Pipelines and toolchains
A toolchain is the set of tools used in DevOps practices in the product development life cycle. The classic representation of the toolchain used in DevOps is an infinity loop, broken up into a number of functions. Each function or stage is enhanced by automation. A representation of this infinity loop, created by Kharnagy, and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license, is shown in the following figure:
Figure 3.1 – DevOps toolchain
If we separate the ends of this infinity loop, we see the basis of our pipeline. The pipeline orchestrates the operation of all the stages with the exception of the monitoring stage. This begins our look at each pipeline stage, as shown in the following figure:
Figure 3.2 – DevOps pipeline
We begin our examination of the pipeline by looking at the activities whose artifacts set the pipeline in motion: plan and create. These foundational...
