By now, everyone in the software industry is aware of the term DevOps and it has become something of a buzzword now. The term DevOps came about as a concatenation of the words “Development and Operations”. The end goal of DevOps is to bridge the gap between development and operations, making the transition of the product from one stage to another more seamless. It has indeed become a must for all-sized companies looking to reap the benefits of optimized performance, organization, and quality assurance.
The core principle behind DevOps is to have the development team working alongside the operations team throughout the development pipeline. This ensures that not only software and services are developed faster than they used to be, but potential issues are more likely to be identified and remedied much earlier on in the cycle. The two groups are also able to share their knowledge, skills, and best practices with each other, and thus, improving the culture and working environment as well as individual and team capabilities.
AWS and DevOps
As more and more Organizations continue to integrate DevOps strategies into their workloads, there is no dearth of technologies that can help them transition and ensure a successful adoption. Here I talk about DevOps on the Cloud, and in particular, on Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS is the leading Cloud provider, way ahead of its competitors. AWS offers the most advanced selection of options for creating cloud computing infrastructure and features available to businesses. Their Well-Architected Framework has been developed to help Solution Architects build secure, high-performing, efficient and resilient infrastructure for their applications. The five pillars upon which the Well-Architected Framework is built, are:
- Security
- Reliability
- Performance Efficiency
- Cost Optimization
- Operational Excellence
As we can see, all these are basic considerations for a DevOps pipeline as well. The AWS Well-Architected Framework supports and enhances many of the same best practices for designing and operating reliable, secure, efficient, and cost-effective systems in the Cloud that DevOps encourages.
DevOps is constantly evolving. As we witness a shift towards virtualization and platforms-as-a-service, DevOps can provide the key to leveraging the cloud and its features for major organizational and business benefits. The foundations of good DevOps: Security, Efficiency, and Cost-Optimization provide teams with the guidelines for continuous improvement. Which means if you’re working in the Amazon Cloud you can use DevOps and the AWS Well-Architected Framework synchronously to achieve great things for your business goals and end-users.
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