker image and config vulnerabilities.
3. ArgoCD → Deploys apps to Kubernetes from Git.
4. Helm → Installs and manages Kubernetes apps easily.
5. Pulumi → Builds cloud infra with code. ( Terraform alternative )
6. Puppet → Keeps servers in the desired state automatically.