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Automating DevOps with GitLab CI/CD Pipelines

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Product type Book

Published in Feb 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803233000

Pages 348 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Authors (3):

Christopher Cowell

Nicholas Lotz

Chris Timberlake

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 Getting Started with DevOps, Git, and GitLab

2. Chapter 1: Understanding Life Before DevOps

3. Chapter 2: Practicing Basic Git Commands

4. Chapter 3: Understanding GitLab Components

5. Chapter 4: Understanding GitLab’s CI/CD Pipeline Structure

6. Part 2 Automating DevOps Stages with GitLab CI/CD Pipelines

7. Chapter 5: Installing and Configuring GitLab Runners

8. Chapter 6: Verifying Your Code

9. Chapter 7: Securing Your Code

10. Chapter 8: Packaging and Deploying Code

11. Part 3 Next Steps for Improving Your Applications with GitLab

12. Chapter 9: Enhancing the Speed and Maintainability of CI/CD Pipelines

13. Chapter 10: Extending the Reach of CI/CD Pipelines

14. Chapter 11: End-to-End Example

15. Chapter 12: Troubleshooting and the Road Ahead with GitLab

16. Index

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Defining GitLab runners and their relationship to CI/CD

Recall that GitLab CI/CD is a series of tasks performed against code in your project, which often include some combination of build, test, and deploy jobs. Importantly, CI/CD pipelines are not run inside the GitLab application, as each job will generally require some specific platform and set of tools to successfully run.

Note

GitLab runners are programs that accept CI/CD jobs from GitLab, run the jobs’ tasks in an appropriate execution environment, and then report the results back to GitLab.

GitLab Runner is an open source application written in Go

The official repository for the GitLab Runner application lives in a project hosted on GitLab.com called gitlab-runner. At the time of writing, you can navigate to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner to view the project’s development and source code. Like the main GitLab application, GitLab Runner follows a monthly release cadence. The latest version...

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Authors (3)

Christopher Cowell

Christopher Cowell is a former trainer at GitLab, now building educational content at Instabase. He also worked for two decades as a research and development scientist, consultant, and QA Engineer at companies such as Accenture, Oracle, and Puppet. He thinks the software industry undervalues code quality and thoughtful design, and overvalues delivering mediocre code quickly. Slow down, simplify, and get it right! He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Berkeley and a B.A. in Computer Science from Harvard. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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Nicholas Lotz

Nicholas Lotz is a technical trainer at GitLab, where he teaches organizations how to use GitLab to build and ship better software. He has previously worked as a systems engineer, trainer, and consultant in the software infrastructure space. He is passionate about open source and its capacity to help teams innovate. Nicholas holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his Labrador retriever.

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Chris Timberlake

Chris Timberlake is a Senior Solutions Architect at GitLab where he works closely with the Product, Services, and Sales teams. Previously, he has worked with Red Hat as a Senior Consultant, where he owned and managed a Digital Marketing firm, and has a background in Security and Law Enforcement. Chris loves technical engineering problems and does whatever possible to have successful customer outcomes. Chris is passionate about open source software, collaborative development, and education. Chris lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee with his family.

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