Automation of the Release Process in the Context of Liferay DXP Technology

Bachelor thesis addresses the release process within the company Lundegaard a.s., particularly in relation to projects built on content management system Liferay. The main objective of this thesis is to provide client-friendly and operationally efficient methods for building and deploying Liferay applications. The results of this thesis were consulted with various stakeholders, both within Lundegaard and with interested parties from the customer side. Thesis briefly introduces underlying terminology, especially in relation to the DevOps and CI/CD concepts. This introduction, analysis of the technical aspects of the Liferay technology and review of the current practices in operating solution in question led to the positing of analytical conclusions, highlighting weaknesses and potential resolutions. Based on these conclusions, a conceptual dataflow proposition for an adjusted process was developed, which was discussed with Lundegaard's client. Feedback received was utilized in preparing a prototype utilizing the GitHub Actions service. Finally, the thesis summarizes important implementation notes and possibilities for further system development.