IBM i Workflow and CI/CD Pipelines

Ensure Seamless Collaboration Across Your Organization

Automated workflow helps IBM i developers focus on what they do best
— building and enhancing applications.

MDPipeline, the automated workflow solution from Midrange Dynamics enables orchestration of CI/CD pipelines and seamless participation in enterprise DevOps processes.

MDPipeline fully supports integration with Git-based repositories. However, with MDPipeline and MDChange, the use of Git is not required for concurrent development, which presents options for your team.

Design Your Optimal IBM i Workflow

Whether your organization follows agile, waterfall, or hybrid development methodologies, MDPipeline enables you to automate and optimize your IBM i project management workflow.

IBM i teams can fully participate in enterprise CI/CD pipelines while maintaining the tools and interfaces they prefer.

Start with the Basics – Extend As Your Process Evolves

With MDPipeline, you can begin by establishing enforced project workflow, approvals, and process visibility across your development lifecycle. Centrally manage projects, tasks, object deployment, and structured workflows across IBM i and other enterprise platforms.

  • View project and task status in real time
  • Enforce approvals and quality gates
  • Automate workflow progression based on defined values or thresholds
  • Integrate with ticketing systems such as Jira or ServiceNow

This structured approach ensures consistency, transparency, and accountability throughout development and deployment.

Extend Workflow Visibility and Automation

When you are ready to take your process to the next step, we again offer choices.

MDPipeline enables IBM i teams to integrate with Git-based repositories and enterprise CI/CD pipelines using REST APIs. MDPipeline facilitates bidirectional communication with tools that are typically part of a CI/CD process such as Azure DevOps, Bamboo, and Jenkins.

However, you do not need to acquire and integrate a third-party CI/CD tool, such as Jenkins, into the mix. MDPipeline ensures a smooth software development process across your entire team, no matter which route you take.

  • Orchestrate the entire pipeline, including automation and event triggering
  • Integrate with existing CI/CD tools and processes
  • Participate in established enterprise workflows without disruption

You can participate in an existing CI/CD pipeline with MDPipeline, or you can orchestrate a pipeline, communicating with other tools involved. No additional hardware or IBM software is required to implement MDPipeline.

MDPipeline Web App

Monitor and control projects, tasks, and deployments through a browser-based interface. Because an MDCMS developer license is not required, the Web App is ideal for operations teams, release managers, and stakeholders who need visibility without development access.

Improve Efficiency, Collaboration, and Compliance

With automated processes and enforced workflows in place, teams benefit from:

  • Increased development efficiency
  • Clear communication across teams
  • Automated approvals at defined stages and quality gates
  • Documented processes that support audit and compliance requirements

By removing manual steps and uncertainty, developers can focus on delivering value through application innovation.

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