DevOps Periodic Table (Part-2)

Explanation of Some Tools as per Their Categories

In the first part of the periodic table, we learned about tools categorized from A to Z. Now, in the second part of our periodic table series (Part 1 & 2), we will delve deeper into these categorized tools.” You can read our first part to know deeper and more about periodic table in this given link:

https://devopscurry.com/periodic-table-of-devops-tools/

1. Continuous Integration (CI) Tools

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• Jenkins: Among the top priorities of CI/CD tools, Jenkins holds a position since its inauguration in 2011. It is an open-source tool for on-premise CI automation and is web-based, available for free. Jenkins can be used on Linux, macOS platforms, and Windows. It facilitates the automation of CI/CD in the cloud and is designed for cloud providers and Kubernetes clusters. It possesses the capability to enhance building and testing through the development of machine networks.

 

• TeamCity: TeamCity, an open-source tool founded on CI/CD principles in Java, is highly extensible. It is developed by JetBrains, the same company behind important tools like IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm. TeamCity can be installed on Linux Servers and Windows. While a 14-day free trial version is available, the full version costs $45 per month. It also supports the launch of formulated agents in Kubernetes clusters.

 

• CircleCI: A large-scale open-source project, CircleCI provides CI/CD pipelines as Workflow. It supports programming languages across various platforms, including macOS, Linux, and Windows. Additionally, it is compatible with cloud-based platforms such as Google Cloud, Azure, and AWS. CircleCI is focused on scalability and speed, making it easily recognizable. It can be accessed for free or purchased at $30 per month.

 

• Bamboo: Developed by Atlassian, Bamboo is organized into five slabs: storage, tasks, project, plan, and jobs. This comprehensive tool is designed to manage automated pipelines. Bamboo is not available for free and starts with a pricing of $10 per year. It supports programming languages like SVN, AWS, and Git, and comes in various variants, including cloud-based or self-hosted.

 

2. Source Code Management

• GitHub: GitHub is a web-based platform that offers collaboration and version control for all software development projects. Developers use it to organize and collaborate on code. It was originated by Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath & PJ Hyett in April 2008 & it become the famous code hosting platform. It plays a important role in the growth of the open-source software movement.  It is a important platform for sharing, contributing, learning to the world  development community.

 

• GitLab: Similar to GitHub, GitLab is a web-based platform that provides CI (continuous integration), version control, and collaboration for software development. It also offers additional features, including CI/CD abilities. GitLab is available in both free and paid versions, providing end-to-end support for software development.

 

3. Continuous Delivery/Development (CD) Tools

 

• Spinnaker: Spinnaker, an open-source CI platform developed by Netflix, is designed to increase application update speed and reduce related challenges. A large community or organization, including SAP, Netflix, Google, AWS, Azure, and Oracle, is supported by Spinnaker. It works with cloud providers like Google App Engine, Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure, AWS EC2, OpenStack, and Google Compute Engine. Spinnaker is used by Netflix to manage cloud VMs for pipeline delivery. Its main goal is to ensure reliable deployment, generating continuous integration that manages groups of servers. Spinnaker is utilized by various organizations in production to automate their software delivery process, with JVM-based services and an AngularJS UI.

 

• Drone: Drone is an open-source CI/CD platform that automates software application deployment and testing. It also integrates with several tools to enhance CI/CD processes, including Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub, and GitLab. It is created with a container first approach. It utilized a simple, a file that is simple human reading to define pipelines steps and settings. It also provide a good and versatile platform for software delivery pipeline for automation.

 

4. Configuration Management

 

• Ansible: An open-source configuration management, orchestration, and automation tool that manages IT infrastructure. It utilizes YAML (Yet Another Markup Language) for configuring files, known as playbooks. Ansible’s main objective is to organize and reuse playbooks effectively.

 

• Puppet: Puppet is designed for automated configuration, management, and provisioning of IT infrastructure. It utilizes its own domain-specific language (DSL) called Puppet language. It permit the organization to manage, define and enforce the desired state of their infrastructure and application across a diverse range of systems and environment.

 

5. Containerization & Orchestration

 

• Kubernetes: Kubernetes, an open-source containerization and orchestration platform, is highly popular and available as a service across various cloud providers. Coined from the Greek word for “pilot,” Kubernetes was introduced by Google in 2014 to manage applications operating inside containers, automate deployment, and more.

 

• Docker: Docker is a platform that allows packaging of applications, including libraries, into single container images. Docker comprises components like Dockerfile, Docker engine, container, and image.

 

Conclusion: In the periodic table the elements are arranged and categorized as per their features as we have discussed in previous blog and classified and provide the detailed information about all the details element with separate tools. all tools has their own features and some of the tools are very popular in the market.