Adopting Kubernetes has introduced several new complications on how to verify and validate all the manifests that describe your application. There are several tools out there for checking the syntax of manifests, scanning them for security issues, enforcing policies etc. But at the most basic case one of the major challenges is to actually understand what each change means for your application (and optionally approve/reject the pull request that contains that change).

On January 4, 2023, we alerted customers to a security incident. Today, we want to share with you what happened, what we’ve learned, and what our plans are to continuously improve our security posture for the future.

Customers can now integrate Cloudsmith with Roadie, letting users monitor key Cloudsmith data within the Roadie developer portal. Cloudsmith has just announced an exciting new integration with Roadie, a start-up that provides SaaS for Backstage, a service catalog open-sourced by Spotify that automatically tracks your microservices. Organizations use Roadie to build a software catalog and developer portal for internal systems, centralizing information in one convenient location.

GitLab CI is a powerful tool for managing the software development and deployment process. It allows you to define and automate build, test, and deployment pipelines and provides features such as version control, collaboration, and continuous integration. However, while GitLab CI is an excellent tool for managing a single environment, it can have some limitations when it comes to managing multiple environments, especially dynamic environments.

Continuous delivery is a software development approach in which code changes are automatically staged for production release. A foundation for modern application development, continuous delivery extends continuous integration by automatically deploying code changes to test and production environments after the build phase. When properly implemented, developers have deployable build artifacts that have passed a standardized testing process and can be deployed to environments as needed.

Better DevOps makes for more efficient engineering teams and more reliable releases, and when it comes to DevOps, it doesn’t get better than GitOps. According to DevOps-As-A-Service: One of the many goals of DevOps is to reduce Time To Value (TTV) and to provide faster feedback while enabling developers to easily self-service or not have to engage to get a service at all.