Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

  1. CI/CD Pipeline Architecture
    1. Pipeline Fundamentals
      1. What is a Pipeline
        1. Definition and Purpose
          1. Automating Software Delivery
            1. Standardizing Processes
            2. Pipeline as Code
              1. Benefits of Pipeline as Code
                1. Versioning Pipelines
                  1. Reusability and Portability
                    1. Code Review for Pipelines
                    2. Declarative vs Scripted Pipelines
                      1. Characteristics of Declarative Pipelines
                        1. Characteristics of Scripted Pipelines
                          1. Use Cases for Each Approach
                            1. Hybrid Approaches
                          2. Pipeline Stages
                            1. Source Stage
                              1. Triggering the Pipeline
                                1. Push Events
                                  1. Merge Requests
                                    1. Scheduled Triggers
                                      1. Webhooks
                                        1. Setting Up Webhooks
                                          1. Security Considerations
                                            1. Webhook Reliability
                                          2. Build Stage
                                            1. Compiling Code
                                              1. Build Tools and Languages
                                                1. Handling Build Failures
                                                  1. Build Artifacts Generation
                                                  2. Dependency Management
                                                    1. Resolving Dependencies
                                                      1. Caching Strategies
                                                        1. Security Scanning
                                                      2. Test Stage
                                                        1. Running Automated Tests
                                                          1. Test Frameworks
                                                            1. Test Execution Strategies
                                                              1. Test Parallelization
                                                              2. Code Quality Analysis
                                                                1. Static Analysis Tools
                                                                  1. Code Coverage Metrics
                                                                    1. Quality Gates
                                                                  2. Package Stage
                                                                    1. Creating Deployable Artifacts
                                                                      1. Artifact Versioning
                                                                        1. Artifact Signing
                                                                        2. Deploy Stage
                                                                          1. Environment Deployment
                                                                            1. Deployment Automation
                                                                              1. Configuration Management
                                                                                1. Health Checks
                                                                              2. Artifacts and Artifact Management
                                                                                1. Build Artifacts
                                                                                  1. Types of Artifacts
                                                                                    1. Artifact Lifecycle
                                                                                      1. Artifact Metadata
                                                                                      2. Artifact Repositories
                                                                                        1. Purpose and Benefits
                                                                                          1. Repository Types
                                                                                            1. Repository Security
                                                                                            2. Versioning Strategies
                                                                                              1. Semantic Versioning
                                                                                                1. Build Number Versioning
                                                                                                  1. Git-Based Versioning
                                                                                                    1. Artifact Tagging
                                                                                                    2. Artifact Promotion
                                                                                                      1. Promotion Pipelines
                                                                                                        1. Environment-Specific Artifacts
                                                                                                          1. Approval Processes

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