GitLab CI/CD Training

• Understand the fundamental structure of implementing CI/CD with GitLab.
• Apply CI/CD principles through building, testing, and deploying a sample application.
• Explore strategies for troubleshooting issues and evaluating pipeline configurations.
• Incorporate best practices to promote code reusability and maintainability.
• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for common project requirements.
• Enable faster time-to-market, improved collaboration, and enhanced software quality.

• Topics covered in the GitLab Fundamentals course or equivalent experience with GitLab.
• This class is not appropriate for students with no Git or GitLab knowledge.
• Computer with internet access and Git installed

Module 01: CI/CD Fundamentals

Module 02: Lab Setup

Module 03: Building a Simple Application

• Selecting the best image for your pipeline
• Overview of artifacts
• Producing an artifact of the binary
• Using before_script for build dependencies

Module 04: Merging Changes

• Overview of branch, merge request, and merged results pipelines
• Enabling MR pipelines
• Configuring conditional merge request pipelines
• Differentiate between workflows and pipeline rules
• Viewing a merged results pipeline

Module 05: Testing a Simple Application

• Define test jobs in merge requests
• Handling different test types (unit, integration, end to end)
• Using the Allow_failure, Dependencies / needs, and before_script / after_script keywords
• Including a code coverage job

Module 06: CI/CD Components

• Overview of CI/CD components and the catalog
• Using the include keyword for pipeline configuration
• Introduction to security scanning
• Overview of creating and sharing components
• Discuss component versioning
• Add a CI/CD component from the CI/CD Catalog

Module 07: Troubleshooting Strategies

• Common pipeline error messages
• Tips for syntax verification
• Reading job outputs
• Addressing job configuration issues
• Use GitLab Duo for root cause analysis

Module 08: Deploying a Simple Application

• Deployment rules
• Releases
• Managing an environment in the GitLab UI
• Tagging a build for a specific environment

Module 09: Best Practices in CI/CD

• Applying DRY principles such as using YAML anchors
• Utilizing extends, templates, inheritance, caching
• Overview of secret management