Why Vx
The Vx DevOps pipeline – Goals and key value drivers
Security
• Secure and auditable platform in production environment
• Secured artefact management system as part of the core platform
system i.e. JFrog Artifactory
Availability
• Scalable and highly available for use across all applications in the
bank
• Service desk available during business hours. 24x7 On-call support
for critical incident
Centralised platform
• Centralized one-stop complete end-to-end Continuous Integration and
Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) functionalities
• Support for all popular build management and runtime frameworks
with flexibility to support the next cutting-edge technology
At par with industry standards
• Industry standard source code management system as part of the
core platform system i.e. Git Bitbucket
• Production name space for secured production-ready artifact
promotion (PTP). i.e. next generation DoD
• Change Management approved system with integration to Remedy
for straight through CR creation and validation for zero CR lead time
• Community contributions to Jenkins pipeline code share library
Simplification
• Low adoption barrier and easy to onboard via user friendly Vx Automation
graphical interface
• Easy to follow step-by-step getting started tutorial with working example
Build and Deploy
• Continuous Deployment to production environment via Bank PSS-
approved RunDeck deployment system
• End-to-end build & release telemetry metrics virtualization through
Grafana via Kafka data streaming
• SDF process integration and control automation
Integration
• Integration with automated testing tools (Genie)
• Integration with static code analysis scanning tools (SonarQube)
• Integration with code vulnerability scanning tools (GIS IBM AppScan)
• Integration with artefact vulnerability scanning tools (JFrog X-Ray)
• Integration with Open Source Inventory Management system (Sonatype
Nexus Lifecycle)
• Integration with private and public cloud IaC via Terraform i.e. AWS, CIS
private cloud
• Integration with popular container orchestration platform i.e. Redhat
Openshift Enterprise, Google Kubernetes
• Integration with state of the art drift management system (UpGuard)
• Integration with industry standard logging and monitoring system i.e. ELK,
AppDynamic
• Integration with industry standard configuration management system
(Ansible)
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