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KODIBOX is Environment as a service (EaaS) platform. Enables you to replicate development environments in just a few clicks for building and testing software, collaborating, reproducing your work, gathering feedback and more

What KODIBOX does

With KODIBOX, you can quickly reassemble development environments in original configurations, automating repetitive tasks and improving collaboration.
  • Automated roll-out Automatically create and scrap fully set up environments.
  • Custom configurations Roll out environments configured to suit your specific needs.
  • Routine automation Delegate mundane tasks like logging and dependencies coordination to KODIBOX.
  • Isolated environments Provide isolated environments for each of your teams to work independently.
  • Shared access Enable developers and PMs to share access to completed work for consistent testing, fast feedback gathering and other purposes.
  • Documentation updates Let KODIBOX automatically describe each component in a configuration file throughout development.
what it does

Nail these tasks by cloning development environments

With KODIBOX, you can automatically clone development
environments whenever you need to try out
the software you’re building.
Supervision Check product quality throughout the project without pausing the development.
Demo Present a completed part of your work to the client whenever necessary to stick to their expectations.
Testing Let any team member test each component of your software in a separate temporary environment.
Experiments Change your software’s functionality and check user feedback using no additional resources.

Replicate development environments with KODIBOX

KODIBOX will help you save time and money by automatically replicating development environments.
Efficiency
Save up to 40% of your developers’ time by automating the creation and maintenance of additional environments.
Speed-to-market
Cut up to 50% off time to market by developing software components independently and validating business hypotheses on the fly.
Continuity
Let the development process run continuously as you check parts of your team’s work or present them to the client.
Consistency
Repeat your app’s behavior the same way, in an identical environment, and get all processes documented in the same manner.
Transparency
Monitor development every step of the way, test features as often as needed and organize work in a traceable manner.
Productivity
Help your developers focus on creative work while KODIBOX carries out accompanying routines.
Fast feedback
Show work in progress to stakeholders through environment replicas to collect feedback on the go.
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When you should consider using KODIBOX

when consider using KODIBOX
  • Your software operates on more than
    five services.
  • You have to replicate system
    configurations more than twice.
  • You do more than ten compilations
    a day.
  • You need to test every new build
    of your software.
  • You roll out a release more than
    once a day.
  • You have more than ten developers.

How KODIBOX works

  1. Configure your tech stack in a declarative YAML file, including all essential interdependencies.
  2. Place the file into the repository next to the Docker file and your source code.
  3. Submit your application in KODIBOX.
  4. KODIBOX will read the YAML file and replicate your development environment for a specific task or team.

KODIBOX in action

Check out these real-life use cases for imitating production environments with KODIBOX.
Testing multicomponent software
Problem

Your software is structured as a set of components. Each component will have its own development cycle, so you may need to test it alone or combined with other components. But your test environment could be in use when you need to do so.

Moreover, your software architecture may include dozens or even hundreds of components. This will complicate recreating the environment to suit different component combinations.

Solution

KODIBOX will automatically copy development environments for testing, presenting or other purposes. You can configure them and specify the components you need. Once a task has been completed, you can remove the environment as easily as you rolled it out. You don’t even need to have a specific technical background to use KODIBOX.

As a result, you will save other developers’ and DevOps’ time.

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Parallel development of components
Problem

You have two teams working on a project. Each team focuses on developing a specific product component. At the end of the project, both components need to be integrated.

As the teams go along, they will ask a lot of questions about infrastructure deployment, the delivery process, data management, collaboration and knowledge exchange. And when the time comes for them to integrate, further questions will arise about documentation, dependencies, testing and more.

Solution

KODIBOX will eliminate most of those questions. It will replicate development environments for the teams so they don’t depend on each other. Each team will be able to start from a clean slate if necessary.

The platform will take care of all accompanying tasks like deployment, monitoring, logging, tracing, coordination of dependencies and more. Your developers won’t have to spend time finding out how to do basic tasks within the project ecosystem.

As a result, KODIBOX will boost your deployment pipeline, ensuring truly continuous integration and continuous delivery.

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Developer onboarding
Problem

You’re onboarding a new developer. Here’s what you will need to supply to them:

Application description

The developer should know how each application component they’ll be working with was made, tested and deployed. You may have this information spread chaotically across multiple READMEs which no one owns or updates. Or it may rest in the heads of people who are no longer available.

Communication tools

The newcomer will need to document their work and communicate the documentation to fellow team members. They will need it to test and fix the updated application before taking it from staging to production.

Integration details

The developer will need to know how other services affect the application (and vice versa), and how to manage integrations.

Collaboration tools

Some features will require manual testing. In this case, the developer will need to share access to their work so testers can run it through various scenarios.

Solution

KODIBOX will eliminate most of those questions. It will replicate development environments for the teams so they don’t depend on each other. Each team will be able to start from a clean slate if necessary.

The platform will take care of all accompanying tasks like deployment, monitoring, logging, tracing, coordination of dependencies and more. Your developers won’t have to spend time finding out how to do basic tasks within the project ecosystem.

As a result, KODIBOX will boost your deployment pipeline, ensuring truly continuous integration and continuous delivery.

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Supervision of work in progress
Problem

As a product/project manager, you need to monitor what your team has built so far, how good it is and what needs to be changed. This is crucial for you to meet product expectations and streamline your communication with the team.

Functionality checks

You will need to frequently check the product your team is building. If it works differently from what has been expected, you will need to readjust without delaying the development or clocking extra paid hours.

Product presentation

Once part of the product has been built, you will want to show it to the stakeholders. You may also want that further development team to continue in the background without impacting your presentation.

Acceptance testingn

You will want to make sure everything works right before showing the final product to the stakeholders. However, this could require pausing the development for several days.

Hypothesis validation

You might want to experiment with your product, changing some of its features and checking user reaction. But this would require additional resources and your team’s time.

Testing components separately

You may need to check a particular component without redeploying your application as a whole. For instance, you want to see how a new button works. To do so, you would have to refocus your backend team and use the testing environment which your backend needs.

Solution

KODIBOX will eliminate most of those questions. It will replicate development environments for the teams so they don’t depend on each other. Each team will be able to start from a clean slate if necessary.

The platform will take care of all accompanying tasks like deployment, monitoring, logging, tracing, coordination of dependencies and more. Your developers won’t have to spend time finding out how to do basic tasks within the project ecosystem.

As a result, KODIBOX will boost your deployment pipeline, ensuring truly continuous integration and continuous delivery.

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