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Wolf Incident Postmortem

102 pointsby zzqover 2 years ago

12 comments

0xbadcafebeeover 2 years ago
The only wolf evidence are alerts by a now-missing sentry saying &quot;wolf&quot; twice and &quot;real wolf&quot; once. Yet the conclusion due to missing sentry is &#x27;wolf&#x27;, and not only that, that there must have been only one wolf rather than a pack. If you don&#x27;t have supporting evidence, this conclusion may be faulty, and the real fault may return.<p>My initial reaction is that there is no wolf. The sentinel began exhibiting a mental bug that reoccurred for 2 days until the sentinel broke and wandered off. I think the resolution should have an action item to continue closely monitoring sentinels for further bugs, and collect metrics to show proof of wolf. And, you know, maybe come up with an additional wolf countermeasure (if the fault was a wolf, it will probably come back)
thebetatesterover 2 years ago
It took me longer than I care to admit to figure out this wasn&#x27;t talking about a real incident. I figured flock was about some Kubernetes&#x2F;VM thing.
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abeppuover 2 years ago
I really prefer when the &quot;postmortem&quot; label is metaphorical.
barbazooover 2 years ago
I don&#x27;t get the joke but I browsed a bit, got to the story about &quot;MA RMV Overloaded&quot; [0] where they tried to renew their driver license. I was baffled by the fact that it was possible at all and even faster to renew your official driver license through a private company (AAA) than through their DMV office.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jefftk.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;ma-rmv-overloaded" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jefftk.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;ma-rmv-overloaded</a>
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dvhover 2 years ago
Reminds me of an admin story where each incident ended with updating &#x2F;etc&#x2F;motd
layer8over 2 years ago
A very good observation: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jefftk.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;wolf-incident-postmortem#109658988836786118" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jefftk.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;wolf-incident-postmortem#1096589888...</a>
Communitivityover 2 years ago
This is awesome. Job well done, and hats off sir.
cialowiczover 2 years ago
Well done. Seems like a good prototype to show someone who is unfamiliar with how a postmortem should be written up.
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mslaover 2 years ago
I remember Jeff K&#x27;s old website: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.somethingawful.com&#x2F;hosted&#x2F;jeffk&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.somethingawful.com&#x2F;hosted&#x2F;jeffk&#x2F;</a>
h2odragonover 2 years ago
Sensor was faulty, sensor replaced, system functioning normally.
mslaover 2 years ago
Here I thought Jeff K was a sly fox, not a wolf.
pixiemasterover 2 years ago
Cruel.