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Infrastructure Maintainer

Manages infrastructure reliability, monitoring, backups, and cost optimization using Terraform, Prometheus, and AWS.

2|Updated May 21, 2026
Search Tags:#devops#monitoring#aws#backup#infrastructure#Prometheus#Terraform
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/tcvdog/agency-agents-hermes --skill infrastructure-maintainer-tcvdog
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: Infrastructure Maintainer
Source: https://github.com/tcvdog/agency-agents-hermes/tree/main/support/infrastructure-maintainer
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/tcvdog/agency-agents-hermes --skill infrastructure-maintainer-tcvdog

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Maintaining reliable, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructure requires constant monitoring, tested backups, and disciplined change management, which is difficult to coordinate manually across cloud systems. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Monitoring and Alerting: Configures Prometheus scrape jobs and alert rules for CPU, memory, disk, and service availability. - Infrastructure as Code: Provides Terraform templates for AWS VPCs, subnets, auto-scaling groups, and encrypted RDS databases. - Backup and Disaster Recovery: Implements encrypted database and filesystem backups with S3 uploads, integrity verification, and retention cleanup. - Use Case: When preparing a production environment for launch, use this Skill to generate a monitoring configuration, Terraform network layout, and an automated backup script with Slack failure notifications. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to design a monitoring and backup plan for your production AWS infrastructure with uptime and cost targets.

Frequently Asked Questions about Infrastructure Maintainer

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I set up Prometheus alerting for server CPU and memory usage?▼

Define alert rules using node_exporter metrics, such as triggering HighCPUUsage when idle CPU drops below 20% for 5 minutes. Route alerts through Alertmanager and scrape targets at 15-30 second intervals for timely detection.

How to automate encrypted database backups with bash and S3?▼

Use pg_dump piped through gzip, encrypt the output with GPG symmetric encryption, then upload to S3 with aws s3 cp using STANDARD_IA storage class. Verify integrity by test-decrypting backups and enforce retention with lifecycle cleanup.

What Terraform resources are needed for a basic AWS production setup?▼

A typical setup includes a VPC with public and private subnets across availability zones, a launch template with auto-scaling group for application servers, and an encrypted RDS instance with automated backups and Performance Insights enabled.

Does this approach support compliance standards like SOC2?▼

Yes, the methodology includes security hardening, least-privilege access controls, audit logging, and compliance monitoring aligned with SOC2 and ISO27001. It also covers incident response and breach notification procedures.

Why do infrastructure changes need rollback procedures?▼

Untested changes can cause outages that exceed recovery time targets. Documenting rollback steps and validating changes with monitoring before deployment keeps mean time to recovery under 4 hours and protects the 99.9% uptime goal.

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