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    الأحد، 26 نوفمبر 2017

    DevOps Automation For Faster And Continuous Product Release

    By Janet Jackson


    DevOps can aptly be defined as a methodology, philosophy or ideology. Its principle stands at narrowing the gap between the Development (Dev) and the Operations (Ops) teams. In other words, it is a methodology that includes Dev and Ops coordination that leads to a streamlined flow of work to deliver faster and at the same time high-quality software. DevOps Automation facilitates continuous delivery wherein the deployments can be done as and when required on demand.

    It further requires enterprises to facilitate constant communication and collaboration among programmers, testers, and operation staff. The practitioners further need to use specialized tools to unify development, QA, and operations smoothly. At the same time, an enterprise also has to focus specifically on implementing it testing to evaluate the quality of the software from the planning phase to deployment phase of the project. Hence, each enterprise has to focus on many factors to implement testing efficiently.

    Chef: This is a configuration management tool that aids in automating configuration, deployment, and management of software applications. It deals with machine setup on the cloud, on servers, and on virtual machines. Configuration management ensures that all the files and software in your computers are configured correctly and are functional. The chef does this by treating the infrastructure of your machines as pieces of code called 'recipes', which is in turn compiled in 'cookbooks.' Puppet: This too is a configuration management tool that works to automate provisioning, configuration, and management of devices. CERN, Oracle, and Reddit are among its noted users.

    It necessitates the need for a cultural shift among the stakeholders to work for a common goal and encourages Dev and Ops to function as a single team focused on delivering value across the IT value chain. Thus enterprises should mark a cultural shift in their style of functioning.

    SaltStack: This is a remote execution tool and configuration management system that allows users to run commands on different machines along with a targeting system. This makes Salt a multitasking system that can be used to solve multiple problems in an infrastructure.

    Additional Tests and Checks- CI will help enterprises to evaluate the quality of code being added to the centralized code base. But the enterprises still need to perform a variety of tests to evaluate the software's functionality, performance, usability, and accessibility. The QA professionals need to perform load testing under varying user loads to check the performance of the application while being accessed by a large number of users simultaneously.

    This list is only the tip of an enormous iceberg. Countless other open source tools are scattered across the landscape. Choose a tool that best fits your immediate needs. None of these tools might fit all your requirements. The trick lies in choosing the best set for you.

    Production Environment Monitoring- A single cycle covers all software development activities - coding, testing, and operations. Hence, the practitioner needs to get the software testers throughout the development and deployment process. In addition to performing the required tests, the QA professionals also need to monitor the production environment continuously. The constant monitoring of the production environment will help the testers to identify the bugs before making the software crash.




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