Pre-Con Ed: Become a Power User of CA Release Automation to Get the Most out of Your Implementation

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BecomeaPowerUserofCAReleaseAutomationtoGettheMostoutofYourImplementationDavidFisher- PrincipalConsultant- CATechnologies@DaveAtCA@CAWorld#CAWorld

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Abstract

BecomeaPowerUserofCAReleaseAutomationtoGettheMostoutofYourImplementation.

ThissessionprovidesanoverviewanddemonstrationoffourkeyfeaturesinReleaseAutomation:Artifact-drivenDeployments,SharedComponents,Environments,andEnvironmentTokens.

ThesefeaturesenableyoutomatureandoptimizeyourContinuousDeliverypractices.

Foreachfeatureweprovideadefinition,thebenefits,howitisusedandbestpractices.

DavidFisher

CATechnologiesPrincipalConsultant


AgendaINTRODUCTION

CA’SCONTINUOUSDELIVERYPORTFOLIO

EMPLOYINGENVIRONMENTTOKENS

ENABLINGARTIFACT-DRIVENDEPLOYMENTS

LEVERAGINGSHAREDCOMPONENTS

DEFININGANDUTILIZINGENVIRONMENTS

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WRAP-UP&QUESTIONS6


TotalVisibilityAcrossEntireAppLifecycle

FullyIntegratedToolChain

ExceptionalCustomerExperience

AutomatedTesting&100%TestCoverage

FullAccesstoSimulated

EnvironmentsAcceleratedDevelopment

SyntheticDataCreation&DataonDemand

Leverageyourcurrentinvestmentsandtoolsofchoice,whilemovingforwardinyourContinuousDeliveryjourney

Open&FullyIntegratedCDSolutionStack

Requirements&Defects

ConcurrentTesting

Dev&Build

Pre-production

Production&Monitoring

CAReleaseAutomation+ContinuousDeliveryEdition

CAAgileRequirementsDesigner

CABlazeMeter

CAApplicationTest

CATestDataManagement

CAServiceVirtualization


releasealert&details

SCALEACCELERATE

QA/TestDEV PRODUCTIONPRE-PROD

CustomerExperience

PROVISIONREPMGR SCM CI TESTCONTAINER CONFIG CLOUD

Documentrequirements

PlanRelease

DesignSpec

Codecommit SCM CI/Build Functional

testing UATIntegrationtesting

Performancetesting

Deploytopre-prod

Deploytoproduction

CONTROLEnd-to-endAutomation

APM

performancesnapshots

STREAMLINEANDACCELERATETHEENTIRERELEASEPROCESS,REDUCEMANUALEFFORTANDERRORS


High-levelValue/BenefitsofCAReleaseAutomation

Providesasinglecontrolpointandsinglepaneofglassacrossallenvironments

Linksallofthecriticalelementsneededtobuildacontinuousdeliverypipeline

Consistentlyandpredictablyorchestratesthereleaseend-to-endinamatterofhoursorminutes,notweeksormonths

Withsharedvisibilityandrolebasedaccesscontrol,getsharedresponsibility,collaborationandalignmentbetweentheDevandOpsteams


BottomLineValueofCAReleaseAutomation

§ Increasesqualityandvisibility

§ Lowersdeliverycostsandrisk

§ Acceleratesagilityandtimetoproduction

§ Allowsyoutogetinnovativeapplicationsintothehandsofend-usersquicklyandwithhighquality


CAReleaseAutomationKeyCapabilities

Modelyourapplicationswhileofferingalayerofabstractionfromtheunderlying

environmentandartifacts

Nocodingorscriptingisinvolvedanywhere,evenfor

complexdeploymentsand

integrations

Containsover1800Out-of-the-Boxvendor-and-

technology-neutralactions

Providesfullvisibilityfordeployments,

includingnumerouscharts,graphs,

reportsandmetrics

OffersaRapidDevelopmentKitwhichenablesyoutocreatenew,reusableactions

Ifanerroroccurs,thedeploymentpausesandallows

forreal-timeremediation

Systemisimplementedusingahighly-scalable

three-tierarchitecture

Definecrossapplication

releases,viewacalendar,andtrackfeaturesandfixesacrossthepipeline


CAReleaseAutomationAdvancedTopics


EnablingArtifact-driven(Dynamic)Deployments

§ RAprovidesyouwiththeabilitytodynamicallypopulatethelistofdeploymentprocessesbasedonthetypesofartifactstobedeployed

§ Afterexaminingtheincomingpackage,theproperprocessesareaddedtothelist,alongwithanyrequireddependencies

WhatareDynamicDeployments?



§ Provideshighdegreeofadaptabilitywhendeployingyourcode

§ SimilartoaCItoolinflexibility;noneedtodeployeverything– justtheartifactsthatchanged

§ Noneedtowriteandmaintainscriptstohandlethedifferentcombinations/permutationsofincomingartifacts

BenefitsofDynamicDeployments



§ Usetheexampleworkflow(willbemadeavailable)

§ WhencreatingyourDeploymentTemplate,donotaddanyprocessestothemainphase(DeploymentSteps)tab

§ Confirmthatprocessesareauto-addedduringinitializationoftheDeploymentPlan

HowtoEnableDynamicDeployments





§ Associatingservertypeswithartifactdefinitions

DynamicDeploymentBestPractices


DemonstrationofArtifact-driven(Dynamic)Deployments


LeveragingSharedComponents

§ RAoffersSharedComponents,applicationcomponentsthatcanbeusedacrossapplications

§ Thecomponentsareversionedandcanonlybechangedbyanauthorizeduser

§ DifferentapplicationscanbeusingdifferentversionsofaSharedComponent

WhatareSharedComponents?



§ Provideshighdegreeofreusabilitywhendesigningyourflowsandprocesses

§ Enablesyoutodefineandenforcestandardsandbestpracticesacrosstheorganization

§ Versioncontrolforgreatertrackingandcontroloverchangesthecomponents

§ EnablesgreaterflexibilitysincedifferentapplicationscanbeassigneddifferentversionsofaSharedComponent

BenefitsofSharedComponents



§ DefineaSharedComponent

§ Addnecessaryactionsandcreateworkflows

§ Checkinchanges

§ AssignSharedComponenttoanapplication

HowtoLeverageSharedComponents






§ Branchingandcommitting

§ Sharingofparameters– Application– Component

SharedComponentBestPractices


DemonstrationofSharedComponents


DefiningandUtilizingEnvironments

§ InRAanenvironmentisalogicalentitythatmapstoareal-worldenvironment

§ Anarchitecturewithcertainservertypesisassignedtoit

§ Actualagentsareassignedtotheservertypes

WhatAreEnvironments?



§ Providehighdegreeofadaptabilityandflexibilitywhendeployingyourcodesincethey'redecoupledfromthelogicandartifacts

§ Allenvironment-relatedparametersandtokensareappliedatruntime

§ Agentscanbedynamicallyassociatedwithaparticularenvironmentandservertype

BenefitsofEnvironments



§ Addanenvironment

§ Assignprocesses

§ Createandassignanyenvironment-specificparametersandtokens

§ Mapagentstotheagenttypesviadrag-n-drop

HowtoDefineandUseEnvironments







§ Canarydeployments

§ Useofdifferentarchitectures

§ Assigningparametersfromexternalsources(e.g.passwordvault)

§ Dynamicassignmentofagents

EnvironmentBestPractices


DemonstrationofEnvironments


EmployingEnvironmentTokens

§ Specialtypesofparametersthatreplaceenvironment-specificvaluesinconfigurationfiles

§ Theproperenvironment-specificvaluesarepopulatedatruntime

§ Tokenscanbedifferentdatatypes,andyoucanapplyaRegExmaskthatenforcesvalidationoftokenvalues

§ TheycanbedefinedviatheWebGUIoranmanifestXMLfile

WhatAreEnvironmentTokens?



§ Savestime,asitpreventstheneedtocreateflowstoupdatetheconfigurationfileswithenvironment-specificchanges

§ Providesasingle,easy-to-useinterfacetomanagetokens

BenefitsofEnvironmentTokens



§ Createtokensandassignthemtoenvironments– Manually– Viamanifest

§ Providetokenvalues– Manually– Viamanifest– ViaRESTAPI

§ Associatetokenwithartifactdefinition

HowtoUseEnvironmentTokens






§ NumberofTokenstoUse

§ TokenManifestFiles

§ ArtifactsAffectedbyTokens

§ Namingconvention

§ Tokenmasktips

EnvironmentTokenBestPractices


DemonstrationofEnvironmentTokens


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