Mature software delivery organizations release often, with an automated or almost automated process. But we all know, the majority of large organizations have not reached that level of maturity yet, or at least not across their entire software landscape.I worked for an organization that shipped major releases quarterly, and in my experience, release reports go …
Read moreStop Emails; Use Live Release Status Dashboards in Jira!
Valentin Delaye, DevOps Solution Architect, explains how to build a “Jenkins as a Service” using Jira, Apwide, Kubernetes, Rancher, Jenkins and Terraform.Our leading Swiss consumer goods company builds and maintains hundreds of web and mobile applications used by our brands, in partnership with hundreds of software agencies. A few years ago, the majority of those …
Read moreHow the largest food company provisions Jenkins instances in less than 10 minutes
The configuration gap lifecycle requires you to DETECT your problem, RESOLVE it efficiently and then IMPROVE in order to avoid the problem in the future. That’s the winning formula. Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM) is the management of all configuration definitions throughout the lifecycle of a product. When an environment is unsatisfactory to the achievement of …
Read more4 steps to prevent Test Environment Configuration Gaps
Many companies require multiple Environments for their applications. For instance, when testing new features, it’s common practice to run the test on an isolated Environment, known as a Test Environment. The number of Environments grow as the company grows and managing Test Environments effectively can become your competitive edge. Applications Manage Our Environment. How Do We Manage …
Read moreFocus on These 3 Layers to Successfully Manage Test Environments
EMA research shows that the true cost of inefficient Test Environment Management for the average enterprise in the survey is 1.4 million dollars per year. Many organisations lack visibility and control over their Test Environments. This leads to: increased test environment and management overhead costs worsened collaboration between teams slow and error prone delivery and …
It could be challenging to deploy Jira with Docker for the first time! At Apwide, we develop apps/gadgets for Jira and Confluence. For development and testing purpose we constantly need to create on demand Jira and Confluence instances with specific configuration. Applying the “eating your own dog food” principle, we have built an Atlassian Environment Self-service using Apwide Golive to deploy …
Read moreTop 4 recipes to deploy Jira with Docker in a single click
Is a lack of control over non-production environments the most expensive mistake when managing software environments? In this short blog, we cover: The Challenge of Efficient Environment Management Tools, Research Findings of the Actual Costs, How to save $10,000 per release. How much is poor environment management really costing you? Your teams may be using top-notch environment management tools …
Read moreHow Much is Inefficient Environment Management Costing You?
Why are Jira and Jenkins often poorly integrated? Today, Jira is the #1 Software Development Tool for Agile Teams, and Jenkins is the most used open source automation tool. Both of them are becoming industry standards. However, the integration between the two products is often limited to the visualization of Jenkins Builds in Jira and the possibility …
The standard Jira-Bamboo integration is good… If you are using Jira and Bamboo, you have certainly already configured the application link (two-way) in order to benefit from the out-of-the-box integration proposed by Atlassian: Development info in issue search, Development panel, Build result dialog (detailed Bamboo build result information), Deployment dialog (detailed Bamboo deployment information), Run Bamboo builds when releasing a Jira …
Last week we had the pleasure to share our passion for Environment Management with the Israel Atlassian User Group in Tel Aviv! Tons of positive interactions about a topic that was new for many attendees. Whether you just started or are already advanced with your Environment Management, get some inspiration with the recorded session.
