CI/CD, IaC, DevOps

• CI/CD – Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery

  • Development

  • Test/Integration

  • Staging

  • Production

  • Agile:

    • Release features ASAP

    • Focus on functionality and performance

    • Bugs can be identified in production

• IaC – Infrastructure as Code

  • Describe cloud infrastructure using code, just like application code

  • Avoid typos and mistakes

  • Fast, predictable, ready for orchestration

  • Mitigates “configuration drift” and “snowflake systems” by bringing the infrastructure back to the compliant state

  • Infrastructure code is auditable

• DevOps – Collaboration between development and operations

• DevSecOps – Brings security to the table

  • Security in the development stage

  • Security in the deployment stage

  • Security automation