DevOps applied to SAS DI jobs

[rcroyal88]

Hi ,

After going through  this page (https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/DevOps-Applied-to-SAS-9-SAS-DI-jobs-the-Git-P...) I have got better understanding  to start with DevOps for SAS DIS .I have also started to work on applying  Devops   for SAS DIS .

I have few questions :

- How the Jenkins script is identifying between old and new package's involved in each release's ?

- Is pipeline script importing all the  *.spk from git while deployment or  taking only the latest updated ? Is this handled via Jenkin script or SAS program.

- Is it possible to utilize all the Devops capability of SAS DIS with physical servers or Only  via SAS Viya ? to what level SAS Viya takes  Devops ?

[AnandVyas]

Hi @rcroyal88 

My two cents on your questions below:

1) In the current example the Jenkins script is using a single job. You will have to make changes to your Jenkins script with variables to accommodate the feature of choosing which version of .spk files while performing the Jenkins build.

2) You will have to capture this logic in the Jenkins pipeline code.

3) There is no restriction as such on using these features until you are on the required SAS and DI version. You should be able to run it on physical or VM.

I think Viya is a great platform for apply DevOps principles. It's APIs and CLI's are a great start using which you can start automating stuff. Here are few links related to DevOps on Viya:

https://github.com/sassoftware

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/DevOps-Applied-to-SAS-Viya-3-5-Run-a-SAS-Prog...

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/DevOps-Applied-to-SAS-Viya-3-5-Integrate-a-Da...

[rcroyal88]

Hi @AnandVyas 

Thanks  for  your input .