Harness Blog: DevOps, CI/CD Insights

DevOps, Discussions, and Droids: Harness's Adventure at DevOpsDays Halifax

Explore key DevOps trends from DevOpsDays Halifax 2024, including AI's impact on operations, CI/CD optimization, and advanced observability techniques. Gain insights from industry experts on navigating the DevOps chasm and enhancing developer productivity.

Cloud-based CI/CD

In a cloud-based CI/CD platform, your CI/CD software runs on cloud infrastructure instead of on-premises.

Harness Guardrails and Resilience

Discover how combining Open Policy Agent (OPA) and ChaosGuard strengthens both compliance and resilience in DevOps. This blog highlights how these tools work together to secure and fortify your infrastructure against the challenges of modern DevOps environments.

Unlock New Possibilities with Custom Recommendations

Custom Recommendations powered by Cloud Asset Governance enables you to create a tailor-made recommendation with just a simple YAML. The Harness AI automatically generates these YAML policies. Custom recommendations leverage the power of policy-as-code and the simplicity of recommendation workflows to simplify lifecycle management.

4 Essential Strategies for Azure Cost Optimization

Optimize Azure costs by understanding usage, leveraging Reserved Instances, autoscaling, and using tools like Harness for efficient cloud management.

Dark - Beyond Traditional Enterprise Themes

Colors-defining themes are too basic. Learn how we take theming in our product to the next level.

Navigation Design for an Array of Software Delivery Tools

Learn how we came up with a simple solution to tackle our wide array of product modules and personas at Harness.

Harness Product Updates August 2024

Here is what has been changing in the previous month across Harness Products.

Designing for Enterprise Scale

Learn how we keep our designs consistent, dynamic, and relevant across our ever-growing list of product modules at Harness.

Securing Containers With DevSecOps

DevSecOps is the most effective means of detecting and remediating known vulnerabilities in application containers.

Simplify Serverless and AWS SAM Deployments with multiple runtime support and pre-execution commands

Managing different runtime versions and handle complex dependencies without slowing down your deployment pipeline.

What is Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)?

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) is an approach to application security testing whereby an application (typically a web application or service) is analyzed for security vulnerabilities when it is running, using a tool that simulates attacks and observes the application’s corresponding behavior.

What Is Application Security Testing?

Application Security Testing is the practice of scanning various aspects of an application throughout its development lifecycle for the purpose of uncovering and remediating known vulnerabilities, thus strengthening the application’s security posture.

IaC is Great, But Have You Met IaCM?

This blog highlights the critical role of Infrastructure as Code Management (IaCM) in enhancing IaC practices, ensuring security, compliance, and efficiency in managing complex infrastructure at scale.

Discover Azure DevOps Alternatives

Discover the best Azure DevOps alternatives and replacements to enhance your software development processes. Compare top tools and make an informed decision for your team.

Basics of CI CD pipelines

A CI/CD pipeline is an automated workflow that enables teams to deliver software more frequently and reliably by automating the integration, testing, and deployment processes.

Learn About Database DevOps at KubeCon

Announces our upcoming talk at Kubecon and provides a introduction to the database devops content that will be discussed.

GitOps vs. DevOps: What's the Difference?

Understand the differences between GitOps and DevOps, their workflows, and which approach(es) best suit your organization.

What Is Software Supply Chain Security?

Organizations need to secure their software supply chains against a growing number of sophisticated attacks aimed at software artifacts and DevOps toolchains.

CI/CD Tools: The basics

CI/CD, which stands for continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment, aims to streamline and accelerate the software development lifecycle

What is Continuous Integration Testing

Continuous Integration (CI) testing is integral to the CI process that focuses on automatically verifying the correctness and quality of code changes.

DevOps Audit Trail: Introduction, Benefits, and How Harness Does It

Discover the critical role of DevOps audit trails in enhancing security, ensuring compliance, and boosting operational efficiency.

Continuous Integration Best Practices

The Ideal Continuous Integration (CI) process is essential for maintaining software functionality and quality.

Comparison: Argo CD vs Flux

Compare Argo CD vs Flux, the top GitOps reconcilers for Kubernetes

What Is A Software Supply Chain?

Learn about the software supply chain and how it needs to be secured against a growing number of sophisticated cyber attacks.

What is Cloud Cost Management?

Cloud cost management is a comprehensive approach to optimizing your cloud resources, ensuring you get the most value from every dollar you spend.

Harness Product Updates July 2024

Here is what has been changing in the previous month across Harness Products.

How Changes to Database Schemas Slow Down Application Delivery

Accelerate app delivery by automating database schema changes, ensuring data integrity, and adopting a DevOps approach. Learn key strategies here.

AWS CodeCommit Deprecated - What Should You Do Next?

Migration to a new SCM is always challenging. The right considerations and migration strategies can significantly help with the process.

What is DevSecOps?

Learn about DevSecOps and how you can approach the seamless integration of security throughout the SDLC to deliver secure software at high velocity.

9 Key Benefits of CI-CD

Examine the nine most impactful benefits of continuous integration and continuous delivery

CI/CD Security: An Overview

Discover the importance of maintaining a secure "chain of custody" in CI/CD processes and how Harness can help.

Software Supply Chain Security Best Practices

Learn best practices for securing the software supply chain and establishing better governance, risk, and compliance practices throughout the SLDC.

Global Software Outages Don’t Have to Happen. Here’s a Better Way.

Implementing modern DevOps practices can significantly reduce disruptions and enhance operational stability in complex multi-cloud environments.

What Is Shift Left Security?

Learn about shift left security and how to implement it for delivering more secure software without degrading the developer experience or productivity

SLSA: Supply Chain Levels for Software Artifacts

The Supply Chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA) is a crucial framework for ensuring software artifacts are tamper-free.

Top Benefits of Continuous Integration

The main benefits of continuous integration is the ability to easily maintain, update, and scale codebases and provide customer satisfaction.

Harness Recognized as a Strong Performer in Forrester's Cloud Cost Management and Optimization Wave

Harness has been named a Strong Performer by The Forrester Wave™ for Cloud Cost Management and Optimization (CCMO) in Q3 2024.

Software Testing in Continuous Delivery

Software testing and Continuous delivery are complimentary practices to drive rapid and safe releases of software.

Harness SCS Now Features Repo Security Posture Management (RSPM)

Harness expands its supply chain security offerings with RSPM, giving customers the ability to identify misconfigs in code repos

Seamlessly Migrating Git Repositories from Azure DevOps to Harness

Discover common challenges and their solutions for migrating Git repositories from Azure DevOps to Harness in this high-level guide.

What is the GitOps Workflow

Learn about GitOps workflows, a modern software development approach that uses Git repositories to manage infrastructure and applications.

Why You Should Use OpenTofu Instead of Terraform

This blog post highlights the reasons for switching from Terraform to OpenTofu.

Engineering Metrics That Matter to Your Bottom Line

Discover the latest update in the Business Alignment report and learn how it helps you link engineering efforts directly to specific business outcomes

Get Started With Harness Chaos Engineering Free Plan

Harness Chaos Engineering leverages the open-source LitmusChaos project to offer a comprehensive and free platform for implementing chaos testing

Announcing the ServiceNow integration for Harness SEI

We're excited to announce that now you can integrate Harness SEI with the ServiceNow platform.

Harness Product Updates June 2024

Here is what has been changing in the previous month across Harness Products.

Harness Launches Three New AI-Powered Cloud Cost Optimization Features

Harness CCM unveils three powerful features for automated cloud governance, commitment management, and container orchestration to slash cloud costs.

LitmusChaos Cloud Migrates to Harness Chaos Engineering Free Plan

LitmusChaos Cloud has transitioned to Harness Enterprise SaaS, offering a free plan with full enterprise features and limited monthly experiment runs.

Travis CI Alternatives To Consider

Are you looking at Travis CI - or looking for alternative CI tools? Look no further - we've got you covered.

Overcoming GitOps Scaling Challenges with Harness

At an enterprise level, scaling GitOps becomes a massive challenge. Here's how you can scale your GitOps solution.

Running CircleCI Orbs Without CircleCI

Learn how to run Orbs both locally and in alternate environments, such as Harness CI

Effective Branch Rules for Your Git Repo

Learn how to use branch rules in Harness Code Repository to maintain code quality, enforce best practices, and streamline your Git workflow.

Automating Kubernetes Resource Discovery and Chaos Experiment Creation

Harness Delegate automates Kubernetes resource discovery and chaos experiment creation, enhancing efficiency and resilience in chaos engineering

Retrieval Augmented Generation and Split

Boost AI accuracy for developers! Split leverages Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to provide developers with highly accurate and relevant AI features by incorporating domain-specific information.

Automation of Harness Continuous deployment entity creation using Terraform resources and OpenTofu

Stepwise tutorial for creating Harness entities and how you can reuse existing terraform scripts to create resources.

What's New with Harness AI: Elevate Your DevOps with Enhanced AI Capabilities

Discover the latest updates in Harness Harness AI, including automated code generation, dashboard generation, and more to elevate your DevOps

Mastering CODEOWNERS: Streamline Code Ownership in Your Git Repository

Leverage CODEOWNERS to streamline code review. Understand syntax, best practices, and ensure the right people manage the right parts of your codebase.

Harnessing Chaos Safely: An Introduction to ChaosGuard

Discover how Harness ChaosGuard revolutionizes chaos engineering by providing a secure and controlled framework for managing system disruptions. This

Split + Harness: Unlocking the Future of Software Delivery

Split and Harness join forces! A strategic move that combines best-in-class feature management with a robust delivery platform, empowering developers to innovate faster.

Welcome Split to the Harness team

Harness is acquiring Split Software to deliver the most powerful Feature Management and Experimentation offering in the industry.

Protecting Against Poisoned Pipeline Execution

Learn the different types of PPE attacks, and how to minimize or eliminate the threat to your automation pipelines.

Understanding Rollbacks in Software Development

Discover essential software rollback strategies to ensure system stability and seamless recovery. Optimize deployments with Harness’s feature flag solutions.

Building robust and resilient Harness pipelines with Failure Handling support

Let's talk about what are the different scenarios for failure and how we effectively handle failures in Harness pipelines.

Celebrating $150M In New Financing to Accelerate Innovation

Harness secures $150M to empower developers and reduce toil. Focused on AI, it aims to transform software delivery, boosting productivity and success.

Gitness Can Keep a Secret: Exploring Secret Detection Capabilities

Learn how Gitness detects and prevents secret leaks in Git repositories, boosting security and protecting sensitive data.

Feature Flags and Cloud Cost Management

Discover how this strategic combination can help you manage feature releases while monitoring cloud costs effectively.

Harness partners with Semgrep through integration of SAST scanners in Harness STO

Announcing Harness's partnership with Semgrep, featuring the integration of Semgrep open source SAST and Semgrep Code into Harness STO

Integrating third party tools with Harness Deployment pipelines for improved efficiency

Streamline deployments by integrating third-party tools with Harness pipelines for better testing, performance, and security.

New Release: Split Suite iOS and Out-of-the-Box Metrics Are Now Live

Effortless feature analysis is here! Split eliminates manual configuration by automatically generating key metrics and capturing performance data, empowering faster decision-making.

Harness becomes first certified CI/CD platform vendor to partner with Wiz

Announcement blog detailing the partnership with Wiz and integration of Wiz CLI into Harness STO

Migrating a GitLab Group to Harness Code Repository

Learn how to migrate a GitLab group to Harness Code Repository seamlessly. Follow steps for setup and CI pipeline execution.

GitHub Actions Plugin for Reusable CI/CD Pipelines

Harness CI now supports GitHub Actions for reusable CI/CD pipelines, enhancing efficiency and consistency in your development workflow.

Seamlessly Migrate from Spinnaker to Harness

Learn how to easily migrate pipelines from Spinnaker to Harness CI and CD.

Streamline Multi-Environment Delivery with Painless Traffic Routing

At Harness, our mission is to simplify your delivery process. We're excited to introduce our latest feature: out-of-the-box traffic routing. This enhancement empowers you with east-west traffic routing capabilities. Choose your preferred routing service provider, whether it's SMI or Istio, and you'll be up and running in no time!

Harness the Power of AI for Effortless Cloud Governance

Take control of cloud costs with Harness Cloud Cost Management's AI-powered governance. Automatically identify waste, right-size resources, and enforce smart policies for proactive cost savings.

MLOps and DevOps: Bridging the Gap

Learn how MLOps and DevOps converge to optimize machine learning projects, from inception to deployment, leveraging CI/CD for efficient delivery.

Shipped by Harness - April 2024 Product Updates

Here is what has been changing in the previous month across Harness Products.

Instructor-Led Training Now Available from Harness University

Today with the goal of accelerating your success, we are now offering in-depth training courses on Harness Modules as part of Harness University.

Introducing new Catalog Ingestion APIs to make Harness IDP truly yours

These capabilities allow you to update or ingest additional metadata in the Software Catalog for components and use it to customize your Catalog pages UI, build new Scorecard checks and provide dropdown pickers in the Workflows UI.

Split and Stable Diffusion: Feature Flags With Generative AI

Fine-tune generative AI with feature flags! Split integrates with Stable Diffusion, enabling control over image generation and data refinement for a more tailored and impactful user experience.

Making Shift-left Security Even Easier: Built-in Scanners and Automatic Configuration with Harness STO

STO product feature update on STO's built-in one-click scan and auto-configuration capabilities

Announcing Business Alignment 2.0 - Connect Engineering to Business Value like Never Before

Announcing a new experience for measuring Business Alignment metrics on Harness SEI.

How SCIM Provisioning Automates User Identity Management

SCIM provisioning automates user identity management by establishing a common schema for creating, managing and deleting users across applications, streamlining authentication.

An In-depth Look at Achieving SLSA Level-3 Compliance with Harness

Technical overview of how customers can achieve SLSA Level-3 compliance with Harness CI and SSCA modules in order to ensure software is tamper-free.

XZ Utils CVE-2024-3094: Block and Remediate with Harness SSCA

Technical blog detailing how Harness SSCA can block and remediate CVE-2024-3094

Introducing Developer 360 pricing by Harness - supercharge your Developer Experience the easy way

Introducing Developer 360: Harness' new, simplified pricing model offers greater transparency, flexibility, and ease of use.

The Ultimate Guide to Cloud Proof of Concepts

Discover how to test-drive the cloud before committing. This blog is your guide to cloud proof of concepts, choosing the right application, and managing cloud costs with Harness.

Influencing Without Authority Is All About Aligning Incentives

Aligning incentives is key to influencing others, even without authority. Learn how to design win-win situations to achieve your goals.

A New Way to Understand Your Product Usage

Introducing an easier way to understand your Continuous Delivery Module utilization with the new Product Usage tab. This dynamic dashboard offers insightful glimpses into feature utilization within Harness, your proficiency level with the module, and handy graphs providing quick updates on deployment activities and frequencies.

March 2024 Product Updates

Harness Product Updates. Learn what has changed in Harness over the previous month.

Automate CI/CD effortlessly with Harness Code Repository Trigger

Automate CI/CD with Harness Code Repository triggers. Simplify pipelines using pull requests and push events.

The Lifecycle of Software Releases Explained

Mastering the software release lifecycle—spanning alpha, beta, and production stages—is key to efficient development. Embracing Agile and DevOps methods, along with innovative tools like feature flags, ensures smoother, faster releases.

From dbt to SQLMesh

Explore the shift from dbt to SQLMesh, highlighting the benefits of improved state management, templating, and efficiency in data transformation.

Top 3 Sprint Metrics to Measure Developer Productivity

When sprint results fail to deliver, product quality suffers. This blog outlines the top 3 sprint metrics to measure sprint success.

Why Harness IDP, powered by Backstage, is Your Gateway to Effortless Developer Portal Excellence

Harness believes in the power of Backstage as the go-to open source framework for powering Internal Developer Portals. However, as a framework rather than a ready-to-use solution, Backstage poses many adoption challenges in terms of completeness and maintenance. This is where Harness steps in, offering a full-featured Internal Developer Portal product, an enterprise-grade solution built on top of Backstage to address these pain points and elevate the developer experience

Choosing the Right Cloud Deployment Model

Choosing the right cloud deployment model means balancing security, control, and cost-efficiency. Learn how private, public, hybrid, community, and multi-cloud approaches each meet different business needs effectively.

Introducing Git Experience for Services, Environments, Infrastructure and Overrides in Harness CD

Effortlessly store service, environment, and infrastructure definitions, along with their overrides, directly in Github in Harness CD.

Harness Cloud Asset Governance: Cloud Custodian & Beyond

Leverage Cloud Asset Governance to help you take your cloud governance to the next level.

The Difference Between Rolling and Blue-Green Deployments

Rolling and blue-green deployments offer distinct benefits for software delivery: rolling deployments ensure a gradual, stable release, while blue-green deployments enable instant rollbacks for enhanced reliability. Choose the strategy that aligns with your team's needs for efficiency and control.