**DevOps:**
Before DevOps, companies typically used software development methodologies like the Waterfall
and Agile models.
DevOps, short for Development (Dev) and Operations (Ops), is a software development approach
that focuses on collaboration and communication between development and operations teams. It
aims to shorten the software development lifecycle, automate processes, and enable faster and
more reliable software delivery.
**How DevOps Works:**
1. **Collaboration:**
DevOps eliminates the "siloed" conditions between development and operations teams.
Developers, operations, and testers work together throughout the application lifecycle, aiming to
deliver value to the product quickly and efficiently.
**DevSecOps** extends this approach by integrating teams responsible for security and quality
assurance into the DevOps process.
2. **Processes:**
DevOps uses agile methods with iterative phases for better functionality, quality, and quick
feedback. The DevOps lifecycle includes:
- **Planning and Prioritization:** Deciding which features to build.
- **Development:** Writing and refining the code.
- **Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD):** Automatically building, testing, and preparing
the code for release.
- **Continuous Deployment:** Automatically deploying the code to production.
- **Continuous Monitoring:** Ensuring everything runs smoothly in the production environment.
3. **Tools:**
DevOps teams use integrated tools to support both development and operations, improving
efficiency and reducing communication gaps. These tools include:
- **Version Control:** Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
- **CI/CD Pipelines:** Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI
- **Configuration Management:** Ansible, Puppet, Chef
- **Containerization & Orchestration:** Docker, Kubernetes
- **Infrastructure as Code (IaC):** Terraform, CloudFormation
- **Monitoring & Logging:** Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
- **Security (DevSecOps):** SonarQube, Snyk, Trivy