GitLab CI CD Tutorial for Beginners [Crash Course]

Learn GitLab CI/CD by building a complete CICD pipeline for a python demo project | with Docker

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▬▬▬▬▬▬ What you’ll learn in 1 Hour ✅ ▬▬▬▬▬▬
► What GitLab CI/CD is
► GitLab compared to other CI/CD platforms
► Overview of GitLab Architecture
► Build a full GitLab CI/CD pipeline for a python app that
- executes tests,
- builds a Docker image,
- pushes to a private Docker repository and
- deploys the app to a remote server on DigitalOcean
► Learn GitLab Basic Concepts on the way:
- Pipeline, Jobs,
- Stages
- GitLab Runners and Executors
- Variables (Variable and File Type)
- Docker in Docker


▬▬▬▬▬▬ R E F E R E N C E S 🔗▬▬▬▬▬▬
► Git repo we build the CI/CD pipeline for: https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/git....lab-cicd-crash-cours
► Original forked python demo app: https://github.com/benc-uk/python-demoapp
► Docker in Docker Image: https://hub.docker.com/_/docker
► Docker in Docker Gitlab Docs: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/....docker/using_docker_
► Install Python and Pip: https://www.python.org/downloads/


▬▬▬▬▬▬ Course Pre-Requisites ▬▬▬▬▬▬
💡 Docker - learn here: ► https://youtu.be/3c-iBn73dDE
💡 YAML - learn here: ► https://youtu.be/1uFVr15xDGg
💡 Basics of Git


▬▬▬▬▬▬ Pre-Requisites if you want to follow the demo ▬▬▬▬▬▬
⌨️ GitLab Account
⌨️ DockerHub Account - we push and pull docker image from Docker Hub (https://hub.docker.com/)
⌨️ If you want to start the app locally: Install Python3, Pip and make


▬▬▬▬▬▬ T I M E S T A M P S ⏰ ▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 - Intro and Course Overview
01:25 - What is GitLab CI/CD?
01:59 - What is CI/CD in simple words
03:11 - GitLab in comparison to other CI/CD platforms
04:28 - GitLab Architecture - How GitLab works
06:16 - Overview of the demo app (run locally)
12:47 - Pipeline Configuration File (.gitlab-ci.yml)
14:09 - Run Tests
26:27 - Build and Push Docker Image
27:43 - Variables for Login Credentials
32:33 - Write Pipeline Configuration
38:56 - Docker in Docker
43:23 - Execute Pipeline
44:20 - Define Stages
47:19 - Prepare Deployment Server
47:44 - Create Ubuntu server on DigitalOcean
54:44 - Deploy Application
1:06:22 - Validate Application Runs Successfully
1:07:30 - Delete server on DO
1:07:49 - Dive Deeper into GitLab CI/CD


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