DevOps is the future of Dev.. and Ops!
Development and Operations are at the core of all IT teams. Slowly but surely, there’s been a trend towards the fusion of the two. What is DevOps and why is it getting so popular?
It’s simple, developers design the software. They write the code and test it out. The operations teams are responsible for ensuring that the code gets deployed and runs smoothly for every intended user. Traditionally, these 2 teams have well-defined and separate roles.
However, this separation comes with it’s set of challenges.
1. Diagnosis is slow and complicated
When teams work in Silos, it is often hard to diagnose the root of a failure. Here is an example of what happens when something goes wrong and teams try to diagnose the problem while being barricaded from each other:
2. Action plans are difficult to formulate and implement
Even after a bug is diagnosed, siloed teams require a lot of time and many manual steps to get the issue resolved. Long email chains with many recipients and back and forth communication means that the action plan is difficult to formulate and even harder to implement. Any issues that crop up during this process go through the diagnosis->action plan chain again, making the entire process slow and bulky.
3. Version control is hard to maintain
Because each deployment is slow and manual, it’s hard for multiple teams to keep a track of different versions of the same code. With fixes and changes from multiple teams and several channels of communication, the version changes are difficult to track and implement. The chances of errors also increase as well.
4. Scaling is tedious
Imagine you made a product for your local community, anticipating no more than a thousand customers. Your product took off, and you have to scale it up for about a hundred thousand customers, and also anticipate infrastructure needs for future scaling. With developers, operations and infrastructure teams working separately, this process will involve several iterations, increased costs and will still be slow and glitched.
DevOps Transforms Work Culture
Under a DevOps model, teams work on the entire product lifecycle- from building, to testing, deployment, monitoring and infrastructure. DevOps is characterized by continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) of micro-services. The engineers plan and execute the entire process, leading to rapid delivery and improved collaboration.
The advantages:
1. Improved performance
With rapid deployment, bug fixes are simple and quick. This makes your product perform better, and keeps your customers happy!
2. Security
Attacks can be fought off better when teams are continuously monitoring and have the ability to test and deploy their software when needed. High efficiency teams are able to keep themselves more secure with continuous improvement.
3. Scalability
Automation and consistency help you manage complex or changing systems efficiently and with reduced risk. For example, infrastructure as code helps you manage your development, testing, and production environments in a repeatable and more efficient manner.
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