Beyond CI/CD: GitLab's DevOps vision

GitLab 10.0 introduced Auto DevOps for both Community and Enterprise Editions, aiming to simplify and automate the DevOps process by integrating best practices across the development lifecycle. Initially focusing on code management, builds, and tests, GitLab's CI/CD vision has expanded to include advanced deployment features such as review apps, Canary Deployments, and system monitoring with Prometheus. The company's strategy is to extend beyond continuous deployment into broader DevOps territories, encompassing operations traditionally outside a developer's scope, like network monitoring and dependency management. There's a vision for a comprehensive DevOps toolchain that integrates development, operations, and quality assurance, potentially evolving into a complete platform-as-a-service (PaaS) akin to Heroku. This includes plans for pipeline views, dependency security automation, and advanced artifact management. The discussion also touches on the differentiation between enterprise and smaller teams in adopting these automated features, emphasizing that while automation benefits all, its value is more pronounced in larger organizations. The future direction involves creating a seamless experience where GitLab not only facilitates the development process but also potentially serves as a single operations dashboard, integrating various aspects of DevOps into a cohesive and automated ecosystem.

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