Getting Started by Role
Digital.ai Release is a release orchestration platform for software delivery teams. It models release processes as a sequence of tasks grouped into phases, coordinates manual and automated work across teams and tools, and provides reporting and auditing on delivery and performance.
What Is Digital.ai Release?
Release models your software delivery process as a sequence of phases and tasks. Teams across development, QA, operations, and release management work from a shared view of every release such as what is done, what is in progress, and what is blocked.
Key capabilities include:
- Release orchestration: Coordinate manual and automated tasks across teams and tools in a single release pipeline.
- CI/CD integration: Connect to Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Argo CD, Kubernetes, and other tools through the plugins that Digital.ai maintains for Release SaaS, and through webhooks.
- Self-service workflows: Let developers onboard applications and trigger operational tasks without specialist knowledge of the underlying tools.
- Reporting: Track delivery performance with built-in dashboards and reports.
- DevOps as Code: Define and version-control release configuration as YAML using the XL CLI.
For a full list of concepts, see Core Concepts.
Before You Begin
Release SaaS is a fully-managed cloud instance of Digital.ai Release. Digital.ai hosts the platform and handles infrastructure, upgrades, and maintenance, so there is nothing to install.
Try Release SaaS
No installation required. Sign up for a Release SaaS trial to get started immediately.
Get Access to Release SaaS
Access to the generally available edition of Release SaaS is arranged through the Digital.ai sales team, which provisions a dedicated instance for your organization.
Review What Is Available
Release SaaS provides most of the features available in the on-premises version, with some capabilities restricted or managed by Digital.ai. Review the available plugins, the supported APIs, and the user group permissions before you plan your setup.
Getting Started by Role
Select the guide that matches your role and responsibilities.
Release Manager
You plan, coordinate, and drive releases to completion. You work with release templates, monitor task progress, manage teams, and report release status to stakeholders.
Release Engineer
You design and maintain the reusable release templates that Release Managers use to create and run release pipelines. You define phases, tasks, variables, team organization, and delivery patterns.
DevOps / Pipeline Engineer
You connect Release to your CI/CD toolchain. You configure integrations with Jenkins, GitHub, Argo CD, Kubernetes, and other tools, set up triggers and webhooks, and connect your own Release Runners for container-based task execution.
System Administrator
You manage identity and access for your organization in the Digital.ai Platform, and you deploy and register any Release Runners that your teams run in their own infrastructure. Digital.ai handles server installation, upgrades, database management, and security hardening for you.
Release Administrator
You manage Release at the application level. You define roles and teams, configure risk profiles and other system settings, manage global variables and connections, and support your users.
Integration Developer
You are responsible for integrating Release with other tools and services in your organization. You call the REST API from external systems, automate Release configuration using the command line tool and GitOps techniques, and integrate Release with AI agents via the MCP Server.
Engineering Manager
You use Release dashboards and reports to monitor delivery health, track portfolio status, and communicate performance to stakeholders.