Top 10 Devops Tools To Learn in 2022
Devops is an abbreviation of Development and Operations. It allows businesses to use automation to deploy new software as quickly as possible. We have seen rapid adoption of DevOps practices in recent years and we can observe this trend for coming years.
DevOps is intended to be a cross-functional mode of working, those who practice the methodology use different sets of tools. These tools are expected to fit into one or more of the following categories, reflective of key aspects of the development and delivery process:
Coding — code development and review, source code management tools, code merging.
Building — continuous integration tools, build status.
Testing — continuous testing tools that provide quick and timely feedback on business risks.
Packaging — artifact repository, application pre-deployment staging.
Releasing — change management, release approvals, release automation.
Configuring — infrastructure configuration and management, infrastructure as code tools.
Monitoring — applications performance monitoring, end-user experience.
These devops statistics show some promising numbers for its future:
- Traditional Ops is 41% more time-consuming overall
- Traditional Ops spends an average of 7.2 hours weekly on communication while
- DevOps spends 33% more time on infrastructure improvements
- DevOps spends 60% less time handling support cases
- 63% organizations experience improvement in the quality of their software deployments
- 63% companies release new software more frequently
- 55% notice improved cooperation and collaboration
- 38% reported a higher quality of code production
Source : upguard
Here is a curated list of Tools to learn to keep yourself updated into the market:
- Kubernetes
Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
Google originally designed Kubernetes, but the Cloud Native Computing Foundation now maintains the project.
If you need to expand your resources or manage a growing number of containers, Kubernetes is one of the best alternatives available. In a nutshell, Kubernetes allows developers the automation and scalability of container management while deploying it to a cluster of servers.
2. Ansible:
Ansible is an open-source software provisioning, configuration management, and application-deployment tool enabling infrastructure as code. It runs on many Unix-like systems, and can configure both Unix-like systems as well as Microsoft Windows. Ansible was written by Michael DeHaan and acquired by Red Hat in 2015. Ansible is agentless, temporarily connecting remotely via SSH or Windows Remote Management (allowing remote PowerShell execution) to do its tasks.
Ansible has lot of modules and active community, which make work easy for developer and operations guys. Also ansible is written in YAML which is very easy to understand and write as well.
3. Terraform
Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code software tool developed by Hashicorp. Terraform lets you define both cloud and on-prem resources in human-readable configuration files that you can version, reuse, and share.
The language in which terraform code is written in HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language). The language is easy to learn and hashicorp has an excellent documentation for this.
Terraform has four major commands:
$ terraform init
$ terraform plan
$ terraform apply
$ terraform destroy
4. Jenkins
Jenkins is a continuous integration server application that is used to automate and execute many tasks. It is one of the best tools for software deployment due to the hundreds of plugins available to assist with creating, delivering, and automating any project.
Some of the benefits of Jenkins include:
- It is open-source and free to use
- Lot of plugins to integrate
- Jenkins has a Matured Community
- Easily Configurable. Jenkins can be easily modified and extended.
5. Git
Git is a distributed SCM (Source Code Management) application that allows developers to follow the progress of their app development by keeping several source code versions.
Developers can maintain a history of their code and can revert to the previous version easily.
Linus Torvalds created Git in 2005, and since then, has become one of the most popular version control systems in the world of DevOps.
BitBucket, GitHub and Gitlab are popular Git repository hosting services right now.
6. Docker
Docker is an open source platform for building, deploying, and managing containerised applications.
You can create docker images of your production application and upload it to Docker Hub which is a repository of Docker images. It also has a lot of verified docker images from authentic publishers and communities.
Docker container provides process isolation and virtualization capabilities, which is very helpful when you are creating an microservice application.
7. Splunk
Splunk is used for monitoring and searching through big data. It indexes and correlates information in a container that makes it searchable, and makes it possible to generate alerts, reports and visualizations.
It detects errors by comparing logs created by multiple sources such as devices, websites, and apps that are part of the entire IT infrastructure. Splunk is an excellent tool for getting started with IoT integration.
8. Prometheus
Prometheus is a free software application used for event monitoring and alerting. It records real-time metrics in a time series database built using a HTTP pull model, with flexible queries and real-time alerting.
It generates metrics without interfering with app performance, is simple to configure, and scales utilizing federation and functional sharding.
Prometheus collects and stores its metrics as time series data, i.e. metrics information is stored with the timestamp at which it was recorded, alongside optional key-value pairs called labels.
9. Slack
Slack is a messaging platform for enterprises. It’s meant for teams and workplaces can be used across multiple devices and platforms, and is equipped with robust features that allow you to not only chat one-on-one with associates but also in groups.
Using slack you can share files, code snippets and integrate them using apps for better productivity. In slack you create channels starting with a hash (#). And you archive them too.
Slack has a cool feature called huddle when you can communicate via voice to a person or a group, just like voice call in whatsapp.
10. JIRA
JIRA is a ticketing tool by atlassian. It enables developers to plan, monitor efficiently, and deliver software by creating user stories, problems, and tasks and leveraging its reporting tools.
Some of the features of JIRA:
- The ability to plan agile work from project backlog to sprints.
- Fully customizable Kanban and Scrum boards.
- The ability to estimate time for issues as you prioritize your backlog.
- Robust reporting features, ranging from burndown charts to velocity measurements.
- Customizable workflows to fit your frameworks.
Conclusion
So, these were the top 10 DevOps tools which are recognized by companies across the globe. If you think that any of the tools are missed and you would like to add them, please don’t forget to mention them in the comment section below.
