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Top 10 DevOps Tools

Read about the most popular


DevOps tools which is used
by DevOps Engineer

DevOps is an important component for software


industry today. Developing and implementing a
DevOps culture helps to focus IT results and to
save time and money as the gap between
developers and IT operations teams closes. Just
as the term and culture are new, so are many of
the best DevOps tools these DevOps engineers
use to do their jobs efficiently and productively.
To help you in your DevOps process, we have
searched and created this list of DevOps tools.

These are the top 10 tools:1. Chef


2. Jenkins
3. Puppet
4. Ant
5. Apache Maven
6. Logstash
7. Docker
8. New Relic
9. Gradle
10. Git

Chef
1. Chef
Chef is an extremely popular tool among DevOps
engineers. From IT automation to configuration
management, Chef relies on recipes and resources
so you can manage unique configurations and feel
secure knowing Chef is checking your nodes and
bringing them up to date for you.
Key Features:
.Manage nodes from a single server
.Cross-platform management for Linux, Windows,
Mac OS, and more
.Integrates with major cloud providers
.Premium features available

Jenkins
2. Jenkins
An extensible continuous integration engine, Jenkins is a top tool
for DevOps engineers who want to monitor executions of
repeated jobs. With Jenkins, DevOps engineers have an easier
time integrating changes to projects and have access to outputs
to easily notice when something goes wrong.
Key Features:
Permanent links
RSS/email/IM integration
After-the-fact tagging
JUnit/TestNG test reporting
Distributed builds

Puppet
3. Puppet
Puppet is an open-source configuration management tool. It runs
on many Unix-like systems as well as on Microsoft Windows, and
includes its own declarative language to describe system
configuration. DevOps engineers often rely on Puppet for IT
automation. Get a handle on configuration management and
software while making rapid, repeatable changes with Puppet.
Key Features:
Automatically enforce consistency of environments
Works across physical and virtual machines
A common toolchain
Support key DevOps best practices, including continuous delivery

Ant
4. Ant
A Java library and command-line tool, Apache Ant looks to
drive processes described in build files as targets and extension
points dependent upon each other. This build automation tool
is one that saves DevOps engineers a great deal of time.
Key Features:
Supplies a number of built-in tasks for compiling, assembling,
testing, and running Java applications
Builds non-Java applications, such as C or C++ applications
Pilot any type of process which can be described in terms of
targets and tasks
Extremely flexible and does not impose coding conventions or
directory layouts to the Java projects which adopt it as a build
tool

Apache Maven
5. Apache Maven
DevOps engineers can manage a projects build,
reporting, and documentation from a central piece of
information with Apache Maven. A software project
management and comprehension tool, Maven has been a
reliable tool for DevOps engineers.
Key Features:
Simple project setup follows best practices
Easily work with multiple projects at one time
Large repository of libraries and metadata that continue
to grow
Extensible, with the ability to write plugins in Java or
scripting languages

Logstash
6. Logstash
For open source log processing, search, and analytics,
Logstash is a popular tool among DevOps engineers.
Because Logstash is licensed under Apache 2.0, you can
use it in the way that best suits your needs.
Key Features:
Collects, parses, and stores logs for later use
Includes a web interface for searching and drilling into all
of your logs
Ship logs from any source, parse them, timestamp them
correctly, index them, and search them

Docker
7. Docker
An open platform for distributed applications, Docker is an
application for DevOps engineers who want to build, ship, and
run any app, anywhere. With Docker, you can quickly
assemble apps from components and work collaboratively.
Key Features:
Assemble multi-container apps and run on any infrastructure
Compose an app using both proprietary containers and Docker
Hub Official Repos
Manage all containers of an app as a single group
Cluster an apps containers to optimize resources and provide
high-availability

New Relic
8. New Relic
With New Relic APM, DevOps engineers spend less time
monitoring applications and more time building and
deploying. A popular, reliable tool, New Relic APM is a great
choice for DevOps engineers.
Key Features:
Helps in the build, deployment, and maintenance of web
software
Application monitoring in one place
Cross application and transaction tracing
Database and availability and error monitoring

Gradle
9. Gradle
Gradle is a robust tool for automating building,
testing, publishing, and deploying software packages
and other projects. With the combined power and
flexibility of Ant and Maven, Gradle is an open source
build automation system perfect for DevOps
engineers.
Key Features:
Declarative builds and build-by-convention
Language for dependency-based programming
Structure your build
Deep API
Multi-project builds
Ease of migration

Git
10. Git
Git is a mature, actively maintained open source project
originally developed in 2005 by Linus Torvalds, the famous
creator of the Linux operating system kernel. Git is a free
and open source distributed version control system designed
to handle everything from small to very large projects with
speed and efficiency.
Key Features:
Working offline
Fast to Work With
Repositories Are Smaller
Moving or Adding files
Ignore Certain Files
Branches
Check the Status of Your Changes
Stash Branches
Cherry Pick Changes from Branches

These are the most popular DevOps tools


which are used by DevOps engineers or
practioners these days. But to make most
out of these tools you need to have proper
knowledge of these tools like installation
process, implementation process, where to
you use, how to use, troubleshooting and
much more. scmGalaxy can help you to
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