Simplify CI/CD with a General-Purpose Software Catalog
Summary
Too many sources of truth can lead to several problems, including increased complexity, metadata inconsistency, difficulties updating data and, most of all, an inability to apply automation. By including relevant data about the clusters, environments, cloud regions and vendors in the software catalog, the CI/CD process can be more intelligent and automated, leading to better engineering. This is particularly useful in the context of a CI/CD pipeline, where developers, DevOps and machines need to be able to quickly access information about how different parts of the system are related. An API-first approach also makes it easy to build integrations with other tools and systems, such as creating a dashboard with information about your infrastructure and applications. A software catalog with CI/CD metadata can create a single source of truth, solve version and security issues, and allow automation of deployment processes and more.