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devops-cicd
Direct DevOps and CI/CD skill with pipelines, IaC, containers, deployment, and GitOps.
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---
name: devops-cicd
description: CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and deployment strategies
domain: software-engineering
version: 1.0.0
tags: [ci, cd, github-actions, kubernetes, docker, terraform, gitops]
triggers:
keywords:
primary: [devops, ci, cd, cicd, pipeline, github actions, deployment, docker]
secondary: [kubernetes, k8s, terraform, ansible, jenkins, gitlab ci, argocd, helm]
context_boost: [automation, infrastructure, deploy, release]
context_penalty: [frontend, design, ux]
priority: high
---
# DevOps & CI/CD
## Overview
Practices for automating build, test, and deployment pipelines.
---
## CI/CD Pipeline
### Pipeline Stages
```
┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐
│ Commit │ → │ Build │ → │ Test │ → │ Deploy │ → │ Release │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ Staging │ │ Prod │
└──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘
│ │ │ │ │
│ ┌────┴────┐ ┌────┴────┐ │ │
│ │ Compile │ │ Unit │ │ │
│ │ Lint │ │ Integ │ │ │
│ │ Type │ │ E2E │ │ │
│ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ │ │
│ │ │
Trigger Manual? Approval?
```
### GitHub Actions
```yaml
# .github/workflows/ci.yml
name: CI
on:
push:
branches: [main]
pull_request:
branches: [main]
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Setup Node.js
uses: actions/setup-node@v4
with:
node-version: '20'
cache: 'npm'
- name: Install dependencies
run: npm ci
- name: Lint
run: npm run lint
- name: Type check
run: npm run type-check
- name: Test
run: npm run test -- --coverage
- name: Upload coverage
uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
- name: Build
run: npm run build
- name: Upload build artifact
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: build
path: dist/
deploy-staging:
needs: build
if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
environment: staging
steps:
- name: Download build artifact
uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
with:
name: build
path: dist/
- name: Deploy to staging
run: |
# Deploy script here
echo "Deploying to staging..."
deploy-production:
needs: deploy-staging
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
environment:
name: production
url: https://myapp.com
steps:
- name: Deploy to production
run: |
echo "Deploying to production..."
```
### Matrix Builds
```yaml
jobs:
test:
runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
strategy:
matrix:
os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
node: [18, 20, 22]
exclude:
- os: windows-latest
node: 18
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/setup-node@v4
with:
node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
- run: npm ci
- run: npm test
```
---
## Deployment Strategies
### Blue-Green Deployment
```
Before:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Load Balancer │
└─────────────────┬───────────────────────┘
│
┌───────┴───────┐
↓ ↓
┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐
│ Blue │ │ Green │
│ (v1.0) │ │ (idle) │
│ ACTIVE │ │ │
└───────────┘ └───────────┘
Deploy v1.1 to Green:
┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐
│ Blue │ │ Green │
│ (v1.0) │ │ (v1.1Read the full source on GitHub (opens external page)