Understanding the components of DevOps
DevOps tools and automation bring together development and system operations. The following are critical components of a DevOps practice:
- CI/CD
- Continuous monitoring and improvement
- Infrastructure as code
- Configuration management
A best practice across all the elements is automation. Automating processes allows you to efficiently perform these operations in a fast, reliable, and repeatable fashion. Automation can involve scripts, templates, and other tools. In a thriving DevOps environment, infrastructure is managed as code. Automation enables DevOps teams to set up and tune test and production environments rapidly. Let's explore more details about each component.
Continuous integration/continuous deployment
In CI (Continuous Integration), developers commit code frequently to a code repository. The code is built frequently. Each build is tested using automated unit tests and integration tests...