Guides Overview

Welcome to the Guides section of MEGADOC. This section provides step-by-step procedures, how-to documentation, and practical guidance for working with the Epic on Azure platform.

🚀 Quick Start Guides

New Team Member Setup

• SSH Key Generation - Generate and configure SSH keys for server access
• Setting Up SSH Access - Configure SSH access for secondary accounts
• ODB SSH Access - Database SSH access setup procedures
• Adding Users to Servers - User account management procedures

🔐 Access & Security

Credential Management

• Password Retrieval - Retrieve passwords for non-production systems
• Azure SPN Rotation - Service principal credential rotation
• SPN Changes - Managing service principal changes

Security Procedures

• CyberArk Integration - Privileged access management (coming soon)
• Azure Key Vault Usage - Secret management procedures (coming soon)
• Multi-Factor Authentication - MFA setup and troubleshooting (coming soon)

🛠️ Development & Deployment

Version Control

• Git Submodules - Managing git submodules in large repositories
• GitHub Workflows - CI/CD pipeline setup (coming soon)
• Branch Protection - Repository security settings (coming soon)

Documentation

• MkDocs with MultiRepo - Multi-repository documentation setup
• Advanced Markdown - Enhanced markdown features (coming soon)
• Content Management - Documentation best practices (coming soon)

Infrastructure

• TFE Workspace Rename Guide - Complete guide for renaming TFE workspaces with Vault JWT coordination
• Publishing TFE Modules - Terraform Enterprise module publishing
• Corporate SMTP Relays - Email relay configuration
• Azure Resource Management - Resource lifecycle management (coming soon)

🔧 Tools & Utilities

Artifact Management

• JFrog Artifactory CLI - Command-line interface usage
• JFrog SaaS Usage Patterns - Best practices for JFrog SaaS

Monitoring & Logging

• Splunk Queries - Log analysis and search techniques
• Dynatrace Configuration - APM setup and configuration (coming soon)
• Azure Monitor Setup - Cloud monitoring configuration (coming soon)

Certificate Management

• Venafi Certificates - Certificate lifecycle management
• SSL/TLS Configuration - Certificate deployment (coming soon)

Network & DNS

• DNS Requests - DNS change request procedures
• Network Troubleshooting - Connectivity issue resolution (coming soon)

🔍 Troubleshooting

System Issues

• Azure Linux Boot Problems - Resolving VM boot issues
• Windows Server Issues - Common Windows troubleshooting (coming soon)
• Database Performance - SQL performance tuning (coming soon)

Application Issues

• Epic Troubleshooting - Epic-specific issue resolution (coming soon)
• Web Application Issues - Application server troubleshooting (coming soon)
• Integration Problems - Interface troubleshooting (coming soon)

👥 Team Resources

People Management

• Hiring Guide - Generic hiring procedures and best practices
• Onboarding Procedures - New team member integration (coming soon)
• Training Programs - Skill development and certification (coming soon)

Communication

• Teams Channel Management - Microsoft Teams best practices (coming soon)
• Meeting Guidelines - Effective meeting practices (coming soon)
• Documentation Standards - Writing and formatting guidelines (coming soon)

📋 Templates & Checklists

Standard Operating Procedures

• SOP Template - Standard operating procedure template
• Change Management Template - Change request template (coming soon)
• Incident Response Checklist - Emergency response checklist (coming soon)

Project Templates

• Infrastructure Project Template - Terraform project structure (coming soon)
• Application Deployment Template - Application rollout template (coming soon)
• Documentation Project Template - Documentation project setup (coming soon)

🎯 Best Practices

Security Best Practices

• Access Control - Principle of least privilege implementation
• Credential Management - Secure credential handling
• Network Security - Network segmentation and firewalls
• Data Protection - Encryption and backup strategies

Operational Best Practices

• Change Management - Controlled change implementation
• Monitoring - Comprehensive system monitoring
• Documentation - Living documentation practices
• Automation - Infrastructure as code implementation

🔗 Related Sections

• Getting Started - Initial setup and onboarding
• Best Practices - Proven approaches and standards
• Operations - Daily operational procedures
• Support - Incident response and troubleshooting

📞 Getting Help

Internal Support

• Teams Channel: Epic on Azure Team
• Documentation Issues: Create GitHub issue in the megadoc repository
• Technical Questions: Reach out to the platform team

External Resources

• Azure Documentation: Microsoft Azure Docs
• Epic Documentation: Epic UserWeb (internal access required)
• Vendor Support: Contact information in vendor-specific guides

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These guides are living documents that are continuously updated based on team feedback and evolving best practices.

Last updated: August 2025