Welcome to 2021! Here’s what you can expect from Armory this year
Jan 18, 2021 by Armory
Welcome to the new year! Here are some current updates and the latest with Armory as we continue to add to our platform to enable cloud-native software delivery for any workload.
1. Full GitOps model for managing Armory’s enterprise-grade distribution of Spinnaker
Armory has introduced three new features that allow any organization to quickly gain benefit out of Armory. With these features, you can deploy code to any cloud platform with our best-in-class continuous delivery (CD) platform.
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- Armory Operator Custom Resource Definition (CRD) for
yamlbased installs: https://docs.armory.io/docs/installation/operator/- Armory Kustomize patch yamls: https://github.com/armory/spinnaker-kustomize-patches.
- Armory Kustomize patch yamls: https://github.com/armory/spinnaker-kustomize-patches.
- Armory Operator Custom Resource Definition (CRD) for
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- Armory Pipelines-as-code and CRD: https://docs.armory.io/docs/spinnaker-user-guides/using-dinghy/
- Armory Pipelines as CRD: https://docs.armory.io/docs/spinnaker-user-guides/pacrd/
- Armory Integrations as Code: Integrate with Jenkins, Git, JIRA, ServiceNow as Code through YAML: https://docs.armory.io/docs/armory-admin/jenkins-connect/
- Armory Pipelines-as-code and CRD: https://docs.armory.io/docs/spinnaker-user-guides/using-dinghy/
2. Full (IaC) integrations with Terraform and Pulumi
Armory has been listening. Organizations are looking to automate the provisioning of Infrastructure critical to running their workloads in the cloud. This is completely streamlined as part of the build, deploy, release process with Armory.
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- Armory Terraformer: https://docs.armory.io/docs/armory-admin/terraform-enable-integration/
- Armory Pulumi Plug-in: https://www.armory.io/blog/extend-spinnaker-to-make-your-existing-software-delivery-tooling-more-valuable/
3. Armory Agent for Kubernetes.
Armory is working with Kubernetes shops running at some of the highest scales in the industry. We understand the explosion of clusters, namespaces, and pods. We put these issues top of mind as we develop a cutting-edge continuous delivery platform that solves the complex issues teams face at blitzscale.
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- Armory Agent for high scale kubernetes: https://docs.armory.io/docs/armory-agent/armory-agent-quick/
- Intro to Armory Agent for kubernetes: https://www.armory.io/blog/introducing-armory-agent-for-kubernetes/
If you are in the process of evaluating continuous delivery solutions in 2021 and would like to learn more about Armory then please reach out to us here. We’d love to get an idea of any deployment challenges you are currently facing and if Armory might help you address those challenges.
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