Configuration management in applications is the key in the world of micro-services and managing configurations per environment makes it even more complex. Configurations can be managed in a file, in memory, or in a centralized system. …

Configuration as Code (CAC) is a set of practices to manage application configuration using version control. This implies that the configurations are stored in git, or a similar version control system. Maintaining configurations in git gains the benefits of versioning, approval process and traceability. IBM Cloud App Configuration is a…

IBM Cloud App Configuration is a centralized feature-management and configuration service. App Configuration helps developers effectively create, manage and toggle feature flags to control the releases. Use toggling of feature flags to instantly control the release of features and gradually roll out features to users or a subset of users…

Use IBM Cloud App Configuration to quickly diagnose and identify issues in your application by utilizing the feature management capability to control the application traces — Detailed traces play a major role in debugging applications, but these traces may become expensive. For optimal usage, debug traces are enabled only on an as-needed basis. …

Progressive delivery controls when and how the features are released to customers. Traditionally, feature releases are stressful to developers, who are worried about the problems that customers would face with each release. Feature releases are also clubbed with deployments, and this increases the scope of issues that users may face. Progressive delivery, or continuous delivery++, is a modern development lifecycle that builds…