Book Image

Continuous Delivery with Docker and Jenkins, 3rd Edition - Third Edition

By : Rafał Leszko
Book Image

Continuous Delivery with Docker and Jenkins, 3rd Edition - Third Edition

By: Rafał Leszko

Overview of this book

This updated third edition of Continuous Delivery with Docker and Jenkins will explain the advantages of combining Jenkins and Docker to improve the continuous integration and delivery process of app development. You’ll start by setting up a Docker server and configuring Jenkins on it. Next, you’ll discover steps for building applications and microservices on Dockerfiles and integrating them with Jenkins using continuous delivery processes such as continuous integration, automated acceptance testing, configuration management, and Infrastructure as Code. Moving ahead, you'll learn how to ensure quick application deployment with Docker containers, along with scaling Jenkins using Kubernetes. Later, you’ll explore how to deploy applications using Docker images and test them with Jenkins. Toward the concluding chapters, the book will focus on missing parts of the CD pipeline, such as the environments and infrastructure, application versioning, and non-functional testing. By the end of this continuous integration and continuous delivery book, you’ll have gained the skills you need to enhance the DevOps workflow by integrating the functionalities of Docker and Jenkins.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Section 1 – Setting Up the Environment
5
Section 2 – Architecting and Testing an Application
9
Section 3 – Deploying an Application

Practice 6 – Don't underestimate the impact of people

Don't underestimate the impact of people. They are usually way more important than tools. You won't automate delivery if the IT operations team won't help you. After all, they know the current process. The same applies to QAs, businesses, and everyone involved. Make them important and involved:

  • Let QAs and IT operations be a part of the DevOps team. You need their knowledge and skills!
  • Provide training to members who are currently doing manual activities so that they can move to automation.
  • Favor informal communication and a flat structure of organization over hierarchy and orders. You won't do anything without goodwill!