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