Company
Date Published
Author
Dan Lamm
Word count
680
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Relativity successfully transformed its deployment pipelines by implementing Harness CD, resulting in a 30-fold increase in deployment velocity, a reduction in deployment time from 8 hours to minutes, and an 80% decrease in the change failure rate, all while saving $150,000 by avoiding the need for dedicated engineering resources. Led by Corey Wagehoft, the initiative involved migrating from legacy Windows services to container-based microservices in Microsoft Azure, which required overcoming security challenges and the limitations of previous tools like Spinnaker. Harness CD was chosen due to its compatibility with both Azure microservices and native Windows services, integration with Azure Key Vault for secrets management, and secure communication via its delegate architecture. Within three months, Relativity enhanced its deployment process with Harness, integrating with existing tools like Jenkins, Terraform, and Splunk, and enabling consistent and repeatable deployments through pipeline templates. This transformation not only improved operational efficiency and compliance with security standards but also empowered teams to make data-driven decisions regarding pipeline flow and deployment metrics.