UrbanCode Blogs

Quick Look at uDeploy & Jenkins

Eric Minick — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:43:52 +0000

uDeploy can have new builds pushed to in by Jenkins automatically using a plugin that provides a post-build action. Here’s what it looks like: We also have an hour long uDeploy / Jenkins demo.

uDeploy 4.6 Released

Eric Minick — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:59:03 +0000

Version 4.6.0 of uDeploy is now available. Supportal users can view the full release notes and download it. Agent Updates Agents are now more distinct from Resources as a management concern. Resources simply represent a deployment target while Agents are … Continue reading →

Free Delivery: 5 things Amazon taught me about Deployment Automation

Eric Minick — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:10:38 +0000

Early this week, I noticed a lightbulb went out and we were out of spares. Instead of adding a trip to the store to my todo list, my first instinct was to order a lightbulb off Amazon with two day … Continue reading →

uDeploy built-in properties run-down

Eric Minick — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:01:47 +0000

A few folks suggested to me that a bit more information on the built-in properties and property scoping for uDeploy would be handy. Message received, and we'll flesh out the documentation on that front. In the meantime, here's a quick list of the automaticly available properties. Continue reading →

Agile is reaching Operations (via DevOps)

Eric Minick — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:01:24 +0000

This week I presented at the Mile High Agile conference. Along with Urbancode, the usual suspects were there as sponsors. The agile project management vendors Rally and VersionOne had the biggest displays, and a pile of consultants and trainers filled … Continue reading →

uDeploy 4.5 is Here

Christopher Strah — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:54:15 +0000

We’re excited to announce the release of version 4.5 of uDeploy – our Application Release Automation product. uDeploy 4.5’s new features are a direct result of customer feedback, and make it even more powerful than before. The workflow editor has … Continue reading →

AnthillPro 3.8.3 Released

Eric Minick — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:14:27 +0000

The March 2012 release of AnthillPro was focused on bug fixes, but a handful of nice little features were added as well to deal with common headaches: Read only views of configuration: Editors used to be the only ones who … Continue reading →

3 Myths about Release and Deployment Management

Eric Minick — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:03:40 +0000

At Urbancode, our AnthillPro and uDeploy products are often used primarily by Release and Deployment teams. As we work with our customers, who have or are considering creating these teams, we encounter a handful of misconceptions about the practice. Release … Continue reading →

Gartner also observes DevOps mixing with ITIL

Eric Minick — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:45:21 +0000

We recently recorded a webinar looking at trends in ITIL Release Management and found synergies with the DevOps philosophy. ITIL seems to have a stronghold in larger organizations, with established operations teams and a risk-adverse attitude. Meanwhile, the DevOps movement … Continue reading →

Continuous Delivery’s Trouble with Web Services

Eric Minick — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:30:41 +0000

Typical Continuous Delivery, where builds are promoted along a pipeline or lifecycle is broken for complex architectures – especially web service based applications. I love these build promotion approaches and have cheered them on for six years, but they use … Continue reading →