The DevOps operating model and its supporting CI/CD toolsets implementation approach to managing IT is changing the roles and responsibilities of IT resources, as well as the traditional design, delivery, and operation processes. This chapter will enable you to make the process changes that are required for the adoption of DevOps. We will look into the highest priority processes to transform and apply techniques to compare and contrast the key differences between legacy operating models, processes, and team structures with the strategic operating model that's required for DevOps. We will also go through VMware vRealize Code Stream (vRCS) and its orchestration for DevOps release processes and continuous application delivery.

You will learn about the DevOps Cloud operational model for the private cloud. which enables developers to seamlessly deploy, configure, and manage production-ready applications by leveraging VMware Cloud Automation services, along with configuration management tools such as Puppet to accelerate DevOps operations. You will also learn about CI/CD with VMware Kubernetes Engine (VKE).

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Application development life cycles
• Automation with vRealize
• vRCS