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Continuous Delivery

🕓 5 minutes

Overview​

CodeNOW's continuous delivery features ensure secure and controlled deployment processes through two key components:

  • Quality Gates: Security checkpoints requiring administrator approval for deployments
  • Task List: Centralized interface for managing deployment approvals

These features work together to maintain proper control over deployments and provide efficient approval workflows.

What You'll Learn​

In this guide, you'll learn how to:

  • Configure Quality Gates for protected environments
  • Manage deployment approvals through the Task List
  • Implement secure deployment workflows

Quality Gates​

Understanding Quality Gates​

Quality Gates are security checkpoints in your deployment pipeline that help prevent unauthorized or accidental deployments in sensitive environments by requiring administrator approval.

How Quality Gates Work​

Quality Gates provide a systematic approach to deployment approvals:

  1. When a deployment reaches a protected environment, it automatically triggers a Quality Gate
  2. The deployment pauses until an administrator reviews and approves the request
  3. Administrators can either approve or deny the deployment based on organizational policies
  4. Upon approval, the deployment continues; if denied, the process stops

Setting up Quality Gates​

Follow these steps to configure Quality Gates for your component:

  1. Open your component's settings page
  2. Navigate to the "Continuous Delivery" section in the left sidebar
  3. Click the "Create New Quality Gate" button
  4. Select the environment you want to protect from the dropdown menu
  5. Review the configuration settings
  6. Click "Confirm" to create the Quality Gate

Click on Choose Action

Click on settings

Click on Continuous Delivery

Click on Create New Quality Gate

Choose your desired Environment and rules and confirm

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Important

Only administrators can approve or deny deployment requests through Quality Gates.

Task List​

Understanding Task List​

The Task List is a centralized interface where administrators can efficiently manage all pending Quality Gate approval requests.

Managing Approval Requests​

Follow these steps to handle Quality Gate requests through the Task List interface:

  1. Access the Task List from the main navigation menu
  2. Review the list of pending approval requests
  3. Click on a request to view detailed deployment information
  4. Make an informed decision based on your organization's policies
  5. Click either "Approve" or "Deny" to process the request

Click Task List in navigation

Click on your desired request

Review and accept or deny

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Best Practice

The Task List provides real-time updates on pending approvals. Administrators can quickly review deployment details and make informed decisions.

Security and Best Practices​

Key Security Features​

The deployment approval workflow combines these key security features:

  • Environment Protection: Prevents unauthorized access to sensitive environments
  • Audit Trail: Maintains records of all approval decisions
  • Efficient Processing: Streamlines approvals through the Task List interface

Implementation Guidelines​

Best Practices
  • Always configure Quality Gates for production and staging environments
  • Establish clear approval policies and communicate them to the team
  • Regularly review and update Quality Gate configurations
  • Train administrators on proper approval procedures
note

Quality Gates and Task List are integral parts of CodeNOW's security framework. While Quality Gates define the approval requirements, all approval actions are managed through the Task List interface.