ApproveThis manages your Turbot Pipes Integration approvals.

Why Approval Automation Matters in DevOps

Modern DevOps teams move fast – until they hit an approval bottleneck. A single infrastructure change request or security review can stall deployments for days when approvers are buried in Slack messages or Jira tickets. This is where combining Turbot Pipes, the intelligence platform built for DevOps automation, with ApproveThis’s granular approval workflows creates a new playbook for frictionless decision-making.

What Happens When Data Meets Decisions

Turbot Pipes specializes in querying, transforming, and routing data from sources like AWS, Snowflake, or custom APIs. ApproveThis adds a critical layer: human judgment. Together, they enable teams to automate the entire lifecycle of data-driven decisions:

1. Turbot detects a condition requiring review (e.g., cloud costs spiking)
2. ApproveThis routes the request to the right people
3. Decisions sync back to Turbot to trigger next steps

This closed-loop system is particularly valuable for organizations managing complex infrastructure, compliance requirements, or multi-team collaboration.

Real-World Use Cases for Technical Teams

Infrastructure Change Governance

A financial services company uses Turbot to monitor Terraform pull requests. When any change impacts production databases, Turbot triggers an ApproveThis workflow requiring sign-off from both the lead architect and a security officer. Approval thresholds automatically escalate high-risk changes to the CTO.

Cloud Cost Oversight

A SaaS startup connects Turbot to their AWS Cost Explorer data. Any workload exceeding its forecasted budget by 15% initiates an approval chain. Finance leads review the spike while engineers receive calculated fields showing cost-per-feature metrics to justify the overage.

Compliance Audits

A healthcare DevOps team automates HIPAA compliance checks using Turbot’s query engine. When Turbot detects unencrypted patient data in test environments, ApproveThis routes deletion requests to legal and engineering teams with parallel approval paths to meet strict response deadlines.

Key Technical Advantages

This integration isn’t just about connecting Point A to Point B. These platforms solve specific pain points for technical users:

• No Approval Blind Spots: Turbot’s custom SQL/Snowflake queries ensure every edge case is captured, while ApproveThis’ conditional routing guarantees someone owns the decision.
• Context-Rich Reviews: Embed Turbot’s data (query results, graphs) directly into ApproveThis requests via calculated fields so approvers don’t toggle between tools.
• Breakglass Procedures: If Turbot detects a Sev1 incident, ApproveThis can bypass normal approval chains using urgency thresholds while still documenting the override.

Setting Up the Integration

Connecting Turbot Pipes and ApproveThis via Zapier takes under 15 minutes:

1. Connect Accounts: In Zapier, authenticate both Turbot Pipes and ApproveThis using OAuth.
2. Define Trigger: Set your Turbot trigger to “New Row (Custom Query)” – this could be a cost anomaly, security finding, or deployment status.
3. Map Data: Pull relevant Turbot data (resource IDs, metrics) into ApproveThis request fields. Pro tip: Use calculated fields to add summary stats.
4. Configure Approval Logic: Set approvers, escalation rules, and thresholds in ApproveThis. Test with a non-production query first.

Cross-Functional Benefits

For Engineering Leaders

Reduce context-switching by embedding approvals directly into existing Turbot-monitored workflows. Get audit trails showing who approved what change and why – crucial for post-incident reviews.

For Security Teams

Enforce mandatory reviews without becoming a bottleneck. Turbot’s real-time detection paired with ApproveThis’ parallel approvals means vulnerabilities are addressed faster.

For FinanceOps

Approval thresholds auto-reject spend overages unless explicitly justified. Vacation delegation ensures someone always reviews budget alerts, even during holidays.

Why This Beats Homegrown Solutions

Many teams try to build approval logic into Jenkins or GitHub Actions. But without features like:

• Email-based approvals for external stakeholders
• Dynamic reassignment when approvers are OOO
• Real-time dashboards tracking 100+ concurrent requests

...these DIY systems crumble under scale. ApproveThis handles the human layer so Turbot can focus on the data layer.

Getting Started

To implement this integration:

1. Identify High-Friction Approvals: Where do Turbot alerts currently lead to Slack debates or stalled tickets?
2. Map Decision Criteria: What data (from Turbot) and which approvers (in ApproveThis) are needed?
3. Start Small: Automate one approval flow, like non-prod environment changes, before expanding.

The Bigger Picture

This isn’t just about faster approvals – it’s about creating an organizational memory. Every approved/denied request in ApproveThis becomes a data point Turbot can analyze to suggest process improvements. Over time, teams can:

• Auto-approve low-risk changes that historically get rubber-stamped
• Flag approvals that consistently take longer than SLA for restructuring
• Identify approvers who might need training (e.g., always escalating cloud spend they don’t understand)

Final Thoughts

In 2024, manual approval processes aren’t just slow – they’re existential risks. Competitors using tools like ApproveThis and Turbot Pipes deploy code faster, respond to incidents quicker, and allocate budgets more efficiently. The integration turns approval gates from speed bumps into accelerators.

Next Steps: Register for ApproveThis or book a demo to discuss tailoring approval workflows to your Turbot Pipes setup. For DevOps leaders, this isn’t about adding process – it’s about removing uncertainty.