Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

  1. Infrastructure and Tooling
    1. CI/CD Platforms and Tools
      1. Self-Hosted Solutions
        1. Jenkins
          1. Architecture and Components
            1. Plugin Ecosystem
              1. Pipeline Configuration
                1. Scaling and High Availability
                2. GitLab Self-Managed
                  1. Installation and Configuration
                    1. Runner Management
                      1. Integration Features
                    2. Cloud-Based Services
                      1. GitHub Actions
                        1. Workflow Syntax
                          1. Marketplace Actions
                            1. Self-Hosted Runners
                            2. GitLab CI/CD
                              1. Pipeline Configuration
                                1. GitLab Runners
                                  1. Integration with GitLab Features
                                  2. CircleCI
                                    1. Configuration Files
                                      1. Orbs and Reusable Components
                                        1. Performance Features
                                        2. Azure DevOps
                                          1. Azure Pipelines
                                            1. Release Management
                                              1. Integration with Azure Services
                                              2. AWS CodePipeline
                                                1. Service Integration
                                                  1. Cross-Account Deployments
                                                    1. Integration with AWS Services
                                                  2. Tool Selection Criteria
                                                    1. Feature Requirements
                                                      1. Scalability Needs
                                                        1. Integration Capabilities
                                                          1. Cost Considerations
                                                        2. Infrastructure as Code
                                                          1. IaC Principles
                                                            1. Declarative Infrastructure
                                                              1. Idempotency
                                                                1. Version Control for Infrastructure
                                                                2. IaC Approaches
                                                                  1. Declarative vs Imperative
                                                                    1. Mutable vs Immutable Infrastructure
                                                                      1. Configuration Drift Management
                                                                      2. IaC Tools
                                                                        1. Terraform
                                                                          1. Configuration Language
                                                                            1. State Management
                                                                              1. Provider Ecosystem
                                                                                1. Terraform Cloud
                                                                                2. AWS CloudFormation
                                                                                  1. Template Structure
                                                                                    1. Stack Management
                                                                                      1. Cross-Stack References
                                                                                      2. Azure Resource Manager
                                                                                        1. ARM Templates
                                                                                          1. Bicep Language
                                                                                            1. Resource Groups
                                                                                            2. Pulumi
                                                                                              1. Programming Language Support
                                                                                                1. State Management
                                                                                                  1. Cloud Provider Support
                                                                                              2. Configuration Management
                                                                                                1. Configuration Management Principles
                                                                                                  1. Consistency Across Environments
                                                                                                    1. Automation of Configuration Changes
                                                                                                      1. Configuration Validation
                                                                                                      2. Configuration Management Tools
                                                                                                        1. Ansible
                                                                                                          1. Playbooks and Roles
                                                                                                            1. Inventory Management
                                                                                                              1. Ansible Galaxy
                                                                                                              2. Puppet
                                                                                                                1. Manifests and Modules
                                                                                                                  1. Puppet Master and Agents
                                                                                                                    1. Puppet Forge
                                                                                                                    2. Chef
                                                                                                                      1. Cookbooks and Recipes
                                                                                                                        1. Chef Server and Nodes
                                                                                                                          1. Chef Supermarket
                                                                                                                        2. Configuration Strategies
                                                                                                                          1. Push vs Pull Models
                                                                                                                            1. Agent vs Agentless
                                                                                                                              1. Configuration Testing
                                                                                                                            2. Containerization and Orchestration
                                                                                                                              1. Container Fundamentals
                                                                                                                                1. Container Technology
                                                                                                                                  1. Benefits of Containerization
                                                                                                                                    1. Container vs Virtual Machines
                                                                                                                                    2. Docker
                                                                                                                                      1. Docker Architecture
                                                                                                                                        1. Images and Containers
                                                                                                                                          1. Docker CLI and Commands
                                                                                                                                            1. Docker Compose
                                                                                                                                            2. Container Images
                                                                                                                                              1. Dockerfile Best Practices
                                                                                                                                                1. Multi-Stage Builds
                                                                                                                                                  1. Image Optimization
                                                                                                                                                    1. Security Scanning
                                                                                                                                                    2. Container Registries
                                                                                                                                                      1. Public vs Private Registries
                                                                                                                                                        1. Image Versioning
                                                                                                                                                          1. Registry Security
                                                                                                                                                            1. Registry Management
                                                                                                                                                            2. Container Orchestration
                                                                                                                                                              1. Kubernetes
                                                                                                                                                                1. Cluster Architecture
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Workload Resources
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Services and Networking
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Configuration and Secrets
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Helm Package Manager
                                                                                                                                                                        2. Docker Swarm
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Swarm Mode
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Service Management
                                                                                                                                                                              1. Load Balancing
                                                                                                                                                                              2. Container Orchestration in CI/CD
                                                                                                                                                                                1. Deployment Strategies
                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Rolling Updates
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Health Checks