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Autosoft eliminated manual deployments with Octopus
About Autosoft
Autosoft provides a dealer management system (DMS) used by over 2,000 automotive dealerships across the U.S.
Autosoft’s user-friendly and innovative software improves processes and reduces operating costs. This helps dealers focus on their customers, not their DMS.
Challenges
Manual processes impacted team efficiency
Autosoft was using TeamCity to deploy to its QA environments by uploading the build artifacts to the proper locations.
The team manually configured IIS to set up the websites for each application they deployed.
An operations team member would deploy to staging and production environments. They copied the artifacts to the machines or manually ran SQL migrations. Autosoft chose this approach because it didn't have complete confidence in TeamCity.
Solution
Automation and reliability with Octopus
Autosoft wanted to eliminate manual tasks, save time, and reduce the risk of errors. Octopus Deploy met Autosoft’s needs, helping the team remove all manual deployment steps from their software development lifecycle.
Value
Self-service improved efficiency and reduced deployment costs
Improved efficiency with fewer errors
Using Octopus Deploy, Autosoft introduced automation and removed all manual deployments, saving time and avoiding the risk of human errors.
Self-service processes
Thanks to the intuitive Octopus UI, the QA team took ownership of QA deployments, freeing up the time of developers previously managing the process.
Reduced deployment costs
Autosoft values Octopus Deploy's secure, reliable, and risk-free deployments. Using Octopus gave Autosoft the confidence to automate its deployments to staging and production environments. The team now require fewer resources when deploying.