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sre-checklist

An opinionated, evolving checklist designed to guide individuals and teams in practicing Site Reliability Engineering effectively.

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About This Tool

A checklist of anyone practicing Site Reliability Engineering

Primary Use Case

This tool serves as a comprehensive checklist for Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practitioners to understand key responsibilities, skills, processes, and technologies involved in SRE. It is primarily used by SRE teams and individuals aiming to establish or improve their SRE practices, focusing on incident response, risk assessment, and security automation within SecOps.

Key Features

Detailed checklists covering team responsibilities, skills, and processes
Guidance on production environment requirements, provisioning, and resiliency
Coverage of technologies including Git, Cloud, Kubernetes, GitOps, Monitoring, Chaos Engineering, IaC, and Terraform
Focus on incident management and automation related to infrastructure and reliability
Opinionated content based on practical experience, open for community discussion and contributions
Structured sections for team roles, production setup, and technology stacks
Emphasis on continuous improvement and collaboration within SRE teams

Insights & Recommendations

This repository is a work in progress and should not be treated as a complete or definitive source; users are encouraged to critically evaluate the content and contribute their own perspectives. It is not a software tool but a living documentation resource for SRE best practices.

Smart Usage Notes

Integrate the checklist into SRE onboarding to accelerate security maturity and incident readiness.Leverage the checklist to automate validation of production environment security baselines using IaC tools like Terraform.Use the documented processes to align SecOps and SRE teams for coordinated incident response and risk assessments.Incorporate chaos engineering practices from the checklist to proactively test resiliency and incident handling.Extend the checklist with custom controls mapped to organizational threat models and compliance requirements.