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# Keptn. Data Driven DevOps Automation with Ketpn. Automating Service Level Indicators/Service Level Objectives based build validation with Keptn and Jenkins

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## Table of Contents

1. [Architectural Foundations](#architectural-foundations)
  - [Kubernetes Tools](#kubernetes-tools)
    - [General Reference](#general-reference)
1. [Cloud Native Lifecycle](#cloud-native-lifecycle)
  - [CICD Pipelines](#cicd-pipelines)
    - [Community Meetups](#community-meetups)
    - [Jenkins Integration](#jenkins-integration)
    - [Video Guides](#video-guides)
  - [Continuous Delivery](#continuous-delivery)
    - [Enterprise Observability](#enterprise-observability)
    - [Guides](#guides)
    - [Site Reliability Engineering](#site-reliability-engineering)
  - [Local Environments](#local-environments)
    - [Video Guides](#video-guides-1)
  - [Site Reliability Engineering](#site-reliability-engineering-1)
    - [Monitoring Automation](#monitoring-automation)
1. [Observability](#observability)
  - [Application Performance Monitoring](#application-performance-monitoring)
    - [Guides](#guides-1)

## Architectural Foundations

### Kubernetes Tools

#### General Reference

  - [tutorials.keptn.sh 🌟](https://tutorials.keptn.sh)  <span class='md-tag md-tag--info'>[COMMUNITY-TOOL]</span> — A curated technical resource and architectural guide covering tutorials.keptn.sh 🌟 in the Kubernetes Tools ecosystem.
  - [medium: Keptn 0.6.0 — My top 5 favorite improvements](https://medium.com/keptn/keptn-0-6-0-my-top-5-favorite-improvements-242d8ac1abfe)  <span class='md-tag md-tag--info'>[COMMUNITY-TOOL]</span> — A curated technical resource and architectural guide covering medium: Keptn 0.6.0 — My top 5 favorite improvements in the Kubernetes Tools ecosystem.
  - [medium: How we are redesigning our microservices deployment strategy](https://medium.com/dynatrace-engineering/how-we-are-redesigning-our-microservices-deployment-strategy-c567e310a42e)  <span class='md-tag md-tag--info'>[COMMUNITY-TOOL]</span> — A curated technical resource and architectural guide covering medium: How we are redesigning our microservices deployment strategy in the Kubernetes Tools ecosystem.
## Cloud Native Lifecycle

### CICD Pipelines

#### Community Meetups

  - **(2020)** [Jenkins Online Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/jenkins-online-meetup/events/270861119)  <span class='md-tag md-tag--info'>[COMMUNITY-TOOL]</span> — Community recording detailing real-world workflows for integrating Jenkins-centric deployment systems with Keptn's automated SRE-driven quality evaluation gates.
#### Jenkins Integration

  - **(2022)** [Keptn Jenkins Shared Library](https://github.com/keptn-sandbox/keptn-jenkins-library) <span class='md-tag md-tag--info'>⭐ 8</span> <svg class="v2-sparkline" width="50" height="15" viewBox="0 0 50 15" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; margin-left: 6px;" title="Activity Trend"><defs><linearGradient id="spark-grad-f483ffd5" x1="0" y1="0" x2="1" y2="0"><stop offset="0%" stop-color="rgba(34, 211, 238, 0.2)" /><stop offset="100%" stop-color="var(--md-accent-fg-color)" /></linearGradient></defs><path class="v2-sparkline-path" d="M 0 7 L 10 2 L 20 4 L 30 3 L 40 7 L 50 4" fill="none" stroke="url(#spark-grad-f483ffd5)" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" /><circle cx="50" cy="4" r="2" fill="var(--md-accent-fg-color)" /></svg> <span class='md-tag md-tag--warning'>[GROOVY CONTENT]</span> <span class='md-tag md-tag--critical'>[ADVANCED LEVEL]</span> 🌟 <span class='md-tag md-tag--info'>[COMMUNITY-TOOL]</span> — A pipeline-as-code integration allowing Jenkins jobs to dispatch Keptn-driven operations such as performance testing, quality gate validation, and continuous remediation, combining classic CI with modern orchestrators.
#### Video Guides

  - **(2020)** [youtube: Level-Up your Jenkins-based Delivery with Keptn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYRdirdjOAg)  <span class='md-tag md-tag--info'>[COMMUNITY-TOOL]</span> — Visual walk-through demonstrating how Keptn decouples delivery orchestrations from Jenkinsfiles. Shows how to configure service quality gates using declarative SLIs/SLOs to automatically rollback failing pipelines.
### Continuous Delivery

#### Enterprise Observability

  - **(2021)** [dynatrace.com: What is keptn, how it works and how to get started!](https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/what-is-keptn-how-it-works-and-how-to-get-started)  <span class='md-tag md-tag--info'>[COMMUNITY-TOOL]</span> — Explores how Keptn abstracts CD and automated operations away from brittle scripts. Highlights how combining Dynatrace's enterprise APM observability with Keptn's automated quality gates ensures high-assurance software promotion.
#### Guides

  - **(2023)** [Quick Start](https://v1.keptn.sh/docs/quickstart)  <span class='md-tag md-tag--info'>[COMMUNITY-TOOL]</span> <span class='md-tag md-tag--secondary'>[GUIDE]</span> — Official step-by-step documentation for installing Keptn in a Kubernetes cluster, defining uniform delivery pipelines, configuring service-level objectives (SLOs), and executing an initial automated deployment.
#### Site Reliability Engineering

  - **(2023)** [Keptn](https://keptn.sh/stable) <span class='md-tag md-tag--warning'>[GO CONTENT]</span> <span class='md-tag md-tag--critical'>[ADVANCED LEVEL]</span>  <span class='md-tag md-tag--info'>[COMMUNITY-TOOL]</span> — A CNCF incubating project providing event-driven orchestration for continuous delivery and automated operations. Uses CloudEvents standards and a GitOps approach to automate deployment, testing, and multi-stage promotion of services.
### Local Environments

#### Video Guides (1)

  - **(2021)** [youtube: Tutorial - Keptn in a box](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQAXQrKhIt0&ab_channel=keptn)  <span class='md-tag md-tag--info'>[COMMUNITY-TOOL]</span> — Step-by-step video configuration demonstrating the execution of Keptn within local virtualized micro-clusters, streamlining testing of SRE control-planes on local machines.
### Site Reliability Engineering (1)

#### Monitoring Automation

  - **(2021)** [thenewstack.io: How Keptn Automatically Configures Prometheus Ecosystems](https://thenewstack.io/how-keptn-automatically-configures-prometheus-ecosystems) <span class='md-tag md-tag--critical'>[ADVANCED LEVEL]</span>  <span class='md-tag md-tag--info'>[COMMUNITY-TOOL]</span> — Explores how Keptn acts as a declarative orchestrator for Prometheus alerting rules and target configurations. Eliminates manual dashboarding by automatically auto-generating Prometheus metrics rules based on SLO profiles.
## Observability

### Application Performance Monitoring

#### Guides (1)

  - **(2021)** [dynatrace-perfclinics.github.io: Why Devs Love Dynatrace 🌟](https://dynatrace-perfclinics.github.io/codelabs/why-devs-love-dynatrace-2/index.html)  <span class='md-tag md-tag--info'>[COMMUNITY-TOOL]</span> <span class='md-tag md-tag--secondary'>[GUIDE]</span> — Technical codelab demonstrating how developers leverage Dynatrace APM to identify code-level bottlenecks, analyze database performance, and utilize auto-remediation loops within automated delivery pipelines.

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