CDA & CDD Roles

Each topic in this guide is addressed to one or more specific users, for example: an administrator, an operator, and so on. This topic describes the roles defined for Automic Continuous Delivery Automation and Automic Continuous Delivery Director users together with their responsibilities.

CDA Roles

• Application Developer

  Application developers create the entities and set up the infrastructure that underpins the workflows, from build to test, deploy, and release phases.

  They build templates, modify existing deployments, create action packs, schedule, and execute workflows.

• Operator

  The release Operator is responsible for keeping the production environment running.

  Operators perform first level error analysis, compare deployments, and monitor related environments and deployment targets.

• Manager

  Release Managers coordinate the delivery process and routines, monitor the release status and inform stakeholders.

• Administrator

  The release Administrator implements, reviews, and executes the infrastructure system to support the development release pipeline.

  Administrators create environments. deployment targets, agents, and other infrastructure components, so that an Application Developer can use them for deployments.

CDD Roles

• Release Manager

  The Release Manager uses spreadsheets and ad-hoc methods for releasing applications, including manual collaboration with all participants in the software development projects. The Release Manager also coordinates the release of multiple applications and manages the dependencies.

See also:

• Useful Documentation Topics per Role