Case study
Building CI/CD and testing for a full-stack monitoring and alerting service
Client type
A software provider offering hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) and cloud servicesBusiness goal
Build a continuous integration system that is easy to use and simple to develop for multiple engineers around the worldOur approach
- Provide a team of experienced engineers
- Use our expertise in building CI/CD pipelines and test automation
- Start working immediately in an already existing environment
- Focus on automation and ensuring a high-quality final product
- Foster cooperation among all stakeholders in the project
Business benefits
- Saved time: development cycle time reduced by 50%.
- Ensured quality: created an easier way to identify critical issues and automatically block deployment of unstable code.
- Improved product quality: increased test coverage by more than 80% in crucial parts of the client's system.
- More efficient build system: used separated components and clean CI workflows.
Technical highlights
Designed the new CI/CD system:
- Run periodical, scheduled builds
- Run full system builds or selected components only
- Run partial builds triggered by pull request
- Created a complex build system
- Created multiple cross-dependencies with multiple management systems
- Constructed overall architecture from separate blocks with minimal dependencies
- Ensured high scalability and reliability
Built the test automation framework:
- Created smoke, component, e2e and UI tests
- Used complex, cloud-based architecture
- Used a multi-platform framework
- Ensured high scalability and reliability
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