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Transparency In Your App Deployment Tools Is A Good Thing
The other day, my colleague Andrew Philips and I were discussing various topics. We started discussing the reasons that our customers pick XL Deploy over some of our competitors. Before I started at...
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Deploying Applications with Gradle and XL Deploy
If you use Gradle to build your project, you can now automate project deployment using the new XL Deploy plugin for Gradle, which is available in the XebiaLabs community. With this plugin you get a new...
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11 Things to Consider When Evaluating Application Deployment (ARA) Tools
Based on our experience we have found there are several land mines that you need to be aware of when evaluating your Application Deployment (or Application Release Automation/ARA) tools. As a Senior...
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Deploy a WAR file to OpenShift with XL Deploy using rules
This article is about performing a Tomcat WAR deployment to OpenShift using XL-Deploy. It makes use of xl-rules and rhc client. So there are three different ways to publish your java application to...
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XL Deploy’s Seamless Integration with AWS CodePipeline
I’m at the AWS Summit in NYC, which seems a fitting place to talk about the new integration between XL Deploy and AWS CodePipeline. CodePipeline is Amazon Web Services’ cloud-hosted continuous delivery...
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Backstage with Andrew Phillips
“I have not yet met a software developer who is more proud of the ROI of the software they develop than they are of the human response to what they are making. The history of our species has been to...
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Creating XL Release Tasks Dynamically Using Jython API
This blog post caters to users who have a good understanding of Tasks in XL Releases and also know how to code in python. It talks about how you can make the best use of enhanced Jython API that has...
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Docker Container Delivery vs. Traditional App Delivery in XL Deploy
In the past, application deployment meant moving lots of components – provided by developers to lots of servers, databases etc. managed by Operations. With Docker and containers, we often hear...
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What We Learned from Fully Automating our Own Release Process with XL Release
At XebiaLabs we build products to help companies visualize, automate and control the process of releasing their software. Of course, we have our own release process too – and like pretty much...
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Creating an XL Deploy CLI Extension
In the newer versions of XL Deploy (5.x) there is a new feature that allows you to put the XL Deploy server in maintenance mode. This allows you to prevent users from making changes to the repository...
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XL Deploy Control Task for Managing A Repository
Today we’ll talk about how you can write a Control Task in XL Deploy using Jython for managing the contents of the XL Deploy Repository itself. Control Tasks Control tasks are actions that can be...
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Now Spin Up Cloud Infrastructure and Deploy with XL Deploy 5.5
One of the great merits of using XL Deploy is that it helps you to maintain one way of working across the different types of middleware and different applications. With the new provisioning features...
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How to Modernize Mainframe Applications
It’s official, mainframes are here to stay. And that’s a good thing, considering how much we depend on them to this day. Mainframes are used in almost all industries from finance and banking to...
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Repository Backups: No Permissions Left Behind
We’re excited to announce the beginning of our blog series, “DevOptimus Prime’s Tool Tips!” This series will explore DevOps and Continuous Delivery tools, best practices, how-to’s, and new features....
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6 Reasons Why XL Deploy is the Best – A Customer’s View
One of our customers was kind enough to share with us why they chose XL Deploy for Deployment Automation, rather than a well-known enterprise vendor who offered big discounts for their product. They...
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How to Build Fabulous Software That Matters – Expert Advice
Martin Van Vliet, Vice President of Engineering for XebiaLabs. Building software since the good old days of Apple ][, Martin van Vliet is a born developer. What began as a high school hobby, turned...
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How to Manage Application Dependencies Like a Pro
As enterprises grow and scale to meet market demand, they’re finding it vital to move away from monolithic applications. Instead, a great number of organizations are transitioning to development...
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DevOps and Security: From the Trenches to Command Centers
Shared values, if you’re doing it right, doom and gloom if you’re not. Previously, system administrators frequently were responsible for security: applying patches, building firewalls, enforcing...
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DevOps at NJM Insurance
Organizations across every industry are upgrading core technology platforms to accelerate software delivery. In addition, heavily regulated industries like Insurance demand strict practices to ensure...
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Reliable, Automated Deployment at Scale: DevOps at KLP
Kommunal Landspensjonskasse (KLP) is Norway’s largest insurance company, delivering safe and competitive financial and insurance services to the public sector, enterprises associated with the public...
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