WA3243 Advanced GitLab Administration Training
GitLab is a popular open DevOps platform delivered as a single application either on-prem or in the cloud. This course teaches how to design Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deliver (CD) pipelines using GitLab.
Online Virtual Class
Objectives
Upon completion of the class, participants will learn:
• How to create projects in GitLab
• How to push and pull code using GitLab
• How to design CI/CD pipelines using GitLab
Audience
DevOps Administrators and Software Developers
Prerequisites
None
Duration
1 day
Outline for Advanced GitLab Administration Training
WA3243 Advanced GitLab Administration Training Course Outline
Chapter 1 - Introduction to GitLab CI/CD
- Continuous Integration (CI)
- Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD)
- GitLab and CI/CD
- A Typical CI/CD Workflow
- Defining the CI/CD Pipeline
- The Anatomy of a Pipeline
- About Stages
- About Jobs
- Writing Scripts
- Script Setup and Cleanup
- Choosing the Container Image
- GitLab Runner
- Installing GitLab Runner
- Registering a Runner
- Starting a Pipeline
- Monitoring a Pipeline
- Summary
Chapter 2 - Advanced CI/CD using GitLab
- Using Variables
- Using Job Level Variables
- Defining Secure Variables
- Hidden Jobs
- Reusable Job Templates
- YAML Anchor
- Override Anchor Property
- Job Extension
- Predefined Variables
- Including a File
- Condition Rules
- Change Specific Jobs
- Using only and except
- Summary
Chapter 3 - Cloud Native High Availability of GitLab
- GitLab HA Basics
- Basic HA Architecture
- HA of GitLab Rails
- HA of Sidekique
- Use an External PostgreSQL
- Database Load Balancing
- Configure Redis HA
- Basic Steps to Use Redis Sentinel
- Summary
Lab Exercises
Lab 1. Create
Lab 2. a
Lab 3. Project
Lab 4. in GitLab
Lab 5. Register a Runner
Lab 6. Create a Basic CI/CD Pipeline
Lab 7. Define the Build
Lab 8. Stage
Lab 9. Define the Test Stage
Lab 10. Caching Pipeline Files
Lab 11. Build Application Docker Image