Pre-Con Lab: Getting Started (and Hands-on) with CA Release Automation Continuous Delivery Edition

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GettingStartedwithCAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryEditionAndrewCluttey- PrincipalConsultant,PreSales – CATechnologies

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Abstract

Isthevolume,quantityandcomplexityofreleasesfrommultipleorganizationscreatingnewbottlenecksinyourrapiddeliveryofapps?CAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryEditioncanhelpyourorganizationpulltogetherallaspectsofanextensive,heterogeneousreleasepipeline.Itprovidesasinglecontrolpointtomanage,releaseandtrackcontentformultipleapplicationsacrossanynumberoforganizationsanddeployments.Inthisgettingstartedsession,youwilllearnhowtoplanmultiple,concurrentreleases,linkuserstoriesanddefects,resolvedependencies,manageconflictsandpromotecross-teamcollaboration.

AndrewClutteyCATechnologiesPrincipalConsultantPreSales


Agenda

CHALLENGESFORCONTINUOUSDELIVERYPIPELINES

CREATEABASICRELEASE

QUESTIONSANDANSWERS

HANDSONLAB

MANAGINGMULTIPLERELEASES

HANDSONLAB

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ChallengesforContinuousDeliveryPipelines


ContinuousDeliveryEcosystem&Workflow

Writeuserstories(requirements)

Rightdatafortherighttestenvironment

Dev Test QA Prod

Continuousintegration(Build-Deploy-Test)

ContinuousDeliveryWorkflowBuild/deployment/promotiondashboardandreports

Adaptive,dynamicreleases Automated&manualtesting/testdata Deploymentworkflow,rollback,pre/posttasks

Automatedtestkick-off,tracking

Testingcoverage&progressreporting

Triggerbuild&deployinDev

Runbook

Deploymentautomation

Release&artifacttracking,environmentmgmt,baselining

Applicationknowledge

Linkapplication touserstories

ToDo Doing Done

ManageAuthorize

Triggerreleasedeployment

PlanReleases

PlanReleaseTrains

Promote

Definereleaseworkflow,gates&environments

Watchprogress(tracing,auditing,reporting)

Createreleasepackagewithbuild/deploy

status

Getappdefinition

ReleaseManagerProductOwnerBusinessUserScrumMaster

EnterpriseArchitect

Dev

Developers

QA

Test/QADeploymentManager

Customer

Implementcomponents

Defineapp:Components&versions

Infraprovisioning/environmentmgmt/PaaS/containerization/configurationmgmt

AgileCentral

Useapp


NewPressurePointsintheContinuousDeliveryPipeline

Forward-lookingcompanieshavebeendesigning,developinganddeliveringappsmoreeffectivelytodramaticallyimprovethecustomerexperience……anduncoveringnewpressurepointsintheContinuousDeliverypipeline.

Complexmulti-levelapplications

Havingtobalancevelocityandquantity

Multipleteamsonmultipleprojects

Prioritizingthedeploymentofthe

rightcontent


QA/TEST PRE-PROD PRODUCTIONDEV

ZERO-TOUCHDEPLOYMENT

ContinuousDeliveryDynamicDuoZero-touchDeployment+AdvancedReleaseManagement

ContinuousDeliveryDashboardOPTIMIZEPIPELINE

CAReleaseAutomation

CAReleaseAutomationCDEdition PLAN&MANAGE

RELEASES


Managingcomplexmulti-applicationreleases

CAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryEdition

Providingkeyperformancemetricsallowingcustomerstocontinuallyimprovetheirreleasepipeline

Answeringthequestion,whatcontentisinwhatreleaseandwhereisitintheReleasePipeline

Openintegration,andafocusedsetofintegrationpointswithCAtoolsdeliveringaCAcontinuousdeliveryecosystem


BuildingBlocksofaRelease

APPLICATIONSWhichapplicationsaregoingtobehandled?

WORKPLANWhatistheworkflowtobedoneineachphase?

TIMELINEWhenshouldeachphaserun?Dotheyconflict?

STAKEHOLDERSWhoarethepeopleparticipatingintherelease?

CONTENTWhichstories&bugsaregoingtobedelivered?


CreatingaBasicRelease


CAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryEditionObjects

ApplicationContentIntegrationInternalorExternalContent

AgileCentral/JiraUserStories,Tasks,Defects/Bugs

Stakeholders

Owners,Members

Tokens

UserDefinedlast_successful_build

ReleaseReleaseName,VersionApplication,

Owners,Members

Phase/sPhasename,ownersmanual,auto,

Schedenvironments

Task/sTaskname,description,ownerstask

type

UserManagementGroups,UsersLDAP,AD,Internal

TracksTrackname,ownersproductiontime

frameMilestonesApplications

Plug-insReleaseautomation

JiraAgileCentral(RallyPlatform)

Rest1.0Jenkins

ServiceNowContains

Contains


HighLevelWorkflow

RunRelease

Defineusers/groupsConfigureendpoints

AgileCentral,Jira,RA,Jenkins,RestServiceNow

ImportRAapplications

Manage/viewoutput

CreateRelease/sAddApplication/slinkcontentforApp

CreatePhase/sManual,scheduled,automaticStart/endtimes,environment/s

Addtasks/typeManual,rundeployment,rest,

Jira,AgileCentral


CreatingaBasicReleaseLab


LabSteps:Releases>NewRelease

Enterdataasshownin

graphic:

ApplicationsexistinCA

ReleaseAutomation

ClickCreate


LabSteps:GCCoffeeApplications

SeteachApplicationsversion.

Content,(Jira,AgileCentral,

Internal),cannowbe

associatedwiththe

application.

ClickCheckmarktosave


LabSteps:Releases>GCCoffee>Phases

CreatePhaseName:Stage

Choose‘Stage’from

environmentdropdown.

Setfrom/to– Today/Tomorrow

Conflictgenerated:planned

dateisoutsidedefined

maintenancewindowsforthe

Stageenvironment

ClickCreate


LabSteps:Phase>Stage>Createtasks

Createtasksbasedondatain

table.Alltasksruninnumbered

sequence

Tip:Duplicate4th and5th tasks

from3rd taskbyhighlightingtask.

Changetaskspecificdata

andclicking

1st Task: 2nd Task: 3rd Task:

4th Task: 5th Task:


LabSteps:CheckYourDefinedTasks

Checkthatyourstageisidenticaltothesequenceinthegraphic.

Note:Sequenceisimplied,asshownbythegapbetweentasks.Iftasksneededtoruninparallel,youwoulddragthetasktowardsthetaskwhichneededtoruninparallel


LabSteps:CreateProductionPhase

Highlight‘stage’phaseto

duplicate

DuplicatePhase:Stagetocreate

Productionphase

Changeall‘stage’environment

referencestobe‘production’

ChangePhasetoAutomatic

Deletetask:Readiness


LabSteps:UpdateProductiontasks

Editalltasksinproductionphase

andmakesuretheir

environmentispointingtothe

‘production’environment


LabSteps:RunRelease

ClickthetoruntheStage

phase

Thereadinesstaskisjustan

exampleofusingamanual

runbooktask,inthiscaseto

confirmallreadinessforthe

release.

MarktheManualtaskas‘Done’


LabSteps:ConfirmYourReleaseWasSuccessful

Checkthatallthetasksrun

successfully.

TheReleasecanbemarkedas

done,whenithasbeendecided

thatitiscomplete.

Checktheactivitywindowfor

activitiesperformedduringthe

release

“Congrats”


ManagingaCAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryEditionRelease


CAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryEditionOffersImportantContinuousDeliveryIntegrationPoints


ALM

ContinuousIntegration

Testing

Provisioning

Deployment

ChangeManagement

ApplicationTracking

ReleaseExecution

ProductivityMetrics

ProcessImprovement

ConflictAvoidance

BusinessValue

§ CAReleaseAutomation

§ CAAgileCentral/Atlassian Jira

§ Jenkins

§ Rest

§ ServiceNow

§ CustomPlug-in

DATA&OPERATIONS


WhatMakesUpTheContentsOfARelease§ InstallerchecksforJDKandpromptsforTomcatinstallationfolder

§ DownloadfromCAsupportsiteConfigureEndpoints

DefineinternalAppsandimportRA

Appsfromdefinedendpoint/s

DefineRelease,Phase,Taskandlink

associateduserstories,issuesetcto

individualappswithineachrelease

AgileCentralUserStories Task

Defects

JiraIssues

PluginsRunDeploymentRunProcess

JiraAgileCentralServiceNow

RestManual

Phase:Stageestimated start/enddatesSelectAppEnvironment

Task1RunDeployment:App1

Linkcontent


Linkcontent


Linkcontent

Task4JiraAdd/Update/CreateIssues

Task5AgileCentralTask/DefectUpdateChecktest

caseresults

Task6Rest– Get.Post.PutDelete,patch,head

Task7Manual

Task8ServiceNow – create/updatetask

Create/updateChg ReqWaitforapproval

Phase:Productionestimatedstart/enddatesSelectAppEnvironment


Linkcontent


Linkcontent


Linkcontent

Task4JiraAdd/Update/CreateIssues

Task5AgileCentralTask/DefectUpdateChecktest

caseresults

Task6Rest– Get.Post.PutDelete,patch,head

Task7Manual

Task8RunProcess

Release AApp1,App2,App3

OwnersLinkContenttoApplication

contains


PluginCapabilitiesinCAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryEdition

RunDeployment RunProcess Manual Rest

RunRAdeploymentsutilizingall RAintegrations.

UsedtorunindividualRAprocesseswithouttyingto

adeploymentplan

Addanymanualrunbooktasksand/oranymanualdecisionneededforthe

phase

Usedtoautomateanytasksnotcovered byastandardpluginand

supportsRest

AgileCentral

LinkAgile Centralcontent,aswellasupdatingtask/defectstatus

and/orcheckingtestcaseresults

ServiceNow

Create/update ServiceNowtaskorChangeRequest.

WaitforSNOWapproval

Jira

LinkJira content,aswellasruntaskstoadd/updateorcreate

issues


CAReleaseAutomationCDEdition– ContinuousDeliveryMetrics





AgilelyManageComplexityofCross-ApplicationReleases

ReleaseA

ReleaseB

ReleaseC

ContinuousDelivery

Story1

Story2

Story3

Story4

Storyn

§ Releaseandtrackstoriesindependentlyorgroupedbasedonbusinessrequirements

§ Mapcustomerfeedbacktouserstories,featuresandbugfixesmovingthroughthereleasepipeline

§ Gainvisibilityofandreconciledependencies

Manageandmonitormulti-applicationcontentthroughthereleasecycle


CAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryEditionReleaseTracksEnableVisibilityandGovernanceofKeyReleaseswithinLargeEnterpriseReleases

ReleaseA

ReleaseB

ReleaseC

Story1

Story2

Story3

Story4

Storyn

Manageandmonitormulti-applicationcontentthroughthereleasecycle

ReleaseTrack1

Groupandmanagereleasestoacommonreleasecycle&scheduleortofulfilldependencies

UseReleaseTrackstodrivecadenceofreleases

deliveredtoproduction

ContinuousDelivery


DynamicReleasePipelineTasks§ InstallerchecksforJDKandpromptsforTomcatinstallationfolder

§ DownloadfromCAsupportsitePipelineshavetobedynamic!!!

Forexampleinamultiapprelease,one

appdeploymentfails,youneedtobeable

to:

Rerunjustthatdeploymenttask,skipthat

task,runthewholephaseagain,skipthe

restofthephaseetc.etc.


UnderstandingYourReleaseDates§ InstallerchecksforJDKandpromptsforTomcatinstallationfolder

§ DownloadfromCAsupportsite


EndtoEndTraceabilityAcrosstheReleasePipeline§ InstallerchecksforJDKandpromptsforTomcatinstallationfolder

§ DownloadfromCAsupportsite AssociateCDE

Application task

ToContent

DefineCARelease

AutomationCDEdition

(CDE)Release

LinkJira/AgileCentral

ContenttoCARelease

Automation(RA)

ApplicationinCDE

Jenkinsbuildtriggers

CDERelease fornamed

App

CDEContentReportshowswhatcontent

deliveredinrelease

CDEApplicationReport

showsdeploystatus

RAdeploys build. Artifact

Managementin RAhasbuildnumber

1 2 3

4 5 6




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ManagingCAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryReleases- Lab


Labsteps:ManageaCAReleaseAutomationContinuousDeliveryReleasePlaceholder

RunRelease

ConfigureApplicationContent

Checklast_successful_build

CreateServiceNowticket

Manage/viewoutput

InspectCalendarandconflicts

AddReleasetoTrack ConfigureReleasetasks


Labsteps:ConfigureApplicationContentStep1,Step2,Step3etc


Labsteps:CheckJenkinsintegrationStep1,Step2,Step3etc


Labsteps:ServiceNowticketStep1,Step2,Step3etc


Labsteps:ManageCalendarStep1,Step2,Step3etc


Labsteps:ManageCalendarStep1,Step2,Step3etc


Labsteps:ConfigureReleaseTasksStep1,Step2,Step3etc


Labsteps:RunreleaseStep1,Step2,Step3etc


Labsteps:ManageOutputStep1,Step2,Step3etc


Questions?


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