Cloud computing is a great way
to outsource your IT needs, but it does have its limitations. One of these
limitations is that you are often at the mercy of your cloud service provider
for how quickly they respond to issues with your server or data. This can be an
issue if there are any performance bottlenecks in the system, as it may take
some time before you notice them and initiate corrective action.
However, implementing DevOps on
Cloud processes can avoid this problem altogether! This blog post will discuss
what DevOps on Cloud is and why you shouldpursue it.
What are DevOps on Cloud?
DevOps on Cloud is a
methodology for managing a cloud environment that enables you to utilize the
power of DevOps concepts and tools. These include automation, monitoring,
testing, security etc., which can help you implement effective development
processes on your servers with reduced time-to-market.
In essence, this means that
instead of waiting around helplessly after problems occur in your cloud
environment (which they will do), you can detect these issues immediately and
resolve them quickly!
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Benefits of DevOps on Cloud
DevOps on Cloud offers several
benefits, which include
• Enhanced pace of automation with reduced time to market
Organizations can effectively
reduce their deployment times to market and improve the overall speed of their
development cycle. They can do this by implementing essential infrastructure
based functions such as version control systems and continuous integration
tooling into the workflow process using DevOps on Cloud methodologies and
practices.
• Effective cloud server replication
The automated nature of DevOps
on Cloud allows for complete fast-track deployment, enabling businesses to
create multiple instances in a matter of minutes easily. This means that if
there is an issue with one model (e.g., it goes down), other replicates can be
deployed immediately without any delay!
By implementing this type of
delivery system into your workflow process using DevOps practices and
methodologies, you will also gain accurate reporting tools. These will allow
you to fully understand how you created each instance initially and what
changes have been made over time by different teams or individuals involved in
the project/product being developed within your organization.
• Real-time monitoring of services, such as backup
services, management services, acknowledgement services, and others
DevOps has a mainly agent-based
architecture and requires extensive attention to detail to achieve the desired
results. For this reason, there’s a need for a way to monitor the entire
application stack at once rather than having to look for specific errors or
bugs.
• Rapid deployment
There are two main approaches
to DevOps on the Cloud. The first is running your entire stack in containers,
which usually works great for applications with smaller footprints and fewer
dependencies.
With the first option, you have
to be in the business of running containers, which involves allocating more
hardware resources. On the other hand, the second option lets you control your
containerized applications.
Controlling Cloud Costs
When it comes to costs, you
will discover no free lunch. Cloud computing providers usually charge for
resources by the hour or month, and those costs can add up quite quickly
without proper control.
You should consider multiple options
such as optimizing your infrastructure to make sure it takes advantage of all
available resources like memory and CPU cores, using software deployment tools
or scripts to deploy new code automatically – or even better – both!
The costs for your cloud
services are directly related to the type of cloud service you have opted for.
For example, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Platform as a Service
(PaaS), and Software as a Service (SAAS).
Because each option has its
costs and benefits for your business, we recommend that you take full advantage
of all available options before selecting which one fits your specific needs.
Important Points to Note
• Training on DevOps and Cloud
The concept of
"infrastructure as code" (IAC) can be applied within a cloud
environment; however, it does require those specific considerations to be made
when designing an IAC process or its components. This means that if there’s no
change management system in place along with automated testing procedures, then
you’re likely not going to succeed at implementing an effective DevOps model on
any cloud platform available today.
This approach doesn’t work very
well regarding using public clouds specifically because it can be challenging
to protect and secure cloud-based resources adequately. This is because public
clouds are designed around the idea of sharing infrastructure, which means that
someone could potentially access your data or cause a denial of service attack
against you by using one of your virtual machines (VM).
• Security Consideration
The second option is to run
your entire stack on virtual machines (VMs) and use Vagrant for provisioning
VMs with DevOps tools installed within them. You can then configure these
products through a single interface that works across physical servers and
clouds. There are no limitations to horizontal scaling or moving deployments
between cloud providers with this approach.
Although this method tends to
cost less than an agent-based architecture, you have less control over
individual server configurations because they rely entirely on whatever
defaults are set up by vagrant/puppet, etc. This makes it challenging to scale
servers up as you need to modify the base images.
• DevOps Tools Selection
Tools that you can use for this
process include:
• Jenkins - a continuous integration tool that automates the testing
and deployment of software.
• Kubernetes - an open-source system for managing containers across
multiple hosts, providing basic mechanisms for deploying applications, scaling
them, and monitoring their availability.
• Ansible Tower provides a web interface to Ansible—an automation
engine that enables developers and IT operations teams to manage systems in
physical data centres or cloud computing environments more efficiently by
controlling multi-tier deployments through virtually any platform.
• Inclusion of Automated Performance Testing
Performance testing is a
critical step in DevOps as it involves measuring the performance, accuracy and
speed across all servers to identify any issues or bottlenecks. You can do this
manually, but it’s more efficient if you automate this process using automated scripts/tools
such as Selenium Grid for functional tests and JMeter for load testing.
A good practice is to keep your
automated performance tests separate from manual testers, so they don’t affect
each other (or overlap). However, having both types allows QA teams to catch
problems early on before releasing anything into production environments which
ensures high-quality releases with fewer bugs
• Consider Containers
Containers are becoming
increasingly popular—if you haven’t heard about them yet, keep your ears open!
They allow developers to create lightweight versions of virtual machines
without wasting hardware resources or time configuring infrastructure settings.
Containers also provide easy-to-scale options while offering less overhead
during deployment than full VMs.
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Summary
DevOps is not just a technology
trend today or tomorrow but will be the status quo in 2021. It has changed how
organizations are built and have set standards that others need to follow to
stay competitive.
Cloudifyapps can provide your
organization with software solutions that help you transform into an agile
business through cloud-based automation made easy. Let us know what challenges
you’re facing so we can work together on finding the right solution for your
needs!
