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Hands-On Continuous Integration and Delivery

By : Jean-Marcel Belmont
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Hands-On Continuous Integration and Delivery

By: Jean-Marcel Belmont

Overview of this book

Hands-On Continuous Integration and Delivery starts with the fundamentals of continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) and where it fits in the DevOps ecosystem. You will explore the importance of stakeholder collaboration as part of CI/CD. As you make your way through the chapters, you will get to grips with Jenkins UI, and learn to install Jenkins on different platforms, add plugins, and write freestyle scripts. Next, you will gain hands-on experience of developing plugins with Jenkins UI, building the Jenkins 2.0 pipeline, and performing Docker integration. In the concluding chapters, you will install Travis CI and Circle CI and carry out scripting, logging, and debugging, helping you to acquire a broad knowledge of CI/CD with Travis CI and CircleCI. By the end of this book, you will have a detailed understanding of best practices for CI/CD systems and be able to implement them with confidence.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

What is CI?

CI is essentially a software engineering task where source code is both merged and tested on a mainline trunk. A CI task can do any multitude of tasks, including testing software components and deploying software components. The act of CI is essentially prescriptive and is an act that can be performed by any developer, system administrator, or operations personnel. Continuous integration is continuous because a developer can be continuously integrating software components while developing software.

What is a software build anyway?

A software build is more than just a compilation step. A software build can consist of a compilation step, a testing phase, a code inspection phase, and a deployment phase. A software...