What is CI/CD?

Automatically building, testing and delivering code every time it changes.

In plain English

Continuous integration means developers merge small changes often and each merge triggers an automatic build and tests. Continuous delivery keeps the code always ready to release, with a person pressing the button. Continuous deployment goes one step further and releases automatically when the checks pass. The aim is smaller, safer, more frequent releases.

Example

A pull request triggers a workflow that builds the app and runs tests. Merging to the main branch deploys it to a test environment.

Easy to confuse with

• GitOps: CI/CD pushes changes out through a pipeline. GitOps has a controller inside the cluster pull the desired state from Git.

Where you will meet it

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• GitHub GH-900 practice tests
• KCNA practice tests
• Argo CAPA practice tests

Related terms

• GitOps: Using a Git repository as the single source of truth for what should be running, with software that keeps the live system matching it.
• Kubernetes Deployment: An object that keeps a chosen number of identical pods running and updates them safely.

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