CI-CD Engines

• This software helps in building CI/CD Pipelines
• A Pipeline is set of steps that needs to be executed in some order
• Popular Options:
  • Jenkins
  • Bamboo
  • Azure DevOps
  • Github Actions
  • Gitlab CI
• Popular styles of pipelines
  • UI Enabled Pipeline Creations:
    • Jenkins (Free Style Projects)
    • Azure DevOps (Classic Pipelines)
  • Pipeline as Code: Pipeline steps are part of version control.

Azure DevOps

• Azure DevOps offers complete ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) tools i.e. it offers
  • Boards (Plan, Organize projects)
  • Azure Source Repos (Version Control)
  • Azure Pipelines
  • Azure Test Plan
  • Azure Artifacts
• Azure DevOps Has two major options
  • Azure DevOps Server
  • Azure DevOps Service
• Signup For Azure Devops
• Azure DevOps Organization: Refer Here for creation, For creating Projects
  
• Findout the following terms in the context of Agile
  • Epic
  • User Story
  • Product Backlog
  • Sprint Backlog
  • Daily Standup Meetings

Azure Source Repos

• Azure DevOps has a way to host version control systems. It supports git and TeamFoundation Version Control
• Azure DevOps Notifications can be linked to microsoft teams

Azure Pipeline Agents

• Agents are the systems where the pipelines are executed.
• Agent types
  • Microsoft Hosted Agents
  • Self Hosted Agents

Activity

• Import Spring petclinic into Azure DevOps Source Repos and ensure main is the default branch. Refer Here
  
• Set Git Credentials via ssh preferably
  
• Now create a develop branch
• Watch classroom video for basic pipeline
• Next Steps:
  • Configuring Self Hosted Agents
  • Learning to write basic pipelines in yaml
• Exercise: YAML and JSON