GitLab CI/CD: Architecting, Deploying, and Optimizing Pipelines 

Introduction
Course Introduction 

Problem Statement (Meeting with XYZ Team)

Basics of CICD 

Introducing GitLab CICD 

Create GitLab Account 

Join Our Community

Architecture & Core Concepts

GitLab CI CD Core Components

Create and Run a Basic Pipeline 

Types of Runners 

Types of Executors 

GitLab CICD Architecture – SaaS 

Run Jobs with Shared Runners 

Install Third Party Libraries using before_script

Executing Shell Scripts in a Job

Pipeline with Multiple Dependent Jobs )

Using stage vs stages Keyword

Artifacts – Storing Job Data 

Using needs Keyword 

Lab 1 – Exploring Pipeline Configuration Part-1

Feedback: GitLab CI/CD

Working with Variables at different levels 

Masking Variables using Project Settings 

Exploring Predefined CICD Variables 

Intro to Merge Requests 

Raise a Merge Request & Use rules at Job level

Use rules at Workflow Level 

Pipeline Schedules

Resource Groups 

Use Job Timeout

Use Job Images

Parallel Matrix 

Skipping Pipeline Trigger 

Lab 2 – Exploring Pipeline Configuration Part-2

Feedback: GitLab CI/CD

Continuous Integration with GitLab

Project Status Meeting – 1 

NodeJS Application Overview

Run and Test NodeJS App on Local Machine

Understanding XYZ Team DevOps Pipeline

Import Git Repo 

Pipeline – Configure Unit Testing 

Artifacts – Unit Test Reports

Pipeline – Configure Coverage and Archive Reports

Ignoring Job Failure 

Exploring Reports through Merge Request 

Caching Dependencies 

Invalidate Cache 

Project Status Meeting – 2 

Lab 3 – Testing, Artifacts, and Cache

Feedback: GitLab CI/CD

What are Services

Run Unit Testing & Code Coverage Jobs using Services

Docker Build 

Docker Test 

Docker Push 

Publish Image to Gitlab Container Registry 

Project Status Meeting – 3 

Lab 4 – Docker, and Services

Feedback: GitLab CI/CD

Continuous Deployment with GitLab

Understanding Deployment Pipeline 

Kubernetes – A Brief Overview

Exploring Kubernetes Cluster 

Job – Setup Kubectl 

Job – Configuring Kubeconfig file

Job – Replace Placeholders Tokens 

Job – Create Secret and Deploy to K8S Dev Environment 

Job – Fetch Ingress URL & Integration testing 

Understand Gitlab Environments 

Environment and Deployments 

Connecting a Kubernetes cluster with GitLab via agentK 

Configure Gitlab Agent 

Customize Agent Config and Staging Environment 

Manually Promote to Staging Environment via agentK 

Lab 5 – K8S – Deploy App to Dev and Staging Environment

Feedback: GitLab CI/CD

Optimization, Security and Monitoring

Optimize CICD configuration files 

Extends – Reuse Configuration – NodeJS Jobs 

Anchors – Reuse Configuration – Deployment Jobs

Reference Tags – Reuse Configuration – Integration Testing 

Template and Types of Includes 

Component – Code Quality

Template – SAST 

Component – Secret Detection 

Template- Container Scanning 

Slack Channel Notifications 

ChatOps with Slack

Pipeline Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana

Adding a Pipeline status & Code Coverage Badge 

Lab 6 – Optimizing, Securing and Monitoring Pipelines

Feedback: GitLab CI/CD

Self-Managed Runners

Self-Managed Runners 

Install Project Runner on Linux Machine with Shell Executor 

Run Jobs on the installed Shell Executor 

Install Group Runner on Linux Machine with Docker Executor 

Use Local Template to Upload Reports to AWS/Minio S3 Bucket 

Lab 7 – Install Runner and Execute AWS S3 Jobs

Feedback: GitLab CI/CD

Auto DevOps

What is Auto DevOps

Configuring AutoDevOps 

Raise a Merge Request and Checkout AutoDevOps 

Fixing Issues and Deploying to Review Environment

Automatic Deployment to Production Environment 

Switch to ULTIMATE Tier 

Staging Environment and Canaray Deployment with AutoDevOps part 1 

Staging Environment and Canaray Deployment with AutoDevOps part 2 

Rollback Deployment

AutoDevOps Customization 

Feedback: GitLab CI/CD