RCA0313 – Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) is a key skill that every modern day Software and DevOps Engineer should know. This course provides a practical introduction to CI/CD, an automated approach to software development. ****

Many Organizations are adopting CI/CD practices to ship software faster and more efficiently. CI/CD focuses on frequent and reliable software delivery processes using automation to ensure code quality. This practice requires automation that continuously integrates code changes and continuously delivers those changes to a production environment. ****

In this course, you’ll examine the key features of CI and practice social coding using the Git Feature Branch Workflow. You will also learn about standard CI tools and gain a deep understanding of GitHub Actions workflows and their components. You’ll also review CD and its goals, benefits, and best practices. And you will learn the requirements of a CI/CD pipeline and discover standard CD tools. ****

You will explore Tekton and discover how its components work together to create a CD pipeline. You will learn how to build a pipeline, pass parameters to a pipeline, build triggers to start pipeline runs, implement reusable tasks, and create custom tasks. For your final project, you will complete your CD pipeline by building a container image and deploying your application to an OpenShift Kubernetes cluster.

Throughout this course, you’ll demonstrate your CI/CD skills by completing several hands-on labs with real-world tools used by DevOps professionals.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Describe automation Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and CI/CD and their benefits.
• Practice Continuous Integration (CI) using GitHub Feature Branch Workflows and GitHub Actions.
• Create the Continuous Development (CD) pipelines using Tekton and deploy your code to cloud using Kubernetes.
• Develop hands-on experience with various CI/CD tools and Cloud Native technologies used by DevOps professionals.

Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to CI/CD

• Introduction to CI/CD
• Platform and Tools
• What is Infrastructure as Code?

Module 2: Understanding Continuous Integration

• Continuous Integration
• What is Continuous Integration
• Benefits of Continuous Integration
• Social Coding
• Git Feature Branch Workflow: Working in Branches
• Git Feature Branch Workflow: Making a Pull Request
• Tools of Continuous Integration (CI)

Module 3: Implementing Continuous Integration (CI)

• GitHub – Getting Started
• Introduction to GitHub Actions
• Deeper Dive into GitHub Actions: Part 1
• Deeper Dive into GitHub Actions: Part 2
• Using GitHub Actions (Pre-req: Sign up for GitHub)
• Integrating Code Coverage

Module 4: Understanding Continuous Delivery

• Continuous Delivery
• What is Continuous Delivery (CD)?
• Continuous Delivery Key Principles
• Continuous Delivery Practices
• Tools of Continuous Delivery (CD)

Module 5: Implementing Pipelines with Tekton

• Introduction to Tekton and Pipelines
• Building a Tekton Pipeline
• Hands-on Lab: Build a Tekton Pipeline
• Creating Tekton Triggers
• Hands-on Lab: Adding GitHub Triggers
• Leveraging the Tekton Catalog
• Hands-on Lab: Use Tekton Continuous Delivery (CD) Catalog
• Creating Tasks for Quality Checks and Testing
• Integrating Unit Test Automation
• Building an Image
• Hands-on Lab: Building an Image
• Deploying to Kubernetes
• Hands-on Lab: Deploy to Kubernetes/OpenShift

Module 6: Final Exam