CI/CD with GitLab

Outline

Chapter 1 - DevOps Fundamentals

• Why DevOps
• What is DevOps?
• Collaborative, Matrixed and Cross-Functional Teams
• Key Components of Successful DevOps Teams
• DevOps-ification
• DevOps Vocabulary
• DevOps Goals
• Not DevOps - Crush Buzzwords
• Driving Business Outcomes with DevOps
• Technology-Enabled Business
• DevOps Key Enabler for Digital Transformation
• Core Values and Mission
• Core Values - Culture
• Core Values - Automation
• Core Values - Measurement
• Core Values - Sharing
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Value Stream Mapping
• Behavioral Patterns for Success
• DevOps Org Structures
• DevOps Team - Separate
• DevOps Merged Organization
• DevOps Overlapped Organization
• Organizational Structure Leadership
• What Does Continuous Delivery Mean?
• Deployment Pipelines
• Your Organization is Doing CD if …
• Pipelining for CD
• Continuous Integration
• CI Pipeline
• CD & CI Methodologies
• Key Tool Categories for CI/CD
• Summary

Chapter 2 - Introduction to Git

• What is Git
• Git's Design Goals
• Git's Design Goals (cont'd)
• Branching and Merging
• Branching and Merging (cont'd)
• Centralized Version Control
• Distributed Version Control
• Git Basics
• Git Basics (Cont'd)
• Git Basics (cont'd)
• Getting Git
• Git on the Server
• Git Repository Managers
• Git on Someones Server
• Summary

Chapter 3 - Basic Git Operations

• Using Git
• Definitions
• Definitions (cont'd)
• Repository (cont'd)
• Definitions (cont'd)
• Commit
• Commit (continued)
• How to Think About Commits
• Viewing History
• Configuring Git
• Configuration Scope
• User Identification
• User Identification (cont'd)
• GPG Signing
• Gnu Privacy Guard
• GPG Basics
• GPG and Git
• .gitignore
• Other Useful Configurations
• Gitattributes
• Where Gitattributes are Set
• How Gitattributes are Set
• Git Hooks
• commit-msg Hook with Jira Key
• Summary

Chapter 4 - Branching, Merging and Remotes

• Branching
• Branches in Git
• Branches in Git (cont'd)
• Merge
• Merge (cont'd)
• Fast Forward Merge
• --no-ff
• More Than One Repository
• Working with Remotes
• Fetch and Pull
• Push
• Pull Requests
• Tagging a Commit
• Lightweight Tags
• Annotated Tags
• Sharing Tags
• Checking Out a Tag
• Summary

Chapter 5 - Introduction to Git Flow

• Why Use an SCM Workflow?
• Why Use an SCM Workflow? (Cond'd)
• What is Git Flow
• The Main Branch
• Benefits
• How Git Flow works?
• How Git Flow works? (Cont'd)
• What is Git Flow? (Cont'd)
• How Git Flow works? (Cont'd)
• Git Flow Extension
• Initializing Git Flow
• Features
• Release
• Hotfixes
• Git Flow and Continuous Integration
• Git Flow – Summary
• Git Flow – Pros and Cons
• Git Flow – When it Works Best?
• Git Flow – When it Doesn’t Work?
• Git Flow Alternatives
• Trunk-based Development
• Trunk-based Development (Cont'd)
• Trunk-based Development – When it Works?
• Trunk-based Development – When it Doesn’t Work?
• GitHub Flow
• GitHub Flow – Pros and Cons
• Summary

Chapter 6 - Introduction to GitLab

• What is GitLab
• What is GitLab (cont'd)
• History
• Benefits
• Features
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Setting up an Account
• Setting up an Account (cont'd)
• Create New Project
• Choice for Projects
• GitLab Commands
• GitLab Commands (cont'd)
• Summary

Chapter 7 - Introduction to CI/CD and GitLab

• Foundation of Agile AppDev
• Extreme Programming
• Agile Development
• What is Continuous Integration (CI)
• What is Continuous Integration (cont'd)
• Typical Setup for Continuous Integration
• Setup Notes for Continuous Integration
• CI with Artifact Management
• What is Continuous Delivery (CD)?
• Why Continuous Delivery?
• DevOps and Continuous Delivery
• Continuous Delivery Challenges
• Continuous Delivery vs Continuous Deployment
• GitLab CI/CD
• GitLab CI/CD (Cont)
• Running GitLab
• Running GitLab (cont)
• Creating a GitLab Project
• Creating a GitLab Project (cont)
• GitLab via YAML Templates
• Summary

Chapter 8 - Introduction to GitLab Flow

• GitLab Flow
• GitLab Flow – Environment Branches
• GitLab Flow – Release Branches
• GitLab Flow – Release Branches (Contd.)
• GitLab Flow – Pros and Cons
• Summary

Chapter 9 - Best Practices for GitLab

• Best Practices - Secure GitLab
• Best Practices - Users
• Best Practices - Build Directory
• Best Practices - Shutdown
• Best Practices – CI/CD
• Best Practices – Optimize Pipeline Stages
• Best Practices - Summary

Lab Exercises

• Lab 1. Version Control
• Lab 2. using
• Lab 3. Git
• Lab 4. Branching, Merging and Working with Remotes
• Lab 5. GitFlow Workflow
• Lab 6. Working with GitLab.com
• Lab 7. Working with GitLab.com