Commit 207f268e authored by Marcia Ramos's avatar Marcia Ramos Committed by Achilleas Pipinellis

Docs: CI/CD intro - add new illustration + description

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### Basic CI/CD workflow ### Basic CI/CD workflow
This is a very simple example for how GitLab CI/CD fits in a common Consider the following example for how GitLab CI/CD fits in a
development workflow. common development workflow.
Assume that you have discussed a code implementation in an issue Assume that you have discussed a code implementation in an issue
and worked locally on your proposed changes. Once you push your and worked locally on your proposed changes. Once you push your
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- GitLab CI/CD deploys your changes automatically to a production environment. - GitLab CI/CD deploys your changes automatically to a production environment.
- And finally, you and your team can easily roll it back if something goes wrong. - And finally, you and your team can easily roll it back if something goes wrong.
<img src="img/gitlab_workflow_example_11_9.png" alt="GitLab workflow example" class="image-noshadow"> ![GitLab workflow example](img/gitlab_workflow_example_11_9.png)
GitLab CI/CD is capable of a doing a lot more, but this workflow GitLab CI/CD is capable of a doing a lot more, but this workflow
exemplifies GitLab's ability to track the entire process, exemplifies GitLab's ability to track the entire process,
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And, most usefully, you can visualize all the steps through And, most usefully, you can visualize all the steps through
the GitLab UI. the GitLab UI.
#### A deeper look into the CI/CD basic workflow
If we take a deeper look into the basic workflow, we can see
the features available in GitLab at each stage of the DevOps
lifecycle, as shown on the illustration below.
![Deeper look into the basic CI/CD workflow](img/gitlab_workflow_example_extended_11_11.png)
If you look at the image from the left to the right,
you'll see some of the features available in GitLab
according to each stage (Verify, Package, Release).
1. **Verify**:
- Automatically build and test your application with Continuous Integration.
- Analyze your source code quality with [GitLab Code Quality](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/code_quality.html). **[STARTER]**
- Determine the performance impact of code changes with [Browser Performance Testing](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/browser_performance_testing.html). **[PREMIUM]**
- Perform a series of tests, such as [Container Scanning](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/examples/container_scanning.html) **[ULTIMATE]**, [Dependency Scanning](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/examples/dependency_scanning.html) **[ULTIMATE]**, and [JUnit tests](../junit_test_reports.md).
- Deploy your changes with [Review Apps](../review_apps/index.md) to preview the app changes on every branch.
1. **Package**:
- Store Docker images with [Container Registry](../../user/project/container_registry.md).
- Store NPM packages with [NPM Registry](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/packages/npm_registry.html). **[PREMIUM]**
- Store Maven artifacts with [Maven Repository](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/packages/maven_repository.html). **[PREMIUM]**
1. **Release**:
- Continuous Deployment, automatically deploying your app to production.
- Continuous Delivery, manually click to deploy your app to production.
- Deploy static websites with [GitLab Pages](../../user/project/pages/index.md).
- Ship features to only a portion of your pods and let a percentage of your user base to visit the temporarily deployed feature with [Canary Deployments](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/canary_deployments.html). **[PREMIUM]**
- Deploy your features behind [Feature Flags](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/operations/feature_flags.html). **[PREMIUM]**
- Add release notes to any Git tag with [GitLab Releases](../../user/project/releases/index.md).
- View of the current health and status of each CI environment running on Kubernetes with [Deploy Boards](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/deploy_boards.html). **[PREMIUM]**
- Deploy your application to a production environment in a Kubernetes cluster with [Auto Deploy](../../topics/autodevops/index.md#auto-deploy).
With GitLab CI/CD you can also:
- Easily set up your app's entire lifecycle with [Auto DevOps](../../topics/autodevops/index.md).
- Deploy your app to different [environments](../environments.md).
- Install your own [GitLab Runner](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/).
- [Schedule pipelines](../../user/project/pipelines/schedules.md).
- Check for app vulnerabilities with [Security Test reports](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/#security-reports-ultimate). **[ULTIMATE]**
To see all CI/CD features, navigate back to the [CI/CD index](../README.md).
### Setting up GitLab CI/CD for the first time ### Setting up GitLab CI/CD for the first time
To get started with GitLab CI/CD, you need to familiarize yourself To get started with GitLab CI/CD, you need to familiarize yourself
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For a deep view of GitLab's CI/CD configuration options, check the For a deep view of GitLab's CI/CD configuration options, check the
[`.gitlab-ci.yml` full reference](../yaml/README.md). [`.gitlab-ci.yml` full reference](../yaml/README.md).
### GitLab CI/CD feature set
- Easily set up your app's entire lifecycle with [Auto DevOps](../../topics/autodevops/index.md).
- Deploy static websites with [GitLab Pages](../../user/project/pages/index.md).
- Deploy your app to different [environments](../environments.md).
- Preview changes per merge request with [Review Apps](../review_apps/index.md).
- Develop secure and private Docker images with [Container Registry](../../user/project/container_registry.md).
- Install your own [GitLab Runner](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/).
- [Schedule pipelines](../../user/project/pipelines/schedules.md).
- Check for app vulnerabilities with [Security Test reports](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/#security-reports-ultimate). **[ULTIMATE]**
To see all CI/CD features, navigate back to the [CI/CD index](../README.md).
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