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What is DevOps and its Business Advantages

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Introduction to DevOps

DevOps is one of the significant practices introduced in the Software Industry which combines software development (Dev) and software operations (Ops). The main objective of this practice is to increase the speed of software development and service delivery. The important aspects of the DevOps model are build, testing and releasing the build at a quicker time, planning, and continuous monitoring. The DevOps succeeded from the traditional agile system administration methodology and the Enterprise system management (ESM) movement.

How it Works

Under this development and operations, teams are no longer different departments, two teams will be merged to a single team and work on the complete software application lifecycle, from development and test to deployment to operations. Sometimes System security team will also be a part of the DevOps team, which will be referred to as DevSecOps.

Advantages of DevOps

The main advantages of DevOps are speed, fast delivery, reliability, scalability, improved collaboration, and Security.

The adaptability to change at a quick turnaround time makes it efficient in achieving the business goals. The DevOps models enhance the synchronization between the developer and operation team to achieve the best results.

Delivering the system at a rapid speed helps the client to run their business smoothly without waiting for a long time for an enhancement. For e.g.  The frequency and speed of the release are at a higher rate in the DevOps model where the new builds will be released quickly and bugs in each release also are resolved/fixed quickly. Hence the client’s needs will be met at a faster pace. Continuous system integration after the bug fix and continuous delivery are the vital factors that automate the software development release process starting from the build to deployment.

Managing the development process and the infrastructure can be possible in the DevOps at a large scale. The automation and the consistent process followed in this practice enhances the capability of handling large scale systems with limited risks. Development, Testing, and Production Environments are managed efficiently by following the Infrastructure as Code model. This cloud API model allows the developers and the system administrators to communicate with the infrastructure via program means instead of a manual set up and configuration. Hence the infrastructure can be interfaced using code-based tools. Since the servers and the infrastructure are defined by codes, the deployment process is more simplified.

Through this practice, the collaboration between the developers and the operations team has been highly strengthened, thereby the values such as ownership and accountability in the work culture are enhanced significantly. The decentralization and sharing the responsibilities streamlines strong workflows which in turn reduces the inefficiencies and increases productivity by saving time as well.

In terms of Security, the DevOps model follows strict discipline and procedures to produce the entire DevOps environment. This is achieved by processes, policies, strategies, and also the latest technologies. The automated compliance policies, configuration management techniques, and strong controls safeguard the environment.

The key DevOps practices are Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Microservices, Infrastructure as code, Monitoring & Logging, and Communication & Collaboration.

Continuous Integration

The continuous integration practice is the development practice in DevOps where the software developers constantly push or merge their codes in the central repository using a version control system such as Git. Before each commit, developers can run local unit tests on their code as an additional validation before integration. A continuous integration service automatically runs unit tests on the new code changes to immediately find any errors. The main objective is to find and fix the bugs in a short span there by the time consumption of the new releases are fairly reduced. 

Continuous Delivery

In the Continuous Delivery practice, the code changes are automatically made ready for release to the production environment. After the build stage, all the code changes can be deployed to the testing environment where the tests such as UI Testing, Load Testing, Integration Testing, and API Reliability Testing will be done. It is easy and cost-effective to automate the testing before the deployment.

Microservices

Microservices is one of the best DevOps practices where in this architecture the business logic of a single application is distinguished as a set of small services. Every service runs on its own and interfaced with other microservices to perform its respective functionalities. The performance of the system is enhanced due to the microservices lightweight mechanism. Each service is built to fulfill a single purpose, but the interface of all the services will bring a robust system. The testing and the deployment can be done easily. The best available DevOps Tools are Docker, Ansible, Git, Puppet, Chef, Jenkins, Nagios, Splunk, and Kubernetes.

At TechAffinity, We have an experienced DevOps team that can understand your business requirement and offer customized DevOps solutions. Our team builds and deploys projects using all the DevOps tools, and our app development projects navigate through the DevOps lifecycle with ease. You can line up your queries to media@techaffinity.com or get in touch by scheduling a meeting with our experts.

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