IntermediateApplied3 weeks

CI/CD Fundamentals

CI/CD Fundamentals turns Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Delivery into practical infrastructure skill for reliable production systems.

Topic 9 of 29

Prerequisites

Databases for DevOps

Key Concepts & Skills

Continuous Integration
Continuous Deployment
Continuous Delivery
Pipeline Design
Operate Continuous Integration in production-like environments
Connect Continuous Deployment to infrastructure workflows
Troubleshoot failures with repeatable runbooks
Document operational tradeoffs and risks

Learning Outcomes

Explain how CI/CD Fundamentals impacts reliability and delivery
Build or configure a lab around Continuous Integration
Identify common failure modes and mitigation strategies

Resources

Official Docs

GitHub Actions docs Google SRE release engineering

Community Resources

Continuous Delivery Foundation

Practice Exercises

Complete a hands-on lab for Continuous Integration.Write a troubleshooting checklist for Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment.Automate one repeatable DevOps task connected to this topic.

Project Task

Run a ci/cd fundamentals lab in a local or cloud sandbox.

Quiz

What is the first production failure you would expect in CI/CD Fundamentals, and how would you detect it?Explain the answer with one real-world example.List one mistake a beginner might make here.

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