- There are no automated builds or automated tests in place
- Work with Engineering and QA to define important metrics
- Help IT setup and maintain the hardware lab, including mobile lab if needed
Automate build, test and deployment processes
Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) is a set of software practices and techniques that enable the frequent release of small batches of code changes, with extensive visibility and traceability. It typically involves the creation of a largely automated pipeline that orchestrates the build, test and deployment of software across staged environments, ultimately leading to deployment in production.
| Principle | Description | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Self-service | Projects must be able to on-board through self-service, and manage their own workflows. | Speed to adoption: Key driver for rapid experimentation, and to eliminate duplicated efforts and manual process. |
| Best-practice | Support a standard workflow model, not a generic workflow engine. | One Standard. Promotes quality, fast on-boarding and developer mobility. |
| Configurable Technology integration | The ability to integrate existing build systems, test frameworks, and source- and component repositories, Still recommended templates for new projects. | Separation of concern, Continuity. Allow projects to on-board to CI/CD independently of transition legacy systems. |
| Flexible Process | Ability to adapt workflow to match requirements for process variations. | Separation of concern, Continuity. There are both technical and business reasons for process variation. We cannot enforce a strict. |
| Extensible | Use a component-based automation framework, with consistent design patterns for task-automation, resource management, and identity. Build as internal open source. | Best-of-breed, Inclusion, Innovation. The system must allow a project to automate special tasks (e.g. run a specific analysis or verification tool), including experimentation with new and emerging technologies |
| Cloud-Ready/Elastic | Build for deployment to AWS, or any other cloud to the extent possible. | Cloud Ready. Build and testing generates uneven load, and we can leverage cloud elasticity. |
| HA/DR | CI/CD must make suitable use of runtime services, including monitoring, to ensure availability, and respect of SLAs | Fidelity. It’s important that the system be designed to handle adversity. Workflows must be suitably isolated to avoid general system failures. |
As referenced above, there are a number of tools out there supporting different aspects of CI/CD, but Jenkins has proven to be the best software platform for CI/CD. Fortunately, most development organizations are already using open source Jenkins in some capacity today and comfortable with it. As with any critical piece of infrastructure software, organizations typically need the enterprise-grade features, reliability and deployment expertise to take full advantage of it and minimize the risk to your organization. This is especially true with CI/CD.
CloudBees, the enterprise Jenkins company, is a proven entity in CI/CD. CloudBees provides solutions that enable DevOps teams to respond more rapidly to the software delivery needs of the business. Building on the strength of Jenkins, the CloudBees Jenkins Platform provides a wide range of CI/CD solutions that meet the unique security, scalability and manageability needs of enterprises. The CloudBees Jenkins Platform supports many of the world’s largest and most business-critical deployments.
Some enterprises may not have the necessary skill set or infrastructure in place to fully embrace CI/CD. There is lots of cost and complexity, and non-stop technical evolution makes it difficult to keep up. And their existing enterprise tools and processes may not translate effectively to mobile.
Infostretch fills this gap for many leading enterprises. Leveraging proven continuous integration and delivery approaches with tools like Jenkins, and a proven delivery maturity model, Infostretch helps development and test organizations embrace CI/CD to improve service quality and speed time to market while reducing development and operational costs.
