Jira
Jira is a widely used platform that helps track bugs and projects. It’s available either on-premises or as SaaS. Jira’s user-friendly interface makes it easy to view a project’s development status, manage releases and dependencies, create pull requests, track progress, and more.
Jira project dashboard
Jira makes it easy to automate tasks with a drag-and-drop interface, and it also connects to tools like GitHub, Microsoft Teams, and Bitbucket. On top of that, the tool offers advanced reports, roadmaps, Kanban and Scrum boards, and much more.
Git
One of the best DevOps offerings used by teams in the software industry is Git. It’s a free, open-source code management and version control tool that can help track the progress of development projects, large and small. Git lets you save different versions of your source code and easily revert to earlier ones. What’s more, it lets you experiment by creating separate branches and adding new features as soon as they’re ready.
Gradle
Every DevOps stack needs a reliable build tool, and Gradle is just the thing. This multilingual build automation tool has been around since 2009 and supports C++, Java, Python, and other languages.
Gradle DevOps tool
According to Gradle, its compile time is 100 times faster than that of one of its main competitors, Maven. How does it pull off that kind of speed? Chalk it up to Gradle’s incremental builds, its build cache that reuses task outputs, and its daemon, which keeps information in memory between builds.
SonarQube
With SonarQube, an open-source automated code review tool, you get support for 27 programming languages. SonarQube works wonders when analyzing application source code written in different languages, and lets you focus on code security and quality throughout the development process, since it automatically checks your code against thousands of code analysis rules.
SonarQube’s standout feature is its quality criteria, which evaluate your code for vulnerabilities, bugs, duplication, coverage, and code smells. The tool determines whether your source code passes the quality check, making it fit for release.
As well as checking that your code works, SonarQube also flags any new issues and provides plenty of visualizations to give you a deeper understanding of the overall health of your codebase. SonarQube is easy to set up, integrates with other DevOps tools like GitLab, Bitbucket, GitHub, and more, and works both on-premises and in the cloud.
Docker
Since its launch eight years ago, many have considered Docker one of the best container platforms and DevOps tools on the market. It automates the deployment process and makes applications more secure and portable across environments by isolating them in separate containers.
Dependency management isn’t a problem for Docker, since it lets you bundle all dependencies into a single application container and ship it as an independent unit. From there, you can run the application on the platform or machine of your choice without a hitch.
You can optimize your DevOps workflow by integrating it with CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery) servers like Bamboo or Jenkins. And if you want to migrate to the cloud, Docker can help with that too, since it supports all the leading cloud providers, including Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services.
Jenkins
Jenkins is a leading open-source automation CI/CD server that offers an extensive plugin ecosystem to help you build, deploy, and automate projects. You can integrate Jenkins with pretty much any DevOps tool you can think of, including the aforementioned Docker, and use it to set up and run your own CI/CD pipeline with ease. Iterating on and deploying new code with Jenkins is a breeze, as is measuring the success of every step in your pipeline.
Bamboo
Another popular DevOps tool in the same vein as Jenkins is Atlassian’s Bamboo. Unlike open-source Jenkins, however, this CI/CD server solution that helps automate everything from build to deployment will cost you.
You can integrate Bamboo with other Atlassian offerings like Bitbucket and Jira. And configuring it couldn’t be simpler, thanks to its many pre-built features that Jenkins doesn’t offer out of the box.
What Is DevSecOps?
DevSecOps is short for “development, security, and operations.” In the past, security was tacked onto software at the end of the SDLC, almost as an afterthought. With so many software updates coming out, that’s no longer enough, so DevSecOps automatically integrates security at every stage of the SDLC, from design through delivery. DevSecOps not only helps teams release secure software, but does so without slowing down the SDLC by addressing security issues as they arise, before they become too complex and costly to fix.
The Best DevSecOps Tools
Which DevSecOps tools are among the best on the market? Take a look below to find out about some of the best out there.
Codacy
Codacy is a solution that automates code review for more than 40 programming languages. Developers can use its static code analysis tool to pinpoint vulnerabilities early in development and minimize long-term security shortcomings. Codacy enables agile development through Git integration and will even alert you when it detects a security issue.
Prisma Cloud
If you’re looking for an automated security tool for your cloud DevSecOps project, Prisma Cloud might be just what you need. This DevSecOps tool offers automated security scanning, Git integration, policy editing, as well as real-time feedback and remediation.
WhiteSource
Here’s a tool that deals exclusively with open-source DevSecOps. WhiteSource offers real-time alerts and uses a combination of component and license databases, plus a vulnerability database, to thoroughly check open-source components before deployment.
If WhiteSource detects an issue, it offers recommendations to resolve it as quickly as possible, shortening the time to resolution. Another WhiteSource feature worth mentioning is its CI/CD pipeline and Git integration.
Acusensor
This DevSecOps tool uses a catalog of more than 7000 documented vulnerabilities to scan and test web applications for security issues. Acunetix also has an Acusensor feature that examines source code to look for issues like reflected XSS and SQL injections.
Checkmarx
Checkmarx is a DevSecOps tool that scans and checks source code for security issues using several modular utilities. One example is the software composition analysis module, which checks your open-source code against an extensive library of issues. Another is the static application security testing module, which helps identify source code issues during development. In addition to these features, Checkmarx also offers AWS and Gitlab integration.
Aqua Security
Aqua Security is a platform focused on the security of IaaS, applications, and virtual machines/containers. With it, you can scan for malware, exposed secrets, and any security vulnerabilities.
The DevSecOps tool also offers comprehensive scanning in real-time environments, end-to-end CI/CD integration, customizable dynamic deployment policies to prevent accidental breaches, and much more.
