Tencent Hub: DevOps Best Practices and Workflow Architecture

Speaker: Zou Hui, Director of PaaS Product at Tencent Cloud.

Background: The "Cloud+Future" summit was held in Guangzhou on May 23‑24, gathering government leaders, academic experts, industry veterans, and technology specialists to discuss cloud computing and digital industry innovation.

During the developer session, Zou Hui presented the topic "New Era DevOps Heavyweight – Tencent Hub Best Practices," sharing design ideas and thoughts on DevOps products.

He explained why Tencent adopts DevOps and how to implement it, emphasizing the need to balance quality assurance with development efficiency.

Key points:

1. Clarify the process: Identify all steps in software development (code commit, testing, static scanning, etc.) and define the roles (developers, testers, operations, managers) and approval/notification requirements.

2. Automate the process: Choose a suitable DevOps toolchain to automate the defined workflow.

To illustrate this, Tencent Cloud introduced its DevOps platform, Tencent Hub , the first toolset covering the entire DevOps lifecycle.

Tencent Hub consists of three main parts: code development, code building, and code release. It integrates TAPD for development, Tgait as a code repository, and provides a comprehensive artifact store that connects to runtime environments for various deployment scenarios.

In the CD stage, the core component Work Flow acts like a factory assembly line, linking development, testing, and release steps. It is designed to adapt quickly to diverse and evolving workflows.

Work Flow is divided into three layers: the Engine environment, the plugin layer, and the plugin library that manages scheduling. The Engine can execute tasks in parallel or sequentially, pause or resume stages, and make decisions based on test results.

Tasks can be containerized, allowing plugins to be packaged as containers for easy distribution and customization.

Besides Work Flow, Tencent Hub provides a Registry for storing intermediate artifacts (build outputs, configuration files, etc.) across different storage back‑ends and protocols.

The Registry offers multi‑level management (organization, team, individual) with permission controls, logging, and static scanning features.

Tencent also packages internal R&D practices as services, enabling developers to leverage automated operations, code hosting, automated testing, and the OTFA Android testing platform.

In summary, the talk presented the design philosophy and practical implementation of Tencent Hub’s DevOps ecosystem, covering workflow automation, plugin architecture, container‑based task execution, and artifact management.

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