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Posted by James J. McCombie
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James J. McCombie
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,199 Points

Sys Ops

Hello,

at the end of the build a social network with flask, how to win friends section, there is a video called 'suggestions'. In this Kenneth states that there are further things do to, beefing up security etc, but that would require going into sys ops.

Can someone, elaborate on what he means by this? I have obviously done a quick internet search for 'sys ops', but this seems like quite a large field.

Perhaps someone can make this foray a little easier?

1 Answer

Kenneth Love
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Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You'd want to set up a real database (MySQL or, preferably, PostgreSQL), lock down your server so it's not easy to attack, make sure you had backups running, probably a cache to serve your non-time-sensitive content. A CDN for static assets would be a good choice, too. You'd probably want user levels and good policies about what each level is allowed to do (for instance, users can't delete other users).

That's just what I can think of a year later

James J. McCombie
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James J. McCombie
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,199 Points

Thanks Kenneth,

appreciate the guidance, are there any references you would recommend to explore what you have suggested further, aside from the real database part, and the user roles/levels?

James