In this article, we are going to learn some of the basic principles
of DevOps. But Before that, Lets Learn
What is DevOps
DevOps can be defined as a culture or process or practice within
an organization that increases communication, collaboration, and integration
of the Development (which includes the QA team) and the Operations (IT
Operations) teams. The aim is to automate and speed up the software delivery
process much more frequently and reliably.
Main principles of DevOps
I. Incremental
: In DevOps, we aim to
incrementally release software to production. We need to do releases to production
more often than the Waterfall approach of one large release.
II. Automated
: To enable users to
make releases more often, we automate the operations from Code Check in to the deployment
in Production.
III. Collaborative
: DevOps is not the only
responsibility of the Operations team. It is a collaborative effort of Dev, Release,
QA and DevOps teams.
IV. Iterative
: DevOps is based on
Iterative principle of using a process that is repeatable. But with each
iteration, we aim to make the process more efficient and better.
V. Self-Service
: In DevOps, we
automate things and give self-service options to other teams so that they are empowered
to deliver the work in their domain.
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Are you more Dev or more Ops
Well, This is a tricky question. DevOps is not a new concept and
in any company, the maturity of DevOps varies from highly Operations oriented to
highly DevOps oriented. In some places, teams are matured enough and practice
DevOps in its true form. In some projects, teams rely more on Operations items.
As a DevOps person, you have to give first priority to the needs
of an organization and project. In some places, you may have to perform a lot of
operations work. But with each iteration, you must aim to bring DevOps changes
incrementally to an organization.
Over time, the organization starts seeing results of DevOps
practices and embraces it fully.
