Introduction In DevOps, upgrades are rarely exciting. They don’t ship new features (most of the time). They don’t impress clients. They don’t always get leadership applause. And yet, over the years at To The New, one thing has become very clear to us: DevOps teams that do upgrades regularly move faster, stay safer, and break […]
Introduction Generative AI (GenAI) applications are becoming increasingly popular in enterprises, powering use cases like chatbots, text summarization, code generation, and more. However, developing these applications is only half the battle — ensuring smooth deployment, scalability, and continuous improvement is where CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) pipelines play a critical role. In this blog, we’ll walk […]
MongoDB Recovery Practice — DR Drill Automation with Terraform, Python & Jenkins When disaster strikes, the only thing that matters is how fast and reliably you can get your database back. Backups on a shelf are worthless if you can’t restore them under pressure. I built an automated MongoDB restore pipeline with Terraform, Python, […]
Introduction In today’s DevSecOps pipelines, security can no longer be an afterthought and given short shrift; it must be baked in upfront. Container images, on which today’s apps are built, include frequently the operating system packages, the third-party libraries, and the app requirements that may come pre-packaged with known vulnerabilities if not properly controlled. These […]
Introduction At To The New, we help customers across various industries develop cutting-edge, scalable infrastructure. However, you must first tame the beast before you can scale anything. And in this case, the beast was Jenkins. Jenkins setups that have grown disorganized over time are a problem for many organisations. Engineers spend more time troubleshooting than […]
Introduction Keeping internal NPM packages safe during continuous integration and delivery is more important than ever, and a private registry such as Sonatype Nexus offers a simple, central way to do this. In the steps that follow, you’ll learn how to link Jenkins to a Nexus NPM feed, whether your builds run inside Docker or […]
Introduction: The Growing Need for Salesforce DevOps Salesforce is a CRM platform for managing client relations, sales prospecting, marketing automation, business intelligence, and more. Like most modern cloud-based solutions, Salesforce allows customization which enables businesses to create and implement custom applications, workflows, and integrations. In spite of the many advantages, salesforce requires deployments, version control, […]
Introduction In today’s fast-paced software development environment, DevOps teams must ensure that their deployment processes are streamlined, secure, and efficient. Nexus, a robust artifact repository, plays a crucial role in managing software dependencies and ensuring that teams have swift and dependable access to necessary resources. However, the traditional method of managing Nexus configurations through settings.xml […]
Introduction Managing user permissions on a busy Jenkins server can be a headache. With a bunch of teams needing different levels of access, it’s easy for someone to end up with too much power, and that’s a risk. One stray click can knock over a prod pipeline. To fix this, you need a clear access […]
