DevOps Tools

PuppetAvailable as free open source and paid versions, we leverage this go-to automation tool that automates critical manual tasks and simplifies them by abstracting critical configuration details across different OS and technology platforms.DockerBeneficial for Dev environments, we utilize Docker for quicker deployment to create their images or modify the existing ones as needed. A Docker-Puppet integration helps build robust images using more than seven million lines of Puppet code.JenkinsAutomating regular tasks, we use Jenkins, which enables CI/CD for any combination of coding language and source code repositories using a pipeline system. Allowing the usual scripting process, Jenkins ensures a robust procedure of integrating the entire DevOps chain.

TerraformAn infrastructure provisioning tool that maintains the state of infrastructure using ‘state files’. Through this tool, we facilitate public and private cloud infrastructure provisioning.AnsibleWe use this agent-less configuration management and orchestration tool, where configuration modules are defined as ‘Playbooks’. Written in YAML format, Playbooks are relatively easy to write compared to other related tools. It supports cloud provisioning.ChefWe leverage this ruby-based configuration management tool that uses ‘Cookbooks’, where infrastructure is coded in Domain-Specific Language with limited programming.

JenkinsA Java-based CI tool, we use this for faster app delivery as it requires association with a version control system such as GitHub. Pipeline-as-code functionality makes the CI/CD pipelines a complete code.VagrantA tool for configuring virtual machines for a developer environment, it contains plugins that support cloud provisioning, cloud management tools, and Docker.DockerThis works on the concept of process-level virtualization; Docker creates isolated environments for container apps.

ConsulWe use this open-source, widely available tool mainly for service discovery requirements and the right fit to store and retrieve configurations in real-time.EtcdWe use this open-source key-value store in Kubernetes to store the cluster operations and management state.VaultWe use this open-source tool to store and retrieve confidential data that provides options to store secret keys through encryption.

Prometheus and AlertmanagerPrometheus is a lightweight, open-source monitoring system built for modern application monitoring; it supports Linux servers and container monitoring. The Alert Manager takes care of the mechanism for monitoring metrics.New RelicThis is a SaaS-based app that supports monitoring of PHP, Ruby, Java, and NodeJS, among other applications; it gives insights into the real-time performance of running apps.SensuAnother open-source monitoring tool developed for cloud environments, easily deployable through Chef and Puppet.DatadogAnother SaaS-based application and server monitoring solution that helps monitor Docker containers and other related applications.

SplunkThis powerful tool has a significant role in monitoring and exploring machine-generated data. Its specialty lies in indexing data of any type, making it unique among other DevOps tools besides its effective information-sharing mechanism.GraphiteThis tool is specialized in converting machine-generated data into graphical representations such as on-demand graphs. It renders chunks of available data into dashboards and graphs, which can further be deployed easily onto other applications or webpages.

SeleniumSelenium is an open-source automated testing tool that supports multiple operating systems (Windows, MAC, Linux) and browsers (Chrome, Firefox, IE, and Headless browsers). It supports various languages for test script writing, like Java, Python, Groovy, C#, Ruby, PHP, and Perl. Robot Framework is the most popular framework used with Selenium for Continuous Testing.TestsigmaTestsigma is a cloud-based automation testing tool that supports testing Web applications, Mobile Web applications, Android and iOS apps, and APIs. It uses a simple, natural English language to compose tests and requires no complicated programming, reducing the learning curve for manual testers to adopt automation skills quickly. Testsigma allows multiple open-source and third-party integrations and continuously supports numerous test environments to match the dynamic testing requirements.IBM Rational Functional TesterA Rational Functional Tester (RFT) can perform functional testing, regression testing, data-driven testing, GUI testing, API testing, and performance testing. It supports various applications, including web-based, .Net, Java, Siebel, and PowerBuilder.Tricentis ToscaTricentis Tosca is a continuous testing platform that can be combined with open-source testing tools and more than 150 technologies. It supports model-based test automation, a scriptless approach that will reduce the maintenance overhead. It performs functional testing, load testing, BI testing, and risk-based testing.WatirWatir is an open-source automation and continuous testing tool based on the Ruby language. It supports cross-browser testing for Chrome, Firefox, IE, and Opera browsers. Watir also supports data-driven and headless browser testing, integrating with BDD tools and frameworks, including Cucumber, RSpect, or Test/Unit.

JenkinsOne of the most popular DevOps tools for supporting continuous delivery offerings through DevOps. As a continuous integration server and a continuous delivery hub, the Jenkins tool offers hundreds of plugins that can help build, deploy, and automate projects of any kind. The new Blue Ocean sub-project developed better options to run, build, and analyze project pipelines through Jenkins’s advancement.GitThis tool enables version control of software projects and is more familiar among Linux users. It has a unique advantage when sharing master versions of application files with distributed teams. But Git by itself doesn’t have a centralized repository.GitHubGitHub can be called an extended feature of Git. Addressing the centralized repository gap in Git, GitHub appears as a solution for hosting Git repositories. Easing information sharing across teams through graphical representations, GitHub bridges critical gaps between the teams, making information exchange more accessible and effective. The public and private repositories are available in paid versions.GerritThis is a web-based management solution for a Git-run control system. Gerrit allows you to manage code review and code repositories at a place.GoCDReliable and continuous integration from DevOps unique features, ensuring codes in short and reliable cycles. This continuous integration tool offers complete visibility throughout the workflow. With Go, one can easily compare builds and go beyond that with dozens of easily deployable plugins.MercurialThis is also similar to Git in its version-control feature. With an instant graphing tool, Mercurial is unique because of its distributed nature. Like Git, this tool has no dependence on a central repository.ChefA configuration-management tool for efficient web-scale IT operations. It uses the concept of ‘recipes’ for configuring databases, load balancing, and web servers.AnsibleAnother powerful tool that offers a continuous delivery feature. With effective server and configuration management, this tool eases IT automation, ending repetitive tasks and enabling faster deployments. Cloud provisioning application deployment is among other vital features of Ansible.KubernetesThis tool is a solution for age-old concerns related to server management, especially in updating and migrating servers. Kubernetes, an open-source tool, ensures a mechanism to deploy, maintain, and gauge containerized applications. This tool offers application predictability by limiting hardware resource usage.