Continuous Delivery shows how tocreate fully automated repeatable and reliable processes for
rapidly moving changes through build deploy test and release. Using these techniques
software organizations are getting critical fixes and other new releases into production in
hours - sometimes even minutes - evenin large projects with complex code bases. Jez Humble
and David Farley begin by presenting the high-level principles and practices required to
succeed with regular repeatable low-risk releases. Next they introduce the "deployment
pipeline " an automated process for managing all changes from check-in to release. Finally
they discuss the "ecosystem" needed to support deployment pipelines from infrastructure to
data management and governance. The authors introduce many state-of-the-art techniques
including in-production monitoring and tracing dependency management and the use of
virtualization. For each they review key issues demonstrate how to mitigate risks and
identify best practices. Coverage includes · Overcoming "anti-patterns" that slow down
releases and reduce quality · Automating all facets of configuration management and
testing · Implementing deployment pipelines at team and organizational levels ·
Scripting highly-effective automated build and deployment processes · Triggering
automated processes whenever a change is made · Automating acceptance testing from
analysis to implementation · Testing capacity and other non-functional requirements ·
Utilizing continuous deployment rollbacks and zero-downtime releases · Managing
infrastructure data components dependencies and versions · Navigating risk
management compliance and other obstacles Whether you're a developer architect tester or
manager this book will help you move from idea to release faster than ever - so you can
deliver far more value far more rapidly.
