What is DevOps? DevOps is the intersection of the development and operations teams of a technology company. Traditionally, the development and operations teams were siloed and completely independent of one another, which led to communication breakdowns that ultimately resulted in less than stellar releases and unhappy customers. The aim of DevOps is to increase communication between these teams to improve the quality, quantity, and speed of feedback in order to provide higher quality products ...
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DevOps is the intersection of the development and operations teams of a technology company. Traditionally, the development and operations teams were siloed and completely independent of one another, which led to communication breakdowns that ultimately resulted in less than stellar releases and unhappy customers.
The aim of DevOps is to increase communication between these teams to improve the quality, quantity, and speed of feedback in order to provide higher quality products with smoother rollouts for the consumer. To achieve this, DevOps teams work in a loop of planning, building, testing, and deploying their applications with feedback integrated throughout the process so that improvement is continuous.
The majority of the work performed by a DevOps team will fall into one of the following five categories: Communication, CI/CD, Configuration Management, Security, and Monitoring & Alerting.
DevOps teams use different software for various steps of their work outlined in the section above, and many software will seek to streamline so that they can be used for more than just one aspect of the DevOps process.
Since DevOps is a collection of processes, the tools used by DevOps teams do not all have a set of common features. DevOps teams will, however need a combination of tools that allow them to perform all of the following tasks:
Several cloud providers, such as AWS or Azure, offer DevOps services, support, and integration with 3rd party apps. If your organization already has a cloud provider, or plans to migrate to cloud-based services, ensuring that your cloud provider and your DevOps tools are compatible is a vital step in the selection process.
For those using AWS as their cloud provider, Amazon offers a marketplace of DevOps tools that adds the convenience of paying for these services through one platform, as opposed to ensuring individual vendors are being paid separately each month.
DevOps teams use many specialized tools to operate efficiently, thus it is essential to select tools that both do their jobs well and integrate effectively with each other. When selecting DevOps tools, it is essential to consider the following:
Pricing for DevOps tools is variable based on several factors including how many users you have and how much data you have. Most software vendors will provide a quote based on your organization's needs upon request. DevOps tools typically provide free trials, but the time investment required to try out the tools to see what works best for your team may be a considerable cost.