StrategicIT ePMOLite DevOps
Overview
ePMOLite is a project management solution developed by Numino
Labs, designed to streamline and enhance the efficiency of project
management. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools to facilitate
project planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and real-time
collaboration. The product's core objective is to address the
common challenges faced by project managers, such as fragmented
workflows, inefficient tracking, and lack of integration with
other essential tools.
As ePMOLite evolved and its user base expanded, the need for a
robust DevOps strategy became evident. Maintaining consistent
performance and ensuring seamless updates in a growing and complex
environment necessitated the adoption of DevOps practices. These
practices aimed to increase deployment frequency, reduce failure
rates of new releases, and shorten the lead time between fixes,
ultimately driving more efficient and reliable software delivery.
Problem Statement
The primary goal of setting up DevOps for ePMOLite was to enhance the
software development lifecycle through automation, achieving the
following objectives
Increase Deployment Frequency:
Enable more frequent releases to meet the growing demand for new
features and updates.
Improve Reliability:
Ensure that each deployment is stable and minimize downtime through
automated testing and monitoring.
Enhance Collaboration:
Foster better communication and collaboration between development
and operations teams.
Optimize Resource Management:
Efficiently manage resources to handle scaling and peak loads
without compromising performance.
Features
The DevOps setup for ePMOLite incorporates several advanced features
to ensure efficient development, deployment, and management of the
application.
Continuous Integration (CI)
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Automated Builds:
Automatically compile and build the codebase whenever changes are
committed, ensuring that the latest version is always ready for
testing.
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Unit Testing:
Execute automated tests on each build to catch issues early in the
development process, reducing the likelihood of bugs reaching
production.
Continuous Delivery (CD)
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Automated Deployment:
Deploy the application to staging and production environments
automatically, reducing the risk of human error and accelerating the
release process.
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Rollback Mechanisms:
Implement automated rollback procedures to revert to previous stable
versions in case of failures, ensuring minimal disruption to users.
Comprehensive Engineering Environments
Multiple Environments: ePMOLite operates in various engineering
environments, including Development, Staging, multiple Demo instances,
Production, Professional User Environment, and Enterprise User
Environment. This setup ensures thorough testing and smooth
transitions from development to production.
Robust DevOps Tools Integration
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Slack: Facilitates seamless team communication and collaboration,
ensuring prompt issue resolution and coordination across teams.
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GitLab: Manages source code repositories, version control, and
continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines,
enabling efficient code management and automated deployments.
Solution
Multi-Environment Setup
To ensure smooth and reliable transitions from development to
production, ePMOLite operates across multiple engineering
environments. Each environment serves a specific purpose.
Branching and Deployment Strategy
The solution employs a dual-repository system:
Infrastructure Code Automation
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Contains Python scripts for automation of tasks responsible for
creating the infrastructure.
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Features master (production) and feature (local development)
branches, with code promoted to master after successful QA testing.
ePMOLite
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Hosts the primary application code containing the business logic.
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Manages separate branches for professional and enterprise users,
with synchronized code publishing in development and demo
environments.
Automated Provisioning
The DevOps setup for ePMOLite was designed to automate the creation
and deployment of new environments, ensuring a seamless and efficient
process for onboarding new users and scaling the application.
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Customer inputs necessary details(first name, last name, email,
password) in the sign up page.
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An environment will be set up for the customer through an automated
process
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Customer receives notification of his environment deployment with
credentials
The steps for automated provisioning include
Conclusion
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By automating the entire process, from user sign-up to environment
deployment, the solution has achieved faster onboarding, enhanced
scalability, and improved operational efficiency.
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Use of Infrastructure as code, has resulted in a more reliable and
consistent deployment pipeline
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The solution has empowered the development and operations teams to
collaborate more effectively, enabling the rapid delivery of new
features and updates.
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As a result, ePMOLite is better positioned to meet the evolving
needs of its users, providing a robust and scalable project
management solution that can adapt to the challenges of a dynamic
business environment.
