CloudBees
unveiled CloudBees Core for Kubernetes Continuous Delivery, a brand new
continuous delivery solution that organizations can use to rapidly
create, deploy and manage cloud native applications for Kubernetes.
CloudBees Core for Kubernetes Continuous Delivery is the only commercial
offering built with Jenkins
X, an advanced open source project for deploying modern cloud native
applications and microservices to Kubernetes,
fully leveraging Kubernetes for ephemeral execution of CI/CD pipelines.
The new CloudBees offering builds on the success of Jenkins X, providing
DevOps managers, application development leaders and digital
transformation leads a richer user experience to manage and visualize
teams, applications and environments.
"In their desire to fully embrace the benefits of cloud native
architectures, organizations have been looking for a way to build and
deploy cloud native apps using emerging best practices of empowering
developers through instant previews and GitOps without having to learn
the intricacies of Kubernetes," said Christina Noren, chief product
officer, CloudBees. "CloudBees Core for Kubernetes Continuous Delivery
provides a streamlined path to the cloud, helping teams to manage their
software delivery environments seamlessly without sacrificing the
strength of an enterprise-grade continuous delivery solution."
CloudBees Core for Kubernetes Continuous Delivery makes it easy for
developers to build in the cloud, offering them a guided workflow and
promotion of immutable releases through all of their environments. It
gives developers the ability to quickly establish continuous delivery
best practices by providing an opinionated workflow that leverages
GitOps with environments managed as code. It also provides integrations
to a curated set of open source projects of the Cloud Native Computing
Foundation community around Kubernetes, providing a supported set of
integrations and validated implementations for a dynamic ecosystem.
The CloudBees Core for Kubernetes Continuous Delivery solution includes
a variety of key features that help organizations get the most out of
their container environments. Key features include the following:
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Powerful CLI that manages pipelines, previews and promotions
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Quickstart language packs that enable users to build, configure and
deploy
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Out-of-the-box integrations with best of breed tools in the Kubernetes
ecosystem
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Manage environments as code with GitOps, which enable stress free
rollbacks and version control
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Serverless Jenkins, which removes the Jenkins master as a single point
of failure
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The ability to manage teams, applications and environments with a rich
user experience
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Expert professional support