GoCD as XL Deploy/uDeploy alternative

[Abhradip Mukherjee]

Can I consider GoCD as an opensource alternative for XL Deploy or uDeploy? If so then can anyone help me understand what features are not available in GoCD against these tools?

Also why compare a CI like Jenkins with GoCD if GoCD is about CD? Can GoCD integrate with Jenkins as a deployment tool like XL Deploy or uDeploy?

[Michael Roepke]

GoCD runs a pipeline with different test levels and creates packages to be deployed by and ARA Tool like XLDeploy which holds Application Configuration and a deployment pipeline for release management purposes. If you have a simple value stream and no ITIL (Change and Release Management Process) involved you might use GoCD as well for UAT and PROD deployments, which normaly is done by a visualized deployment pipeline offered by ARA vendors like CA, IBM and XebiaLabs.. So both arent really comparable.. 

[Sriram Narayanan]

With the right controls, we can implement change control in GoCD as well.

For e.g., one can regulate who gets to deploy, use script checks + SCM-stored values to determine whether this is the authorised deployment time + passphrase, and so on.

Ideally, one should maintain configurations outside of GoCD or any tool, and deliver configurations via config management tool packages. One can always use GoCD to deliver such packages.

-- Ram

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[Danielle Felder]

If you are looking for XebiaLabs alternatives though, you might find user reviews for IBM and CA's release automation tools on IT Central Station to be helpful. As an example, this user writes in his review of CA Continuous Delivery Automation, "I think on a day-to-day basis, it has increased the capacity to deploy. We don't have to wait for someone to do something. As long as it changes, then we can always deploy to an environment on demand." You can read the rest of his review here.

Good luck!