dimanche 31 décembre 2017

How To Implement DevOps Automation Testing

By Janet Jackson


Success will not come on a silver platter unless corporations set the foundation for it. In the aggressive competition of grabbing opportunities in the market that defines the business environment today, only the strong and forward thinking ones will survive. Businesses encompass a myriad of IT solutions that ensure a timely product delivery to consumers and streamlining activities. However, there are more effective ways to do this. The Devops Automation subject is addressed to C level managers who are at the top of finance and healthcare to name a few.

This can be achieved by ensuring that the code is always in a deployable state even when multiple developers make changes on a continuous basis. Thus, it enables faster and more effective application rollouts with shorter release cycles. The need of the hour for enterprises is shorter release cycles and quality products that are easier with this methodology. Most enterprises and organizations are aligning towards it as it is a preferred philosophy being used with agile software development.

Chef: This is a configuration management tool that aids in automating configuration, deployment, and management of software applications. It deals with machine setup on the cloud, on servers, and on virtual machines. Configuration management ensures that all the files and software in your computers are configured correctly and are functional. The chef does this by treating the infrastructure of your machines as pieces of code called 'recipes', which is in turn compiled in 'cookbooks.' Puppet: This too is a configuration management tool that works to automate provisioning, configuration, and management of devices. CERN, Oracle, and Reddit are among its noted users.

Ansible: This is an automation software that was taken over by Red Hat. This is a simple server and configuration management tool that aims to bust complexity. Ansible can help you with task automation, application deployment, and IT orchestration. It allows you to run tasks in a sequence and to create a chain of events that need to happen at once on many servers/ devices. This, in turn, helps you automate everyday tasks, and to speed up product delivery.

The CI process will reduce the addition testing time as the code is evaluated continuously. However, the testers still need to perform code performance and white box security tests to evaluate the quality of application code more efficiently. That is why; it becomes essential for the practitioners to facilitate CI, and invest in robust continuous integration testing tools while implementing DevOps testing.

Docker: This is a widely-acclaimed container technology that ensures that a piece of software runs reliably in different computing environments. Put simply; a container is a compilation of an application, its dependencies, libraries, and other configuration files needed for its smooth functioning. It ensures that your application runs without any hiccups even when transferred to a computing environment different from its home environment.

This list is only the tip of an enormous iceberg. Countless other open source tools are scattered across the landscape. Choose a tool that best fits your immediate needs. None of these tools might fit all your requirements. The trick lies in choosing the best set for you.

Production Environment Monitoring- A single cycle covers all software development activities - coding, testing, and operations. Hence, the practitioner needs to get the software testers throughout the development and deployment process. In addition to performing the required tests, the QA professionals also need to monitor the production environment continuously. The constant monitoring of the production environment will help the testers to identify the bugs before making the software crash.




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