What is DevOps ?

DevOps is a methodology in the software development and IT industry. Used as a set of practices and tools, DevOps integrates and automates the work of software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) as a means for improving and shortening the systems development life cycle.

What is Automation, Scaling, Infrastructure?

• Automation is the use of technology to perform tasks with reduced human assistance. DevOps automation is the addition of technology that performs tasks with reduced human assistance to processes that facilitate feedback loops between operations and development teams so that iterative updates can be deployed faster to applications in production.

• Scaling is the process of expanding and shrinking your systems and practices as you need them. Scalable DevOps means the system can expand automatically during a high workload and shrink back when the needs are reduced to normal.

• DevOps infrastructure is the backbone that supports the DevOps methodology. It’s a fusion of systems, tools and strategies that are meticulously chosen to ensure seamless integration between development and operations.

Why DevOps is Important?

• DevOps requires less upfront planning than older Agile methods like SCRUM.

• DevOps has a proven track record of success in many industries.

• DevOps aims to improve collaboration between all the teams by reducing the time it takes to deploy new features or fix bugs. DevOps also helps to eliminate deployment errors by increasing automation and making changes more transparent. With DevOps, teams can release new features or fix bugs faster than ever before

What are the benefits of DevOps?

• Speed

Teams that practice DevOps release deliverables more frequently, with higher quality and stability.

• Improved collaboration

The foundation of DevOps is a culture of collaboration between developers and operations teams, who share responsibilities and combine work. This makes teams more efficient and saves time related to work handoffs and creating code that is designed for the environment where it runs.

• Rapid deployment

By increasing the frequency and velocity of releases, DevOps teams improve products rapidly. A competitive advantage can be gained by quickly releasing new features and repairing bugs.

• Quality and reliability

Practices like continuous integration and continuous delivery ensure changes are functional and safe, which improves the quality of a software product. Monitoring helps teams keep informed of performance in real-time.

• Security

By integrating security into a continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipeline, DevSecOps is an active, integrated part of the development process. Security is built into the product by integrating active security audits and security testing into agile development and DevOps workflows.