CI/CD Pipeline Setup
Table of Contents
Overview
Build automated continuous integration and deployment pipelines that test code, build artifacts, run security checks, and deploy to multiple environments with minimal manual intervention.
When to Use
- Automated code testing and quality checks
- Containerized application builds
- Multi-environment deployments
- Release management and versioning
- Automated security scanning
- Performance testing integration
- Artifact management and registry
Quick Start
Minimal working example:
# .github/workflows/deploy.yml
name: Build and Deploy
on:
push:
branches:
- main
- develop
pull_request:
branches:
- main
workflow_dispatch:
env:
REGISTRY: ghcr.io
IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
jobs:
test:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
matrix:
node-version: [18.x, 20.x]
steps:
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)Reference Guides
Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:
| Guide | Contents |
|---|---|
| GitHub Actions Workflow | GitHub Actions Workflow |
| GitLab CI Pipeline | GitLab CI Pipeline |
| Jenkins Pipeline | Jenkins Pipeline |
| CI/CD Script | CI/CD Script |
Best Practices
✅ DO
- Fail fast with early validation
- Run tests in parallel when possible
- Use caching for dependencies
- Implement proper secret management
- Gate production deployments with approval
- Monitor and alert on pipeline failures
- Use consistent environment configuration
- Implement infrastructure as code
❌ DON'T
- Store credentials in pipeline configuration
- Deploy without automated tests
- Skip security scanning
- Allow long-running pipelines
- Mix staging and production pipelines
- Ignore test failures
- Deploy directly to main branch
- Skip health checks after deployment