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A principle of DevOps is to replace manual processes with automation to improve efficiency, reduce human error, and accelerate software delivery. This requires automation that continuously integrates code changes and continuously delivers those changes to a production environment. 
This course introduces you to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), an automated approach to software development. You’ll discover the benefits of CI/CD for creating a DevOps pipeline and explore popular CI/CD tools.  

You’ll examine the key features of CI, explore social coding, and the Git Feature Branch Workflow. You will also learn about standard CI tools and gain a deep understanding of GitHub Actions workflows and their components.   

This course provides an overview of CD and its goals, benefits, and best practices. You will learn the requirements of a CI/CD pipeline and discover standard CD tools.  

You will explore Tekton and discover how its components work together to create a CD pipeline. You will learn how to build a pipeline, pass parameters to a pipeline, build triggers to start pipeline runs, implement reusable tasks, and create custom tasks. You will discover how to complete your CD pipeline by building a container image and deploying your application to an OpenShift Kubernetes cluster.  

Throughout the course, you can hone your skills and challenge yourself through several hands-on labs.

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Pre-Requisites: -IT and Cloud Computing Fundamentals -DevOps Principles -Containers and Kubernetes Fundamentals -Python -Linux Commands -Git/GitHub

Approx. 10 hours to complete

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What you will learn

Explain Infrastructure as Code, describe tools used, and create Infrastructure as Code scripts using Terraform.
Describe cloud platforms and automation, and automatic CI/CD tasks using Jenkins and GitHub.
Define Continuous Integration (CI) and list some examples of tools used for CI.
Describe the process of Continuous Development (CD), run test cases, and deploy to cloud using tools including Chef and Puppet.

Skills you will gain

Continuous Integration
CI/CD
Continuous Development
Automation
Infrastructure As Code

Flexible deadlines

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100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Intermediate Level

Pre-Requisites: -IT and Cloud Computing Fundamentals -DevOps Principles -Containers and Kubernetes Fundamentals -Python -Linux Commands -Git/GitHub

Approx. 10 hours to complete

English

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John Rofrano
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Upkar Lidder

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IBM

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IBM is the global leader in business transformation through an open hybrid cloud platform and AI, serving clients in more than 170 countries around the world. Today 47 of the Fortune 50 Companies rely on the IBM Cloud to run their business, and IBM Watson enterprise AI is hard at work in more than 30,000 engagements. IBM is also one of the world’s most vital corporate research organizations, with 28 consecutive years of patent leadership. Above all, guided by principles for trust and transparency and support for a more inclusive society, IBM is committed to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Introduction to CI/CD

This module introduces you to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), an automated approach to software development. You’ll discover what CI and CD are and the benefits they bring to the DevOps pipeline. You’ll explore popular CI/CD tools and see why it’s acceptable for different teams within an organization to use different CI/CD tools. You’ll also learn about Infrastructure as Code (IaC), the process by which you use code to automate the provision and management of your infrastructure.

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 22 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

Week2

Week 2

3 hours to complete

Continuous Integration (CI)

This module provides an overview of Continuous Integration (CI). You will learn the features of CI and its benefits for DevOps. You will explore social coding, a core concept underlying CI, and the four steps for conducting it. You will learn about Git, the version control system (VCS) that enables DevOps. You will examine the five steps of the Git Feature Branch Workflow and the Git commands essential for performing them.

You will then learn about standard CI tools, starting with Jenkins, CircleCI, and Travis CI. You will explore another CI tool, GitHub Actions, in greater depth. You will discover the features and benefits it provides for CI. You will learn about GitHub Actions workflows and their essential components: events, runners, jobs, steps, and actions. You’ll even practice using GitHub Actions to set up and trigger a CI workflow and automate code coverage reporting.

3 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 56 min), 2 readings, 5 quizzes

11 videos

Module 2 - Continuous Integration1mWhat Is Continuous Integration (CI)?5mBenefits of Continuous Integration (CI)4mSocial Coding3mGit Feature Branch Workflow: Working in Branches7mGit Feature Branch Workflow: Making a Pull Request2mTools of Continuous Integration (CI)8mGitHub - Getting Started3mIntroduction to GitHub Actions4mDeeper Dive into GitHub Actions: Part 16mDeeper Dive into GitHub Actions: Part 26m

2 readings

Summary & Highlights: Understanding Continuous Integration (CI)3mSummary & Highlights: Implementing Continuous Integration (CI)3m

3 practice exercises

Practice Quiz: Understanding Continuous Integration (CI)15mPractice Quiz: Implementing Continuous Integration (CI)15mModule 2 - Graded Quiz: Continuous Integration (CI)30m

Week3

Week 3

5 hours to complete

Continuous Delivery (CD)

This module provides an overview of Continuous Delivery (CD). You will explore CD’s goals, benefits, key principles, and best practices. You will discover the requirements of a CI/CD pipeline and the difference between Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment, a closely related process. You will learn about standard CD tools, including Argo CD and Tekton, and how to choose the best tool for the job.

You will then explore Tekton in greater depth. You will discover its essential components and how they work together to create a CD pipeline. You will learn how to build a pipeline from Tekton tasks, pass parameters to a pipeline, and build triggers that start pipeline runs. You will explore how to implement reusable Tekton tasks from the Tekton Catalog and create your own tasks to automate linting and unit testing. You will discover how to complete your CD pipeline by building a container image and deploying your application to an environment.

5 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 75 min), 2 readings, 9 quizzes

12 videos

Module 3 - Continuous Delivery2mWhat Is Continuous Delivery (CD)?4mContinuous Delivery Key Principles2mContinuous Delivery Practices 4mTools of Continuous Delivery (CD)7mIntroduction to Tekton and Pipelines6mBuilding a Tekton Pipeline8mCreating Tekton Triggers9mLeveraging the Tekton Catalog7mCreating Tasks for Quality Checks and Testing8mBuilding an Image5m Deploying to Kubernetes 6m

2 readings

Summary & Highlights: Understanding Continuous Delivery2mSummary & Highlights: Implementing Pipelines with Tekton2m

3 practice exercises

Practice Quiz: Understanding Continuous Delivery (CD)15mPractice Quiz: Implementing Continuous Delivery (CD)15mModule 3 - Graded Quiz: Continuous Delivery (CD)30m

Week4

Week 4

1 hour to complete

Final Exam

1 hour to complete

1 video (Total 1 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

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TOP REVIEWS FROM CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION AND CONTINUOUS DELIVERY (CI/CD)

by OROct 10, 2022

Very informative, practiceable and applicable. Awesome class!

by NHFeb 25, 2023

Absolutely relevant skills learned with this course which will allow me to apply right away to my next project. I really feel very empowered after this course. Thank you!

by MJOct 30, 2022

in my idea, it would be better to continue using Git

by AGMar 17, 2023

One of the best CI/CD courses I've seen that includes #tekton as a native k8s CD. This course would be perfect if ArgoCD (GitOps) was included

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Do I need to know anything about DevOps to take this course?
Yes, knowledge of basic DevOps principles is required. Additionally, the following skills are required: -IT and Cloud Computing Fundamentals -Containers and Kubernetes Fundamentals -Python -Linux Commands -Git/GitHub
Which software tools are required?
You are not required to download or install any tools on your device. However, you will need to sign up and use no-charge GitHub account and use other no-charge tools from IBM and OpenSource in your browser.

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