DevOps is the abbreviation for “development, operations, and maintenance” and is a way for organizations to collaborate to build scalable, reliable, and secure applications for their customers. DevOps is a tool that organizations can use to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their development, operations, and maintenance processes.
There’s no question that DevOps is a growing part of the software industry. It’s no secret that there are hundreds of companies developing and deploying software on a daily basis. However, the way DevOps is being used is being revolutionized by the growth of IoT (Internet of Things) devices that are in the home, in the office, and on the go. IoT devices that are connected to IoT devices are now a common sight.
The advent of IoT devices has been a big game changer. In fact, some experts think it’s going to be what eventually leads to the collapse of the Software as a Service model. DevOps is one of those buzzwords that doesn’t have a real defined definition. Its all about how you get your software onto the IoT device, how you maintain the software, and how you support the software to make sure it does what you are being asked to do.
Here’s where a lot of problems are: We don’t have a defined IoT strategy, so we rely on software solutions. DevOps is all about managing that software, but most of the traditional resources that are needed for that arent available to us as we are just learning about tools and frameworks. So we end up building a whole new set of tools.
It’s not just software, but hardware as well. There is no one method that works for all IoT devices, so what works for one does not work for another. Thats why we have tools like DevOps that are not just software in the traditional sense, but are hardware solutions that can work with any device. The problem is that we can’t just throw software out to developers to implement as we run into limitations.
One way we solve this problem is to use DevOps frameworks. For instance, a DevOps framework like iot-toolkit is a framework that includes an IDE and a build system. This allows us to build any device out of a base image that includes all the tools and code needed to get it working. We use a DevOps framework like iot-toolkit because we feel this is the best way to manage device deployment.
We use DevOps frameworks because we feel they give us the best tools for deploying our devices. We also use DevOps frameworks because we’re not afraid to invest the time and effort into writing code and getting it actually running on a device. For instance, we’ve written our own device installer in iot-toolkit. We use DevOps frameworks because writing code for a device is a lot more fun than writing code for a single website.
So why do we use DevOps frameworks? They’re the best tool for managing and deploying our devices. After all, if you’re deploying to multiple devices, you’re not only running a more efficient server, your server costs less to run, but you’re also reducing the chance of a single device going down. We’re now using DevOps frameworks because we feel these frameworks are much less scary than writing code.
One of the more popular DevOps frameworks is the DevOps Open Source Software (DevOps OS) framework. It lets you write code for any device you wish, as long as its running a Linux distribution. There are a number of distributions out there, from Mandrake to Ubuntu, that support Linux. You can write code for any device you want, including Android, iOS, and Windows.
What’s surprising is that despite the fact that the OS is open source, it is still not that popular. Not because it isn’t useful, but because it is considered “unofficial.” The DevOps OS is used by developers from a number of companies, including Canonical, Adobe, and Red Hat (and yes, RHEL is based on the OS). This trend is probably due to the fact that it allows people without the expertise to use it.