How to use change tracking to measure performance velocity
Blog post from New Relic
Integrating observability into CI/CD pipelines is key for DevOps engineers, and New Relic's change tracking offers a way to visualize and validate deployments, enhancing the speed and accuracy of delivery. The blog post explores how to send change tracking events using either the New Relic CLI or the GraphQL API, with additional methods for implementing these markers through GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Ansible. Change tracking provides insights into application changes and their impacts on related services, allowing for improved monitoring and troubleshooting. Prerequisites for deployment include a New Relic account and user key, with detailed steps provided for using both the New Relic CLI and GraphQL for creating deployment markers. The post also outlines integrating change tracking with popular CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Ansible, and Jenkins, emphasizing the importance of these markers in identifying and resolving deployment issues efficiently.