Implementing DevOps

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Table of contents:
What is DevOps?

Why is DevOps needed?

DevOps checklist

DevOps Benefits

Best Practices for a Successful DevOps Implementation

Useful materials

Contacts
What is DevOps?
DevOps is a cross-functional approach to the software development process. The DevOps model is a
combination of two distinct parts of the software development process - development and
operations. It results from streamlining the organization to make it more flexible, dynamic, and
ultimately effective due to ever-growing, sprawling organizations that take too many resources and
hold down the overall flexibility of the development team.

As such, DevOps is more of a mindset than anything else. It is about tight collaboration, being on the
same page with all development team members, and delivering towards the common goal — improving
every element of the product and acting as fast as possible to any emerging situations and morphing
requirements.
 Why is DevOps needed?
DevOps ensures the mobility and flexibility of the development team. Customer feedback and testing are a big deal
when making a good product that will outlast the initial splash. Thus, it makes sense to adapt according to order to keep
the product adequate and capable of doing its work.

Vision User stories Product backlog

2-4
week
sprint
Sprint backlog Selected product backlog

Scrum planning

New functionality Retrospective

Sprint review
 DevOps checklist
The main task of a DevOps engineer or specialist is to make sure the software works both from the developer standpoint
and an infrastructure standpoint. When you implement a DevOps culture, it enables you to implement changes effectively
and on time. The result — overall better product that does better business. Below is a detailed explanation of DevOps
workflow at the APP Solutions:

● Creating GitLab project and repositories

● Identifying solution components and requirements ● Identifying protection against loss of data policies
● Write deployment scripts to setup environment to create all needed ● Set up backups
infrastructure ● Set up disaster recovery
● Set up CI/CD ● Set up restore of application file system
● Set up deployment of mobile builds if needed ● Identifying requirements for availability
● Identifying needed environments(Development/Stage/Production) ● Set up fault tolerance for infrastructure components if
● Create branches on the repositories needed
● Identify the minimum hardware requirements of the application ● Set up redundancy for infrastructure components if needed
and servers ● Writing documentation
● Set up servers ● High-level description of the infrastructure and components
● Create and set up environments ● How-to manuals
● Set up deployment scripts for all environments ● Deploy
● Identifying logging, monitoring, and alarming requirements ● View logs
● Set up logging ● Receive and check alerts
● Set up monitoring ● Make and recover backups
● Set up alerts ● Minimal infrastructure requirements
DevOps Benefits
Dynamic Iteration Cycle / Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
The most significant benefit of DevOps from a business point of view is obvious — it is all about the speed of delivery.
Due to significant streamlining and reorganization of the workflow, the process transforms into being more dynamic and efficient. That, in
turn, makes iteration shorter and much more responsive while avoiding the danger of breaking things while moving too fast.
A combination of automation and thorough testing drastically changes the pace while lessening the overall workload.
It means faster moving in shorter steps, i.e., Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (aka CI/CD). As such, it allows implementing
small changes that contribute to the whole gradually.

A Better Environment for Technical Scalability

Scalability is one of the top priorities for any project. If the product can take a load and get on with it — it is a sign that it works well. If not — you
know what it means. With the rise of cloud computing has become a big deal.
DevOps implements certain practices to secure better scalability. In essence, scalability is not just what servers and networks can carry — it is
also the tools that make it happen.
It is essential to configure the system flexibly so that it will be able to increase resource consumption and scale it down when the load is lesser,
when necessary.

Process Automation
The development process includes repetitive routine tasks that need to be done. This takes time and dramatically affects the motivation of
developers assigned to those tasks. While necessary, these routines often take precious time that could've been used for something more
substantial.
DevOps makes it almost a non-issue with the help of automation. It creates a more efficient workflow and also helps with keeping everything
monitored and reported. It is vital for testers who can't afford to miss something in the sea of code.
DevOps Benefits
Superior Communication: Everyone on the Same Page
One of the most apparent benefits of implementing DevOps principles is a significant streamlining of communications. It is
always a good thing when everybody is on the same page, and every member of the team can contribute to the process.
Since collaboration and communication are at the center of the DevOps approach — implementation of it manages to set a
much more creative environment that can positively affect the quality of the product.
For instance, streamlined communication facilitates getting the team on the same page. It also helps with onboarding new
members of the development team, and helpful in describing the priorities of the current moment.

The Transparency of the Infrastructure

DevOps enables the unification of the code: it cleans up the code, makes it more transparent and easier to operate. It also
solves any emerging issue connected with legacy elements.
On a side-note — transparency also greatly simplifies the onboarding of new members to the fold.

Simpler Security Maintenance

Usually, security is the most challenging element to pull off as it is always somewhat detached from the central system.
This process starts from assets inventory and goes all the way through access inventory to implement security
measures such as system scans.
 Best Practices for a Successful
DevOps Implementation
Organize a DevOps initiative
To get started with the approach, a CIO puts a
DevOps initiative into an IT department which
helps the IT teams alter the dev and operating
activities to be less troublesome for the whole
company. Then, the CIO picks a program manager
who will lead the design and implementation of an
effective strategy and assigns responsibilities and
roles.
Apply CI/CD tools for infrastructure
automation
The Containerized app, in its turn, should be
handled correctly. Infrastructure automation
tools like Chef or Kubernetes are combined
with CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, for effective
structure handling and programming
deployment.
Build the DevOps strategy
To formulate a productive DevOps strategy, a
program manager must implement the best
practices that will enhance interdepartmental
collaboration and empower better ways for
foundation provisioning, programming
advancement, and testing.
Integrate automated testing
A Quality Assurance Manager carries out
manual testing. Automated testing, on the
contrary, presupposes using automation tools
to execute your test case suite. The main aim
of automating is to cut the number of test
cases to be done manually. Contrary to
automated testing, manual testing is time and
cost-consuming, error-prone, and cannot be run
unattended.
Implement Containerization
Containerization is lightweight virtualization and
isolation of resources at the operating system
level. It allows the application and minimum
system libraries to run in a fully standardized
container that connects to the host, or anything
external to the host, by using specific interfaces.
The container is independent of the resources or
architecture of the host on which it runs.
Ensure application performance monitoring
Application monitoring ensures that the
DevOps-related teams know all the
performance problems such as slow reaction
and memory leaks. The team can find out
about these issues during application server
checking, user experience observing, etc.
Useful materials
● BUSINESS PROCESS BENEFITS OF DEVOPS
● WHAT IS DEVOPS AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT?
● HOW WE NAIL HIGH-LOAD PROJECT DELIVERY
● CODE REFACTORING OF APPLICATIONS
● WHO IS A SOLUTION ARCHITECT?
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