USENIX Courses

Pulling the Puppet Strings with Ansible

Explore Red Hat IT's journey from Puppet to Ansible for configuration management, discussing migration strategies, challenges, and lessons learned in adopting a more flexible and scalable solution.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Anatomy of a DDoS

Explore DDoS attacks: structure, evolution, and countermeasures. Learn about botnet creation, recent high-profile incidents, and ongoing efforts to combat this cybersecurity threat.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

When -bin-sh Attacks - Revisiting "Automate All the Things"

Explores human factors in automation, challenges for system administrators, and strategies for coping with complex socio-technical systems. Discusses resilience, expertise development, and the ironies of automation.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

In Search of Security Shangri-La

Exploring the evolution of cybersecurity practices, challenges in integrating security into tech processes, and strategies for achieving a more collaborative and effective security approach in modern organizations.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Off the Beaten Path - Moving Observability Focus from Your Service to Your Customer

Explore shifting observability focus to customer experience, enhancing service reliability through direct engagement, innovative tools, and rethinking performance metrics for improved user satisfaction.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Network Fault Finding System - Packet Loss Triangulation

Discover how Facebook's active probing system detects network faults in real-time, even in deep layers. Learn to build a similar system using open-source tools and see a live demo.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Deep Dive into Kubernetes Internals for Builders and Operators

Explore Kubernetes internals, components, and communication for operators. Learn about control plane, kube-proxy, CNI plugins, and cluster setup through live demonstrations and practical insights.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Why Are Distributed Systems So Hard?

Explore distributed systems' challenges, from CAP theorem myths to network partitions. Learn consensus algorithms, system design for adaptability, and strategies to mitigate risks in distributed computing.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Sub-Region Failure - How to Handle the Partial Loss of a Data Center

Explore Facebook's innovative approach to handling partial data center failures, focusing on system durability and simulated power outages to minimize service disruptions.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

What Happens When You Type en.wikipedia.org

Explore Wikipedia's server-side architecture, from routers to microservices, and learn how open-source technologies power one of the world's top websites.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Building Resilience - How to Learn More from Incidents

Discover strategies to enhance organizational resilience through improved incident learning. Explore research-backed approaches to post-incident reviews and avoid common investigation pitfalls.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

From Nothing to SRE - Practical Guidance

Practical guidance on implementing Site Reliability Engineering in smaller organizations, addressing unique challenges, gaining buy-in, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and experimentation.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Applicable and Achievable Formal Verification

Introductory overview of formal verification techniques in industry, focusing on safety-critical systems. Explores tools, applications, and adaptability to existing infrastructures.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Evolution of Observability Tools at Pinterest

Explore Pinterest's journey in scaling observability tools, from metrics to log search and distributed tracing, as the company grew from startup to web-scale platform.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Are We All on the Same Page? Let's Fix That

Explore Adaptive Paging, an innovative alert handler that uses tracing and heuristics to identify and notify the team closest to the problem, reducing alert fatigue in complex distributed systems.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk