Hi, I'm Ragupathy M

Cloud, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineer

I design, operate, and troubleshoot large-scale infrastructure platforms with a focus on reliability, scalability, automation, and security.

I work primarily with cloud-native and distributed systems, with deep involvement in production environments spanning AWS, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Linux, networking, and observability—including incident handling, capacity planning, and platform improvements.

This blog is where I document practical learnings, deep dives, and real operational scenarios rather than theoretical explanations. The goal is to share knowledge that actually helps engineers in day-to-day work.

"What would I want to read if I were debugging this at 3 AM?"

What I Work On

I specialize in building and operating infrastructure across the full lifecycle:

  • Designing cloud and hybrid architectures
  • Running Kubernetes platforms at scale
  • Managing OpenStack and Ceph storage environments
  • Implementing infrastructure as code
  • Improving platform reliability and performance
  • Troubleshooting production outages and degraded systems
  • Automating repetitive operational tasks

Most of my experience comes from telecom-grade and enterprise environments, where availability, correctness, and predictability matter more than experimentation.

Core Areas of Expertise

☁️ Cloud Platforms

AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, VPC networking, security)

🐳 Containers & Orchestration

Kubernetes, Helm, Ingress controllers, production-scale platforms

🏗️ Private Cloud

OpenStack, Ceph storage (OSD, PGs, recovery, failure handling)

⚙️ Infrastructure as Code

Terraform, CloudFormation, automated provisioning

🐧 Operating Systems

Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu), systemd, performance tuning

🌐 Networking

VPC design, routing, load balancers, DNS, TLS

📊 Observability

Prometheus, metrics exporters, monitoring, alerting

🔧 Automation & Scripting

Python, Bash, operational automation

🚀 DevOps & SRE

CI/CD, reliability engineering, incident response

Why This Blog Exists

I created cloudinfrasre.in to:

  • Share real operational problems and solutions
  • Explain why systems behave the way they do
  • Document lessons learned from production
  • Help engineers avoid common pitfalls

Who This Blog Is For

Cloud Engineers

Practical AWS, networking, and infrastructure patterns from production

DevOps Engineers

Real-world automation, IaC, and CI/CD lessons

SREs

Incident response, reliability engineering, and observability

Platform Engineers

Kubernetes, OpenStack, and large-scale operations

If you like practical explanations, command-level detail, and real failure scenarios, you're in the right place.

Let's Build Better Infrastructure

Whether you're debugging a production issue or designing a new platform, I hope these articles provide the practical guidance you need.