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Streamline Your DevOps Pipeline with Atlassian’s Open DevOps Ecosystem

Atlassian Open DevOps A collection of integrated tools from Atlassian called Atlassian Open DevOps is intended to help teams with their DevOps procedures. By providing seamless integration of multiple tools and services, from planning and coding to deployment and operations, it streamlines the DevOps process. The main objectives are to…
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Jira Service Management – Different Plans & Features Comparison

Jira Service Management Plans in Detailed 1. Free Plan Target Audience: Small teams or individuals just getting started. Users: Up to 3 agents (the people who can manage service requests). Key Features: Customer Requests: Unlimited customer requests (customers can submit tickets without limits). SLA Management: Not available. Incident Management: Basic…
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Canarys User Overview

Introduction Azure DevOps is a platform where collaboration, efficiency, and innovation converge to streamline software development processes. At the heart of this powerful platform lies the concept of users, the driving force behind every successful project. An azure DevOps organization is comprised of many individuals called users, each contributing their…
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How to Set Up SLAs in Jira Service Management

To setup SLAs in Jira Service Management, you need to have a project administrator role. The SLAs are setup at the project level, in-order to configure the SLAs you need to navigate to the project settings. Once you click over the project settings, you will see the SLAs by scrolling…
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Canarys achieves Advanced Specialization in DevOps with GitHub on Microsoft Azure

Canarys is proud to announce that we have achieved the Advanced Specialization in DevOps with GitHub on Microsoft Azure. This recognition highlights our commitment to excellence in delivering innovative DevOps solutions using Microsoft’s cloud platform and GitHub tools. This specialization is awarded to partners who demonstrate deep expertise and proven…
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Step-by-Step: Creating a Knowledge Base for Jira Service Management

In this blog I am going to showcase you on how to setup knowledge base in Jira Service Management. Knowledge base articles are nothing but Confluence pages, we need to link the confluence space to JSM for the setup. Please note that we will be able to set this up…
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Step-by-Step Guide to Exporting Confluence Pages and Spaces to WordPDF

In this blog i will showcase how to export confluence pages and spaces into Word or PDF Firstly we will see how to export pages To export a page into Word or PDF you need to click over the more actions on the top right corner of the page. Under…
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Mastering Document Imports into Confluence

In this blog i will be showcasing how to import documents into confluence page. At the time of page creation, we have an option to Import an external document into confluence page. You can select your desired type and click over that. If you click over word document, you will…
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Mastering Macros in Confluence

Macros are strong tools in Confluence that let you add interactive elements to your pages. They let you incorporate several kinds of features, like adding interactive components, displaying content in a certain format, and integrating other content. Your Confluence pages’ look and functionality can be substantially improved with macros. You…
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Jira and Azure DevOps Synchronizer

In today’s dynamic software development landscape, teams often find themselves using multiple project management and issue tracking tools to meet their diverse needs. Jira and Azure DevOps are two popular platforms, each with its strengths and capabilities. However, managing issues and tasks across these platforms can be challenging, leading to…
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Mastering Content Creation Over Confluence Pages

Content creation over Confluence In this blog i will brief all the features to edit the content in Confluence. In the below screenshot i have highlighted all the features and provided the numbering and i will be explaining each in detail. 1)Heading You can highlight a text and select the…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Confluence

What is Confluence? Confluence is a tool that is being provided by a company known as Atlassian. Confluence is a team workspace for project documentation and team collaboration. Provides rich text editor, parallel editing with team members. Create a knowledge base, project documents, meeting notes, blogs, and lot more. Team…
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Azure DevOps Wiki vs Confluence

What is Wiki in Azure DevOps? Wiki is the feature that helps in documentation within the Azure DevOps, where you can have the documentation related to anything specific inside a project. Wiki uses Markdown as a base language. Wiki has a side by side edit and preview experience where you…
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Securing Your GitHub Actions Workflows: 4 Best Practices 

As a developer, you likely rely on GitHub Actions and other CI/CD tools to automate your projects’ builds, tests, and deployments. However, these powerful platforms also present security risks if not configured carefully. Hackers actively target vulnerabilities in automation workflows to infiltrate codebases and supply chains.  Luckily, with some simple…
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How to Create, Modify and Subscribe to Filters in Jira Software

New to Jira and wanted to search for issues that are specific to you or your team? This blog will help you to get started with the issue search in Jira with both BASIC and JQL. Queries are referred as filters in Jira. One must have “Browse Projects” permission to…
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Order related Budgeting with Project Systems

IntroductionProject can accumulate costs from PO from MM, Plant Maintenance Order from PM etc.Budget Availability Control upon the Costs triggering from PM Order when cost is incurred for Plant Maintenance Activity which is part of  a Project or WBS.This blog post is on Work Order related Budgeting and complete end…
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DevOpSmartBoard

In the realm of DevOps platforms, Azure DevOps stands out as a popular choice for comprehensive project management. It offers various features like project management, version control, and release pipelines. However, the built-in dashboard lacks the ability to offer insights into the entire organization. DevOpSmartBoard is a solution designed to overcome…
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How to create a project in Jira Software.

Jira Software is a powerful project management tool widely used by teams across various industries to plan, track, and manage their projects efficiently. Whether you’re a seasoned project manager or just starting out, Mastering Jira Software can significantly enhance your team’s productivity and collaboration. One of the fundamental steps in…
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How to Archive/Restore a Project in Jira Software.

Introduction: Ever wondered how to optimize the Jira instance, by archiving the completed or In-Active projects. It’s always a good practice to archive inactive or completed projects so they don’t clutter your Jira instance. Fewer projects may also mean better performance, easy maintenance, and happy administration.  In this blog we…
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DevOpSmartBoard – Project Dashboard

 DevOpSmartBoard -Project Overview In this blog we will discuss about Project Dashboard. This view provides metrics about the Azure DevOps Selected Project. The aim of the Project Dashboard is to show most required key metrics of the Project at one place. The dashboard view only the required key metrics and…
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SAP Cloud ALM to Azure DevOps Integration

SAP Cloud ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) and Azure DevOps are powerful tools that play key roles in managing the application lifecycle. In this blog, we’ll explore the benefits of integrating these platforms and how it simplifies the management of SAP-centric solutions. Understanding SAP Cloud ALM and Azure DevOps: SAP Cloud…
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SAP Cloud ALM – Azure DevOps Services Synchronization Solution

As organizations increasingly adopt hybrid ecosystems for their software development projects, the need for effective collaboration and data consistency across diverse platforms has become paramount. However, bridging the gap between SAP Cloud ALM and Azure DevOps Services presents a significant challenge. The lack of a seamless and bidirectional synchronization mechanism…
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Stuck with issue related to Terraform Cloud & Organization Tokens? Unlock Local Execution!

You’re using Terraform Cloud and your trusty organization token, but “Insufficient rights” throws a wrench in your plans. Don’t panic! This error happens when terraform tries to run commands on a remote server, leaving your local token locked away. Error details: │ Error: Insufficient rights to generate a plan │…
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Resolving “Authentication Failed Error While Configuring The Slave Node” In Jenkins

Issue description: In Jenkins pipelines, leveraging node agents is common for an efficient setup. Whether utilizing Docker images as agents or the master node itself, the configuration of slave nodes can sometimes lead to authentication challenges. This blog addresses the resolution of the “Authentication Failed: Error while configuring the slave…
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Troubleshooting Permission Issues with Docker Image as an Agent in Jenkins Declarative Pipelines

Encountering the error “dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied” in a Jenkins declarative pipeline using Docker as the agent is a common challenge. This issue arises when the user or process attempting to connect to the Docker daemon lacks the necessary permissions to access the Docker socket file. Resolution Steps:…
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Understanding and Setting up Continuous Integration for MyShuttle Using GitHub Actions

Introduction Introduction to GitHub Actions for Automated Workflows: GitHub Actions is an integrated automation platform allowing developers to define, customize, and automate workflows within their GitHub repositories. Using YAML files, developers can automate tasks like building, testing, and deploying software, simplifying complex processes with reusable actions. Benefits of using GitHub…
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Rollback strategy using AWS CodeDeploy

Dive into collaborative coding, envisioning a seamless process where developers’ commits trigger automatic builds, tests, and deployments. Starting with a manual deployment of HTML code on a Nginx web server, we transition into the world of AWS CodePipeline, automating the CI/CD pipeline for our sample code. To add a twist…
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Implementing DevSecOps in GitLab 

In the world of software creation, ensuring security throughout the development process has become incredibly important. GitLab, a powerful platform for DevOps, offers a smooth path to introducing DevSecOps practices. This guide will take you through the essential steps to integrate security seamlessly into your pipelines using GitLab.  Understanding DevSecOps …
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Automating CI/CD With AWS CodePipeline 

A Comprehensive Overview Of CI/CD:   Think you’ve got CI/CD down? Test your knowledge, skip ahead. Need a helping hand? Stay put, we’ve got you covered!  Continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines are like handy assistants that automate key tasks in delivering software – things like building, testing, and deploying…
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Terraform for Azure Cloud: Simplifying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) 

Terraform is an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool developed by HashiCorp. It enables users to define and provision infrastructure resources in a declarative and consistent manner. In the context of Azure Cloud, Terraform provides a powerful solution for managing and automating the deployment of resources.  Let’s dive into the…
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