The previous chapters have discussed in detail the major practices related to DevOps. The practices covered were configuration management and continuous integration. This chapter will discuss at length the concepts, principles, importance, strategies, and implementation related to continuous delivery and deployment. By the end of this chapter, we will have discussed in detail all the major DevOps practices with examples of their implementation.
Both continuous delivery and deployment DevOps practices are quite often used interchangeably, and the difference is not well understood by DevOps practitioners. However, there is a subtle difference between them. Readers should understand their differences and use them appropriately based on the context. The differences will become clear as we progress in this chapter.
However, before getting into the details about continuous delivery and deployment, it is important to understand the concept of release...