Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) are essential skills for modern Software and DevOps Engineers. This course offers a practical introduction to CI/CD, focusing on automated software development to enhance efficiency and speed.

Organizations are increasingly adopting CI/CD practices to deliver software quickly and reliably. CI/CD leverages automation to integrate code changes continuously and deploy them seamlessly into production, ensuring high code quality.

In this course, you’ll explore the core aspects of Continuous Integration (CI), including social coding with Git Feature Branch Workflows and GitHub Actions. You’ll gain in-depth knowledge of CI tools and their functionalities. Additionally, you'll review Continuous Delivery (CD) goals, benefits, and best practices, and learn about the requirements and standard tools for building effective CD pipelines.

You’ll explore Tekton, learning how to assemble CD pipelines, pass parameters, set up pipeline triggers, and create reusable and custom tasks.

Throughout the course, you'll apply your CI/CD skills with hands-on labs using real-world tools employed by DevOps professionals. Your final project involves developing an application and deploying it into an OpenShift Kubernetes cluster using CI/CD practices.

Learning Outcomes

Describe Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), highlighting their benefits for streamlining development and deployment.
Practice CI by implementing GitHub Feature Branch Workflows and GitHub Actions to automate code integration.
Create CD pipelines with Tekton and deploy applications to the cloud using Kubernetes and OpenShift for efficient deployments.
Gain hands-on experience with various CI/CD tools and Cloud Native technologies essential for DevOps professionals.

Course Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to CI/CD

Module Introduction and Learning Objectives
Introduction to CI/CD
What is CI/CD?
Platform and Tools
What is Infrastructure as Code?
Module 1 Glossary: Introduction to CI/CD
Summary: Introduction to CI/CD
Practice Quiz: Introduction to CI/CD
Module 1 Graded Quiz: Introduction to CI/CD

Module 2: Continuous Integration (CI)

Module Introduction and Learning Objectives
Module 2 - 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)
Summary: Understanding Continuous Integration
Practice Quiz: Understanding Continuous Integration
GitHub – Getting Started
Introduction to GitHub Actions
Lab: Using GitHub Actions - Part 1
Deeper Dive into GitHub Actions: Part 1
Lab: Using GitHub Actions - Part 2
Deeper Dive into GitHub Actions: Part 2
Module 2 Glossary: Continuous Integration
Summary: Implementing Continuous Integration
Practice Quiz: Implementing Continuous Integration
Graded Quiz: Continuous Integration

Module 3: Continuous Delivery (CD)

Module Introduction and Learning Objectives
Video: Module 3 - Continuous Delivery (2:00)
What is Continuous Delivery (CD)?
Continuous Delivery Key Principles
Continuous Delivery Practices
Tools of Continuous Delivery (CD)
Reading: Summary & Highlights: Understanding Continuous Delivery
Quiz: Practice Quiz - Understanding Continuous Delivery
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 3 Glossary: Continuous Delivery
Reading: Summary & Highlights: Implementing Pipelines with Tekton
Practice Quiz - Implementing Continuous Delivery
Quiz: Graded Quiz

Module 4: DevOps and GitOps with OpenShift

Module Introduction and Learning Objectives
DevOps and GitOps with OpenShift Introduction
Components of DevOps Pipeline
CI/CD with OpenShift Pipelines
Lab: CI/CD with OpenShift Pipelines
Introduction to GitOps
GitOps with ArgoCD
Introduction to DevSecOps
Using CodeQL on GitHub
Module 4 Glossary: DevOps and GitOps with OpenShift
Summary & Highlights: DevOps and GitOps with OpenShift
Practice Quiz: DevOps and GitOps with OpenShift
Graded Quiz: DevOps and GitOps with OpenShift

Module 5: Final Project: Creating an Application, Deployment and Updates

Module Introduction and Learning Objectives
Video: Final Project
Hands-on Lab: Final Project: Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
Peer-graded Final Assignment
Quiz: Final Exam

General Information

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Recommended Skills Prior to Taking this Course

Software Engineering principles
DevOps and Agile Development practices
Working knowledge of Python

CI/CD: Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery

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