What is DevOps?

DevOps is a set of practices, tools, and a cultural philosophy that automates and integrates the processes between software development and IT teams. It emphasizes team empowerment, cross-team communication and collaboration, and technology automation.

DevOps Lifecycle

Because of the continuous nature of DevOps, practitioners use the infinity loop to show how the phases of the DevOps lifecycle relate to each other. Despite appearing to flow sequentially, the loop symbolizes the need for constant collaboration and iterative improvement throughout the entire lifecycle.

It consists of 6 phases:

• Plan

• Build

• Continuous integration and delivery

• Monitor and alert

• Operate

• Continuous feedback

Benefits

• Speed

• Improved Collaboration

• Rapid deployment

• Quality and reliability

• Security

Let's talk about all these phases and DevOps practices in upcoming articles.

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