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How can you ensure your continuous delivery system works with different platforms?

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Continuous delivery is a software development practice that enables you to release new features and updates to your customers faster and more frequently. However, it also poses some challenges when you have to deal with different platforms, such as operating systems, browsers, devices, or cloud services. How can you ensure your continuous delivery system works with different platforms and delivers consistent and reliable results? Here are some tips to help you.

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Mayank Madhukar

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1 Use cross-platform tools

One of the first steps to ensure your continuous delivery system works with different platforms is to use tools that support cross-platform development and testing. For example, you can use a code editor that has syntax highlighting and debugging features for multiple languages, a version control system that can handle different file formats and line endings, or a testing framework that can run on various browsers and devices. Using cross-platform tools can help you avoid compatibility issues and reduce the complexity of your workflow.

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Cross-platform tools like Ansible, OpenStack, containers and others create a layer of resilience. Be rigorous in selecting such tools where your infrastructure and deployment methods are involved. The initial upfront time cost will pay you back in spades by allowing you to: - avoid vendor lock - automate data migration - frequently update software - prevent major changes in developer environment - try new things easily

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2 Automate your builds and tests

Another key step to ensure your continuous delivery system works with different platforms is to automate your builds and tests as much as possible. Automation can help you save time, reduce errors, and ensure consistency across different environments. For example, you can use a build tool that can generate executable files for different operating systems, a continuous integration server that can trigger and monitor your builds and tests, or a deployment tool that can deploy your code to different cloud services. Automation can also help you implement feedback loops and quality gates that can alert you of any issues or failures.

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3 Use containers and virtualization

A third step to ensure your continuous delivery system works with different platforms is to use containers and virtualization technologies. Containers and virtualization can help you isolate your applications from the underlying infrastructure and create consistent and reproducible environments. For example, you can use a container platform that can package your code and dependencies into lightweight and portable units, a virtual machine that can simulate different operating systems and hardware configurations, or a cloud service that can provide on-demand and scalable resources. Containers and virtualization can also help you improve your security and performance.

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Knowing when virtualization & containers vs scripted deployments are best can be a hotly debated subject. That said, containers and VM images provide extreme levels of portability and assurance that what ran once, will run again. The age-old running joke, "well it ran on my machine," is the pain-point containers go after head-on. They tackle this job very well. Keep in mind the downsides as well, however. Containers and VMs come at a performance and maintenance cost. There are ways to mitigate each, but they require the knowledge and skill to do so. Updating containers is often seen as bad practice, yet this often leaves you reliant on external forces to keep critical infrastructure in good shape when it comes to security patches.

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4 Use configuration management and orchestration

A fourth step to ensure your continuous delivery system works with different platforms is to use configuration management and orchestration tools. Configuration management and orchestration tools can help you manage the state and behavior of your applications and infrastructure across different platforms. For example, you can use a configuration management tool that can automate the installation and update of your software components, a orchestration tool that can coordinate the deployment and operation of your containers and virtual machines, or a service mesh that can control the communication and security of your microservices. Configuration management and orchestration tools can also help you enforce policies and standards.

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5 Use monitoring and logging

A fifth step to ensure your continuous delivery system works with different platforms is to use monitoring and logging tools. Monitoring and logging tools can help you collect and analyze data from your applications and infrastructure across different platforms. For example, you can use a monitoring tool that can measure the availability, performance, and reliability of your services, a logging tool that can capture and store the events and errors of your applications, or a dashboard that can display and visualize your metrics and logs. Monitoring and logging tools can also help you troubleshoot and optimize your continuous delivery system.

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6 Use feature toggles and canary releases

A sixth and final step to ensure your continuous delivery system works with different platforms is to use feature toggles and canary releases. Feature toggles and canary releases can help you manage the exposure and risk of your new features and updates to your customers across different platforms. For example, you can use a feature toggle that can enable or disable a feature based on a condition, a canary release that can gradually roll out a feature to a subset of users, or a feature flag that can control the behavior of a feature based on a parameter. Feature toggles and canary releases can also help you test and validate your continuous delivery system.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Mayank Madhukar

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Some ways which can be helpful are : - Using infrastructure as code (IaC) to make sure that the infrastructure configurations are consistent across various platforms, reducing deployment discrepancies. - Using parameters to externalise the environment specific variables. these can be passed as input params of config file. - Using Platform-independent build tools. It compiles and creates software artefacts while abstracting away platform-specific details. some of the examples are: Apache Maven, Gradle, Cake etc. Using these techniques, we can develop solutions that work consistently across various platforms.

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1 Use cross-platform tools

2 Automate your builds and tests

3 Use containers and virtualization

4 Use configuration management and orchestration

5 Use monitoring and logging

6 Use feature toggles and canary releases

7 Here’s what else to consider

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7 Here’s what else to consider

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