Automating workflows has been a priority of many development teams in recent years. The more your team can automate their work and integrate the different tools they use, the more they can accomplish. In an effort to facilitate automation, Pantheon recently released Cloud Integration Tools, allowing developers to integrate their daily workflows with their favorite apps and services, both inbound and outbound, as well as unify login across services.

1. Automating & Integrating
Pantheon with JIRA, Slack,
Jenkins, and More

2. Pantheon.io
Who Are We?
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Brian Thompson, Lead
Software Engineer,
Mindgrub
Dave Wikoff, Lead
Software Engineer,
Mindgrub
Ari Gold, Associate
Product Manager,
Pantheon

4. LOTS OF COMPLEXITY
LOTS OF DETAIL

5. LOTS OF TEDIUM

6. HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT
GOOD AT ROBOT WORK

7. MAKE THE ROBOTS DO
THE WORK

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Automation Benefits
✓ Frees developer time to improve quality, skills, or deliver
features faster.
✓ Machines aren’t prone to human error.
✓ Improves project visibility through dependable
notifications.

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The

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Cloud Integration Tools
● Quicksilver Platform Hooks
● The pantheon.yml config file
● Terminus Command Line Interface
● SAML Centralized Authentication

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SAML Centralized Authentication
● Integrate Pantheon into your
organization-wide security strategy.
● Authenticate against your identity
provider (IdP) when logging into the
Pantheon dashboard.
● If your organization does not already
make use of SAML, you can use Okta,
OneLogin, or open-source tools as a
no-cost way to get started.

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Terminus Command Line Interface
● Now supports token-based authentication
● Securely use Terminus on remote servers,
a must-have for continuous integration.
● Includes advanced interfaces to track
workflows on Pantheon

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Quicksilver Platform Hooks
Some examples of what you can do:
● Update issue tracker (e.g. JIRA) based on Pantheon activity
● Automatically sanitize Dev databases after cloning from Live
● Post notifications to Slack to keep your teams in sync
● Clear CDN caches on deploy
● Integrate almost anything via simple webhooks

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Pull Requests are
Most Welcome!
pantheon-systems/quicksilver-examples

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Developers trigger workflows identified in pantheon.yml
● sync_code
● deploy
● clone_database
● clear_cache
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Quicksilver Platform Hooks
Platform Hooks respond by running the Quicksilver operations
listed for that workflow in pantheon.yml and stored in
code/private/scripts/example.php

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----
api_version: 1
workflows:
sync_code:
after:
- type: webphp
description: 'Clear cache after code push.'
script: private/scripts/cc_after_push.php
The pantheon.yml configuration file

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<?php
echo "Hello, Quicksilver.";
echo "nn";
echo "n========= START PAYLOAD ===========n";
print_r($_POST);
echo "n========== END PAYLOAD ============n";
echo "n";
echo "n---------- ENVIRONMENT ------------n";
passthru("printenv");
Quicksilver WebPHP Scripts
- Web-requested PHP
- Subject to 120s timeout

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files/private/secrets.json
- Keep machine tokens, Slack webhook URLs, and keys
- files is not in git
- Must add to all environments (doesn’t deploy with code)
- Script! https://github.com/pantheon-systems/quicksilver-
examples/pull/14
secrets.json

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1. Agencies have a lot of simultaneous projects
2. Moving configuration between environments
3. Code quality enforcement
4. Continuous integration
The Hard Way

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1. Features solves configuration Issues in Drupal 7
2. Drupal 8 makes it easier with CMI
3. Solve similar issues in WordPress using WP-CFM
4. This can all be run synced using Quicksilver
Moving Configuration Between Environments

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Enforcing Code Quality
● SimpleTest / PHPUnit
● PHP Mess Detector, PHP Code Style
● JS Linting

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● Run any CI build on push
● Mindgrub uses Jenkins, works for anything
● Opens many other possibilities
Continuous Integration

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● Deployments should be stress free
● Multiple moving parts
● Communication between all parties is important
● https://github.com/rvtraveller/pantheon-slack-integration
Turning Deployments from High Stress to Low
Stress

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Demo

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● Integration with ticket tracking system to automatically update
tickets
● Polling via Slack
● Enhanced Terminus integration
Future Enhancements

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More Resources
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- https://pantheon.io/docs/quicksilver/
- https://github.com/pantheon-systems/quicksilver-examples/
- https://github.com/pantheon-systems/terminus
- https://pantheon.io/docs/sso-organizations/
- https://github.com/pantheon-systems/quicksilver-cli/
- https://github.com/rvtraveller/pantheon-slack-integration

29. Questions?