DevOps Transformation and CI/CD Standardization
Abstract
A client faced operational inefficiencies and increased costs due to fragmented CI/CD processes spread across multiple platforms and tools. The inconsistent and partially manual CI/CD workflows led to frequent process failures, delayed deployments, and complex management. To address these challenges, QA Consultants standardized the CI/CD pipelines by migrating all applications to GitHub Actions. This solution involved mapping existing deployment workflows, configuring environments, and automating deployment triggers, which resulted in a fully automated, reliable, and consistent CI/CD process. As a result, deployment times were reduced by 75%, and the company achieved greater consistency, security, and maintainability across all applications.
At a Glance
The client, managing a portfolio of over 200 applications, faced significant challenges in managing its CI/CD pipelines, spread across various platforms, technologies, environments, and tools, leading to operational inefficiencies and increased costs.
The Challenge
Different teams utilized various CI/CO tools, resulting in inconsistent build and deployment processes across the organization. The CI/CO processes were not fully automated, heavily relying on manual tasks, which led to inefficiencies and frequent process failures. Managing multiple CI/CO platforms increased both operational complexity and costs. The absence of a unified CI/CO process caused delays in deploying updates and new features. The disparate CI/CO systems hindered the ability to monitor and manage the overall health and performance of the deployment pipeline.
The Solution
Migration to GitHub Actions: Standardize and streamline its CI/CO processes by migrating all applications to GitHub Actions. QA Consultants mapped the deployment process for each existing artifact group, ensuring a clear understanding of current workflows. Development of the build result artifact process, ensuring compatibility with the new CI/CO setup. Configured environments and developing pipelines in GitHub Actions for the newly defined and mapped processes. Development of deployment workflow triggers within GitHub Actions, automatng the deployment process. Defined a standardized deployment process to ensure consistency and control across deployments. QA Consultants built and maintains automated regression and smoke test suites to enhance the reliability of the CI/CO Pipeline.
The Results
Documented and Standardized Processes
The deployment process for each existing artifact group is now fully mapped and documented.
Significant Deployment Speed Improvement
The Deployment time was reduced by of 75%, significantly accelerating the delivery of updates and new features.
Standardized CI/CD processes
the company’s CI/CO processes are now standardized, leading to consistency, security, and maintainability across all applications.
Enhanced Reliability and Productivity
The new CI/CO setup has resulted in better reliability and productivity, ensuring that builds are generated more efficiently and consistently.