The Challenge of Scaling macOS Builds in Azure DevOps
Are you managing iOS app development at scale using Azure DevOps? You're likely familiar with the challenges of efficiently scaling macOS build agents for Xcode. While Azure DevOps excels at orchestrating Windows and Linux agents, macOS presents unique scaling hurdles.
Limited Autoscaling for macOS: Azure DevOps's native autoscaling capabilities don't fully extend to macOS, making it difficult to dynamically adjust your build capacity based on demand.
Complex Self-Hosting: Managing your own macOS infrastructure can be complex, costly, and time-consuming, requiring significant IT overhead.
Build Pipeline Bottlenecks: Inefficient scaling leads to bottlenecks in your CI/CD pipeline, impacting release velocity and time to market.
Introducing Orka: The Solution for macOS Build Scaling
Orka Cluster from MacStadium provides a powerful solution to these challenges, enabling true autoscaling for your macOS build agents within your Azure DevOps workflow.
Kubernetes-Powered Scalability: Orka leverages Kubernetes to provide ultra-high-scale deployment of macOS VMs for Xcode development.
Rapid Deployment: With rapid deployment (<10s for cached 90GB images), Orka minimizes build times and ensures your CI/CD pipeline can handle even the most demanding iOS build cycles.
Seamless Azure DevOps Integration: By running your Azure macOS agents within Orka Cluster, you gain the benefits of OCI-compliant container images and Kubernetes orchestration, mirroring the autoscaling capabilities you're accustomed to with Windows and Linux agents in Azure DevOps.
Orchestration and Scheduling: Want Orka to handle the scheduling and orchestration of your macOS build agents, just as Azure would for Windows and Linux pipelines? Talk to our team about it.
Key Benefits of Using Orka with Azure DevOps
Reduce Build Times by Up to 90%: Experience significant performance improvements and accelerate your release cycles.
Improve Developer Productivity: Empower your developers with faster feedback loops and more efficient workflows.
Optimize CI/CD Pipelines: Eliminate macOS resource bottlenecks for faster build, test, and app release timelines.
Reduce Infrastructure Costs: Lower your IT overhead and avoid the complexities of managing your own macOS infrastructure.
Scale On Demand: Adjust your build capacity to meet fluctuating CI/CD needs.
Android builds on macOS Agents: Run Android builds on macOS agents within Orka, allowing for direct build time comparisons.
How It Works in 4 Easy Steps
1. Integrate Orka with your existing Azure DevOps environment
2. Deploy your macOS build agents within the Orka Cluster.
3. Leverage Kubernetes for automatic scaling and orchestration.
4. Experience significantly faster build times and improved CI/CD efficiency.
See Orka in Action
Our team is ready to show you how easy it is to develop, test, and deploy apps with Orka.
Leading organizations around the world are using Orka to drive Mac DevOps
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