The customer is a leader in financial technology, renowned for providing innovative payment solutions that facilitate transactions for businesses across India. As a key player in digital payments, they continually push technological boundaries to deliver secure and seamless payment experiences. Despite their success, the rapidly evolving digital payments landscape highlighted the need for greater agility and security in their software development processes.
While using GitLab, they lacked a well-defined repository organization or branching strategy, leading to disorganized code management
The build and release process was entirely manual, making it time- consuming, error-prone, and inconsistent, which increased deployment risks
Sensitive information, such as database credentials, was often exposed due to the absence of a proper secret management solution
Without a system to track and manage artifacts, maintaining past versions and rolling back to earlier releases were challenging
The CloudifyOps team set up a structured framework for source code management, secret management, version tagging, and artifact handling, improving organization, security, and control over deployments
By implementing clear branching strategies and better artifact handling, the team experienced smoother collaboration across various environments. The structured framework reduced merge conflicts and improved coordination between development, QA, and operations teams
By integrating security tools in the pipeline, code quality and security were continuously assessed, fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Teams received real-time feedback on technical debt and security vulnerabilities, allowing for proactive fixes before production releases
Deployment frequency increased by 40%, and lead time for changes was reduced by 30%. Automation in the CI/CD pipeline eliminated 60% of manual tasks, reducing human error and accelerating build and deployment cycles by 35%
Reliability across development, QA, and release environments improved, with a 50% reduction in defects and a 20% increase in test coverage, resulting in more stable, higher-quality releases and fewer production issues
Secret management improvements, like integrating HashiCorp Vault, ensured sensitive data (API keys, passwords) were securely handled. This not only enhanced security but also helped in meeting compliance requirements for sensitive information management
The reduction in build and deployment times, coupled with automated testing and error reduction, allowed the team to release features and bug fixes faster. This led to a noticeable reduction in time-to-market, allowing the business to respond more quickly to customer demands and market changes
The CloudifyOps team restructured the GitLab repository for environment-based branching and module-specific setup, enabling independent builds and deployments. Jenkins used Multi-Branch pipelines for dev, QA, release, and hotfix branches. The DevSecOps pipeline included SonarQube, OWASP Dependency-Check, Trivy, automated QA tests, and Slack notifications. HashiCorp Vault managed secrets securely, while Nexus centralized artifact management with role-based access and cleanup policies. This setup enhanced development efficiency, security, and scalability.
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