Anka Registry enables management and distribution of macOS development environments (macOS VMs) across developers and to macOS cloud for CI, for consistent and repeatable build and test operations. With Anka Registry, you can create macOS image and then in an incremental manner provision Xcode, final dependencies and push to the registry, from where it is
This blog is not a comparison of CI tools or services available. It assumes that Jenkins is your CI tool of choice for iOS CI/CD. There have been a lot of blogs written on how to configure Jenkins for iOS CI – starting with plugin installation, using Fastlane and other tools etc to further streamline
Here is a peek into how our development team uses do builds for Anka product locally using Anka itself. We have all seen multiple blog posts shared by developments teams who are developing on top of Linux explaining how their developers are using containers to setup build and test environments locally on their workstations, with
We are publishing an updated version 1.0.2.73 for both Anka Build and Anka Flow packages. For the past two months, we have been testing Anka with the HiSierra macOS and have supported the HiSierra beta versions. Today, with this release update, we are supporting the HiSierra GA version. Some of the things that you can do
One of the key differentiators in Veertu’s Anka solutions packages (Build And Flow) is Anka Registry for macOS virtual machines. When you look at current DevOps workflows for development on Linux, containers significantly increase CI efficiency by ensuring consistency across multiple developments and release cycles with repeatable development, build, and test environments. For individual developers,
In this blog, we will describe the path to move from static, physical hardware-based build and test iOS CI infrastructure to one that is agile, scalable, and enables infrastructure-as-code for macOS. In short, you will be able to setup an AWS-like self-service macOS private cloud to run your iOS CI jobs in container-like environments to
Today, we are pleased to announce the General Availability of Veertu Anka Build and Anka Flow(formerly Anka Run) r1.0.0.61. Release 1.0.0.61 is an update to Anka Beta r1.0.0.47 which includes all features delivered in previous beta versions, as well as updated features and fixes. We are extremely grateful to our beta user community who helped
Agile development is putting a lot of pressure on traditional CI and testing approaches. It demands faster build and test times so that feedback can be provided quickly to the developers. It also assumes that test system related issues shouldn’t slow down CI pipelines and that tests in isolated, sterile reproducible environments offer the most
Today, we are announcing the availability of Anka Beta version 1 build 41 to all the beta users. Please check your email for the download link. New users can sign up at www.veertu.com. In this update, we have added some pretty cool feature updates to Anka macOS VMs configuration, that are directly relevant to use
Thanks to Lachlan Donald, there is now a Packer Builder for Anka. The Anka Packer builder is able to create macOS Anka VMs starting from a macOS installer app. The builder builds a fully functional macOS VM from scratch, provisioned with Anka PV network and block drivers for near-native build and test performance. You can