Streamlining DevEx The Power of CI/CD Standardization and Interoperability

Jeremy Meiss Co-Founder

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REF: CNCF Landscape, 29-Jan-2024

Developer Experience 52% of respondents said “DevEx” (34% “DX”)

Developer Experience (DevEx)…

CI/CD Standardization

CI/CD Interoperability

Implementing CI/CD Standardization

Implementing CI/CD Standardization Assessment and Analysis Thoroughly assess your current CI/CD pipelines Identify pain points and bottlenecks Analyze speci c requirements and constraints

Implementing CI/CD Standardization Define Standardization Goals De ne goals and objectives, align with strategy and objectives Determine success, like reduced deployment times / error rates

Implementing CI/CD Standardization Select Standardization Tools and Practices Choose tools & practices aligned with organization needs, goals Establish standard templates and con gurations for pipelines Enforce coding standards for consistency and readability

Implementing CI/CD Standardization Documentation and Training Create comprehensive docs for processes, con gs, best practices Provide training to ensure understanding and e ective use

Implementing CI/CD Standardization Version Control Store pipeline con gs as code in version control systems Implement branching and pull request strategies

Implementing CI/CD Standardization Automated Testing and Validation Integrate automated testing and validation into templates Implement code reviews and peer validation early in dev process

Implementing CI/CD Standardization Continuous Monitoring and Improvement Detect pipeline issues and bottlenecks in real-time Establish culture of regular reviews and updating pipelines

Implementing CI/CD Standardization Governance and Compliance Implement governance policies to enforce pipeline standards Validate compliance with industry regulations / internal standards Regularly audit and assess adherence to standardized practices

Implementing CI/CD Standardization Scaling and Adaptation Ensure standardized templates can scale and adapt Maintain exibility to accommodate unique project requirements

Implementing CI/CD Standardization Feedback Loop and Collaboration Foster collaborative environments where feedback & contributions encouraged Continuously communicate bene ts of standardized pipelines & celebrate successes

CI/CD Pipeline Standardization Argo

CI/CD Pipeline Standardization Argo orgs de ne reusable work ow templates

CI/CD Pipeline Standardization Argo orgs de ne reusable work ow templates CI/CD con gs & work ows managed as code

CI/CD Pipeline Standardization Argo orgs de ne reusable work ow templates CI/CD con gs & work ows managed as code artifacts managed & stored for consistency

CI/CD Pipeline Standardization Flux

CI/CD Pipeline Standardization Flux desired system state de ned in code

CI/CD Pipeline Standardization Flux desired system state de ned in code desired state with actual state in K8s clusters

CI/CD Pipeline Standardization Flux desired system state de ned in code desired state with actual state in K8s clusters feature- agged deployments

Achieving Standardized Workflows

Achieving Standardized Workflows encourage standardized templates/de nitions

Achieving Standardized Workflows encourage standardized templates/de nitions ensures con gs maintained and accessible to all

Achieving Standardized Workflows encourage standardized templates/de nitions ensures con gs maintained and accessible to all responsibility of org for devs understanding process

Achieving Standardized Workflows encourage standardized templates/de nitions ensures con gs maintained and accessible to all responsibility of org for devs understanding process foster continual improvement & gathering feedback

The Role of Interoperability

Interoperability advantages Collaboration

Interoperability advantages Collaboration prevents vendor lock-in

Interoperability advantages Collaboration prevents vendor lock-in enables e ective inter-team collaboration

Interoperability advantages Collaboration prevents vendor lock-in enables e ective inter-team collaboration streamlines comms, sharing, coordination

Interoperability advantages Collaboration prevents vendor lock-in enables e ective inter-team collaboration streamlines comms, sharing, coordination make e cient use of existing infra / tools

Interoperability advantages Collaboration prevents vendor lock-in enables e ective inter-team collaboration streamlines comms, sharing, coordination make e cient use of existing infra / tools allows for new tech and practices into work ows

Interoperability advantages Collaboration prevents vendor lock-in enables e ective inter-team collaboration streamlines comms, sharing, coordination make e cient use of existing infra / tools allows for new tech and practices into work ows promotes uni ed deployment / infra mgmt approach

Interoperability advantages Collaboration prevents vendor lock-in enables e ective inter-team collaboration streamlines comms, sharing, coordination make e cient use of existing infra / tools allows for new tech and practices into work ows promotes uni ed deployment / infra mgmt approach enables better incident response

Interoperability Spinnaker & Backstage

Interoperability: Spinnaker

Interoperability: Spinnaker broad integration options

Interoperability: Spinnaker broad integration options enable trigger deployment pipelines automation

Interoperability: Spinnaker broad integration options enable trigger deployment pipelines automation useful integrations, like monitoring, incident mgmt, etc.

Interoperability: Spinnaker broad integration options enable trigger deployment pipelines automation useful integrations, like monitoring, incident mgmt, etc. deploy the right artifacts, enhancing reliability

Interoperability: Spinnaker broad integration options enable trigger deployment pipelines automation useful integrations, like monitoring, incident mgmt, etc. deploy the right artifacts, enhancing reliability exible / adaptable process as reqs evolve

Interoperability: Backstage

Interoperability: Backstage allows single-pane-of-glass view of pipelines

Interoperability: Backstage allows single-pane-of-glass view of pipelines teams have full view into available services & apps

Interoperability: Backstage allows single-pane-of-glass view of pipelines teams have full view into available services & apps extensible architecture to connect tools and adapt to needs

Interoperability: Backstage allows single-pane-of-glass view of pipelines teams have full view into available services & apps extensible architecture to connect tools and adapt to needs organize everything to exact needs, easier to adopt

Challenges implementing interoperability

Challenges implementing interoperability seamless integration challenging

Challenges implementing interoperability seamless integration challenging disrupt compatibility and communication

Challenges implementing interoperability seamless integration challenging disrupt compatibility and communication complexity with methods and permissions

Challenges implementing interoperability seamless integration challenging disrupt compatibility and communication complexity with methods and permissions breaking changes require ongoing maintenance

Challenges implementing interoperability seamless integration challenging disrupt compatibility and communication complexity with methods and permissions breaking changes require ongoing maintenance insu cient or outdated docs = common roadblock

Overcoming these hurdles

Overcoming these hurdles document & enforce deployment pipeline requirements

Overcoming these hurdles document & enforce deployment pipeline requirements translate data, simplify authn / authz

Overcoming these hurdles document & enforce deployment pipeline requirements translate data, simplify authn / authz version matrices of supported versions & tool updates

Overcoming these hurdles document & enforce deployment pipeline requirements translate data, simplify authn / authz version matrices of supported versions & tool updates thorough updated docs + forums & dedicated support

Overcoming these hurdles document & enforce deployment pipeline requirements translate data, simplify authn / authz version matrices of supported versions & tool updates thorough updated docs + forums & dedicated support automate testing of integrations between all tools + pipelines

Overcoming these hurdles document & enforce deployment pipeline requirements translate data, simplify authn / authz version matrices of supported versions & tool updates thorough updated docs + forums & dedicated support automate testing of integrations between all tools + pipelines share successes & challenges within tooling communities

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