DevOps, CI/CD, and Containerization: 44 Diagrams that Explain a Winning Trio

Finally, the modern software development industry has found the solution to many of its development-related issues in ‘DevOps, CI/CD, and containers.’ It is not mandatory to use all three together, but in many ways, they depend on each other and so are often used in combination.

DevOps is a cultural philosophy empowering the collaboration between development and IT teams, while CI/CD is about facilitating an effective process for faster software delivery. Containerization refers to packaging an application with its dependencies to provide consistent development and deployment environments for applications.

The successful implementation of any or all of these results in the optimal automation of the software development process. In turn, you can achieve agility and scalability, reduce the risk of errors and downtime, and improve the quality of your digital product. However, these technologies have a reputation for being challenging to achieve, which doesn’t have to be the case!

Here’s a comprehensive curation of the diagrams that can help you easily and quickly understand the core concepts, implementation, challenges, tools, and other complicated concepts about DevOps, CI/CD, and containers.

DevOps: Transforming IT culture and processes

1. 7 C’s of DevOps lifecycle
   Everything is continuous in DevOps — from planning to monitoring. This entire lifecycle can be broken down into seven phases where continuity is at its core. Any phase in the lifecycle can iterate throughout the projects multiple times until it’s finished.

2. Key DevOps principles
   With a strong focus on continuous improvement, DevOps adds a new dimension to the software development process that helps enterprises increase product quality, release frequency, and reduce errors. The insights from industry experts who have “been there and done it before” will help you to deal expertly with DevOps.

3. Benefits of DevOps
   DevOps can be an organic fit for your organization and provide many benefits with a correct adoption process. So, before planning a robust DevOps strategy, you need an elaborate understanding of how DevOps is beneficial to different aspects of the organization, like technical, operational, and business.

4. Challenges in adopting enterprise DevOps
   Technology adoption can be expensive and involves risks. The same is the case with DevOps. For example, tracking a given task in DevOps is hard as multiple teams are involved. Knowing the challenges beforehand can help you better plan, manage costs, allocate resources, and mitigate risks.

5. 7 steps to implement DevOps
   While building a DevOps strategy, you should strive to achieve five parameters — scalability, reliability, collaboration, frequent and rapid delivery, and security. The following steps will help eliminate the disarray of activities and create a successful DevOps implementation roadmap for your organization.

6. DevOps metrics and KPIs for success
   Tracking metrics is integral for the DevOps team to enable organizational agility and transparency. After all, keeping the team updated about the progress and bottlenecks always gives space for improvement and innovation.

7. DevOps best practices for devs
   DevOps adoption requires organization-wide cultural change and can be challenging. However, as with any methodology, there are some tips and principles that you can follow to ease your DevOps journey and attain more benefits from it.

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