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Account Setup
1 - Manage Harness Delegates
Delegate Installation and Management
Approve or Reject Harness Delegates
Using the Helm Delegate
Target Delegates to Specific Namespaces
Automate Harness Kubernetes Delegate Setup
Use Custom Helm Binaries on Harness Delegates
2 - Manage Harness Connectors
Connectors Overview
Add Cloud Providers
Add Cloud Providers
Add Kubernetes Cluster Cloud Provider
Add Google Cloud Platform Cloud Provider
Add Amazon Web Services Cloud Provider
Add Microsoft Azure Cloud Provider
Add Pivotal Cloud Foundry Cloud Provider
Add Physical Data Center as Cloud Provider
Add SpotInst Cloud Provider
Add Artifact Servers
Add Artifact Servers
Add Azure DevOps Artifact Servers
Add Jenkins Artifact Servers
Add Bamboo Artifact Servers
Add Docker Registry Artifact Servers
Add Nexus Artifact Servers
Add Artifactory Servers
Add Samba Server Artifact Servers
Add SFTP Artifact Servers
Add Helm Repository Artifact Servers
Add Source Repo Providers
Add Source Repo Providers
Add a GitHub Repo
Add a Bitbucket Repo
Add a GitLab Repo
Add a CodeCommit Repo
Add Collaboration Providers
Add Collaboration Providers
Add SMTP Collaboration Provider
Add Jira Collaboration Provider
Add ServiceNow Collaboration Provider
Add Verification Providers
3 - Manage Notifications
Manage User Notifications
Send Notifications Using Slack
Send Slack Messages from Workflows
Send Notifications to Microsoft Teams
Manage Alert Notifications
Harness Editions
Manage App Stacks
Manage Template Libraries
Manage Tags
Continuous Deployments
Deployments Overview
AWS AMI Deployments
AMI Deployments Overview
AMI Basic Deployment
AMI Canary Deployment
AMI Blue/Green Deployment
AMI Spotinst Elastigroup Deployment
AWS ECS Deployments
ECS Deployments Overview
1 - Harness ECS Delegate
2 - ECS Connectors and Providers Setup
3 - ECS Services
4 - ECS Environments
5 - ECS Workflows
6 - ECS Blue/Green Workflows
7 - ECS Setup in YAML
8 - ECS Troubleshooting
Deploy Multiple ECS Sidecar Containers
AWS Lambda Deployments
AWS Lambda How-tos
AWS Lambda Deployment Overview
Connect to AWS for Lambda Deployments
Add Lambda Functions
Define Your Lambda Target Infrastructure
Create a Basic Lambda Deployment
View Lamba Deployments in the Serverless Functions Dashboard
CI/CD: Artifact Build and Deploy Pipelines
Build and Deploy Pipelines Overview
1 - Harness Account Setup
2 - Service and Artifact Source
3 - Build Workflow
4 - Environment
5 - Deploy Workflow
6 - Artifact Build and Deploy Pipelines
7 - Triggers
Azure Deployments
Azure Deployments Overview
1 - Harness Account Setup for Azure
2 - Service and Azure Artifact Source
3 - Azure Environment
4 - Azure Workflows and Deployments
5 - Azure Troubleshooting
Helm Deployments
Helm Deployment Guide Overview
1 - Delegate, Providers, and Helm Setup
2 - Helm Services
3 - Helm Environments
4 - Helm Workflows and Deployments
5 - Helm Troubleshooting
Upgrade Native Helm 2 Deployments to Helm 3
IIS (.NET) Deployments
IIS (.NET) Deployment Overview
1 - Delegate and Connectors for IIS
2 - Services for IIS (.NET)
3 - IIS Environments in AWS and Azure
4 - IIS Workflows and Pipelines
5 - Best Practices and Troubleshooting
Kubernetes How-tos
Kubernetes How-tos
Connect to Your Target Kubernetes Platform
Add Container Images for Kubernetes Deployments
Pull an Image from a Private Registry for Kubernetes
Define Kubernetes Manifests
Use Go Templating in Kubernetes Manifests
Adding and Editing Inline Kubernetes Manifest Files
Upload Kubernetes Resource Files
Use a Helm Repository with Kubernetes
Link Resource Files or Helm Charts in Git Repos
Using Harness Config Variables in Manifests
Use Harness Config Files in Manifests
Override Values YAML Files
Override Harness Kubernetes Service Settings
Define Your Kubernetes Target Infrastructure
Provision Kubernetes Infrastructures
Create a Kubernetes Canary Deployment
Create a Kubernetes Rolling Deployment
Create a Kubernetes Blue/Green Deployment
Kubernetes Workflow Variable Expressions
Create Kubernetes Namespaces based on InfraMapping
Create Kubernetes Namespaces with Workflow Variables
Set Up Kubernetes Traffic Splitting
Deploy Manifests Separately using Apply Step
Use Kustomize for Kubernetes Deployments
Ignore a Manifest File During Deployment
Set up Kubernetes Ingress Rules
Scale Kubernetes Pods
Delete Kubernetes Resources
Traffic Splitting Without Istio
Upgrade to Helm 3 Charts in Kubernetes Services
Using OpenShift with Harness Kubernetes
Harness Kubernetes V2 Changes
Use Helm Chart Hooks in Kubernetes Deployments
Run Kubernetes Jobs
Pivotal Deployments
Pivotal Cloud Foundry Deployments
1 - Delegate and Connectors for PCF
2 - Services for PCF
3 - PCF Environments
4 - PCF Workflows and Deployments
Using CLI Plugins in Harness PCF Deployments
Traditional Deployments (SSH)
Traditional Deployments Overview
1 - Delegate, Providers, and Connectors Setup
2 - Services for App Packages
3 - App Stacks and Default Variables
4 - Commands and Scripts
5 - Environments for Traditional Deployments
6 - Traditional Workflows and Deployments
Model Your CD Pipeline
Add Applications
Add Services
Add a Service
Use Script Based Services
Add Service Config Variables
Add Service Config Files
Using Custom Artifact Sources
Service Types and Artifact Sources
Add a Docker Artifact Source
Add an Azure DevOps Artifact Source
Add Environments
Add Environment
Add an Infrastructure Definition
Migrating from Service Infrastructures to Infrastructure Definitions
Service Infrastructures
Override a Service Configuration in an Environment
Add Workflows
Workflows
Add a Workflow
Deploy Individual Workflows
Verify Workflow
Add a Workflow Notification Strategy
Define Workflow Failure Strategy
Set Workflow Variables
Use Steps for Different Workflow Tasks
Add Phases to a Workflow
Synchronize Workflow Deployments using Barriers
Templatize a Workflow
Clone a Workflow
Configure Workflows Using YAML
Using the HTTP Command
Using the Shell Script Step
Using the Jenkins Command
Jira Integration
ServiceNow Integration
Resource Restrictions
Workflow Queuing
Target Specific Hosts During Deployment
Using the Terraform Apply Command
Skip Workflow Steps
Rollback Production Deployments
Select Nodes in a Rolling Deployment Workflow
Workflow Steps UI Changes
Integrate Tests into Harness Workflows
Deploy Multiple Services Simultaneously using Barriers
Add Pipelines
Add Infra Provisioners
Terraform
Terraform How-tos
Set Up Your Harness Account for Terraform
Add Terraform Scripts
Map Terraform Infrastructure
Provision using the Terraform Provisioner Step
Perform a Terraform Dry Run
Remove Provisioned Infra with Terraform Destroy
Use Terraform Outputs in Workflow Steps
CloudFormation
CloudFormation How-tos
Set Up Your Harness Account for CloudFormation
Add CloudFormation Templates
Map CloudFormation Infrastructure
Provision using CloudFormation Create Stack
Using CloudFormation Outputs in Workflow Steps
Remove Provisioned Infra with CloudFormation Delete Stack
Shell Script
Infrastructure Provisioners Overview
Provision Infrastructure Without Deploying to It
Add Triggers
Add Approvals
Harness UI Approvals
Jira Approvals
Custom Shell Script Approvals
ServiceNow Approvals
Using Variables in Workflow Approvals
Use Variable Expressions
Harness GitOps
Continuous Efficiency
Get Started with Continuous Efficiency
Enable Continuous Efficiency for Kubernetes
Enable Continuous Efficiency for Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Enable Continuous Efficiency for Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Create a Budget
Analyze Cost Across Applications
Analyze Cost Across Clusters
Analyze Cost for AWS
Analyze Cost for GCP
Perform Root Cost Analysis
Continuous Verification
24/7 Service Guard
AppDynamics Verification
Add AppDynamics as a Verification Provider
Monitor Applications 24/7 with AppDynamics
Verify Deployments with AppDynamics
Templatize AppDynamics Verification
Set AppDynamics Environment Variables
Bugsnag Verification
CloudWatch Verification
Datadog Verification
Connect to Datadog
Monitor Applications 24/7 with Datadog Logging
Monitor Applications 24/7 with Datadog Metrics
Verify Deployments with Datadog Logging
Verify Deployments with Datadog Metrics
Dynatrace Verification
ELK Elasticsearch Verification
Connect to Elasticsearch (ELK)
Monitor Applications 24/7 with Elasticsearch
Verify Deployments with Elasticsearch
Troubleshoot Verification with Elasticsearch
Logz.io Verification
New Relic Verification
Connect to New Relic
Monitor Applications 24/7 with New Relic
New Relic Deployment Marker
Verify Deployments with New Relic
Troubleshooting New Relic
Prometheus Verification
Splunk Verification
Stackdriver Verification
Connect to Stackdriver
Monitor Applications 24/7 with Stackdriver Logging
Monitor Applications 24/7 with Stackdriver Metrics
Verify Deployments with Stackdriver Logging
Verify Deployments with Stackdriver Metrics
Sumo Logic Verification
Instana Verification
Instana Verification Overview
1 – Instana Connection Setup
2 – 24/7 Service Guard for Instana
3 – Verify Deployments with Instana
Custom Metrics and Logs Verification
Custom Verification Overview
1 - Custom Verification Connection Setup
2 - 24/7 Service Guard for Custom Logs
3 - 24/7 Service Guard for Custom Metrics
4 - Verify Deployments with Custom APMs and Logs
5 - Datadog as a Custom APM
6 – AppDynamics as a Custom APM
Tuning and Tracking Verification
Security
Secrets Management
Add a Secrets Manager
Add Google KMS as a Harness Secrets Manager
Add an AWS KMS Secrets Manager
Add a HashiCorp Vault Secrets Manager
Azure Key Vault Secrets
Add an AWS Secrets Manager
Add a CyberArk Secrets Manager
Migrate Secrets between Secrets Managers
Reference Existing Secret Manager Secrets
Add SSH Keys
Use SSH Key via Kerberos for Server Authentication
Add WinRM Connection Credentials
Use Encrypted Text Secrets
Use Encrypted File Secrets
Managing Harness Secrets
Restrict Secrets Usage
Use Secrets in a Delegate Profile
Managing Users and Groups (RBAC)
Authentication Settings
SSO Provider Overview
Single Sign-On (SSO) with OAuth 2.0
Single Sign-On (SSO) with LDAP
Single Sign-On (SSO) with SAML
Provisioning Users with Okta (SCIM)
Two-Factor Authentication
Deployment Freeze
IP Whitelist Management
API Keys
Audit Trail
Pipeline Governance
Provision Users and Groups with OneLogin (SCIM)
Provision Azure AD Users and Groups (SCIM)
Monitoring
Harness On-Prem
Kubernetes Connected On-Prem Setup
Docker Connected On-Prem Setup
Docker Connected On-Prem Monitoring
Docker Connected Start/Stop Scripts
Harness Disconnected On-Prem Setup
OpenShift Connected On-Prem Setup
Connected On-Prem Disaster Recovery Strategy (3 Node Architecture)
Connected On-Prem Backup and Restore Strategy
On-Prem Migration
Harness YAML
Technical Reference
Harness API
Introduction to Harness GraphQL API
Harness API Explorer
API Schema and Structure
Building Applications Using Postman
Trigger Workflows or Pipelines Using GraphQL API
Filter Harness Entities using Harness Tags in the API
Fetch Artifact Source Details Using GraphQL APIs
Use Cloud Providers API
Use Harness Applications API
Use Workflows API
Use Services API
Use Pipelines API
Use Users and Groups API
Use Audit Trails API
Use API to Retrieve IDs by Name
Encrypted Text API
Encrypted Files API
SSH Credentials API
WinRM Credentials API
Deprecated API Features
Harness YAML
Variables and Expressions
Monitoring
Account
Continuous Deployment
Continuous Verification
Release Notes
Troubleshoot
Concepts
Continuous Deployment
Deployment Concepts and Strategies
CI/CD with the Build Workflow
Artifact Build and Deploy Pipelines Overview
AWS AMI Deployments Overview
AMI Spotinst Elastigroup Deployments Overview
AWS ECS Deployments Overview
AWS Lambda Deployments Overview
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Deployments Overview
Native Helm Deployments Overview
IIS (.NET) Deployments Overview
Kubernetes Deployments Overview
Pivotal Deployments Overview
Terraform Provisioning with Harness
CloudFormation Provisioning with Harness
Shell Script Provisioning with Harness
Harness HashiCorp Integrations
Continuous Efficiency
Continuous Verification
What Is Continuous Verification (CV)?
Why Perform Continuous Verification?
When Does Harness Verify Deployments?
How Does Harness Perform Continuous Verification?
Who Are Harness' Verification Providers?
Verification Results Overview
Harness Verification Feedback Overview
24/7 Service Guard Overview
CV Strategies, Tuning, and Best Practices
AppDynamics Verification Overview
Bugsnag Verification Overview
CloudWatch Verification Overview
Datadog Verification Overview
Dynatrace Verification Overview
Elasticsearch Verification Overview
Prometheus Verification Overview
Splunk Verification Overview
Stackdriver Verification Overview
New Relic Verification Overview
Sumo Logic Verification Overview
Harness On-Prem
Security
Videos
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The following topics will guide you through the concepts and how-tos of Continuous Efficiency: