Modeling Deployment Pipelines

Mar 1, 2017

Part 1 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: The Importance and Principles of Continuous Delivery Pipelines

The path from commit to production involves numerous moving parts, (like multiple code and asset repositories, automatic and manual handoffs, unit tests, integration tests, acceptance tests, performance tests, security tests, etc.) and time that it takes to execute all of these elements. You need a way of modeling your workflow so that people can see, understand and talk about it. This is where CD pipelines come in.

Mar 29, 2017

Part 2 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: The beginnings of a real CD pipeline

This is the second post in the series - Modeling Deployment Pipelines. In this post, we'll look at some of the approaches to begin modeling a deployment pipeline for an application and a few ways they can be optimized.

Modeling Deployment Pipelines

Apr 6, 2017

Part 3 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: Reusing Pipelines

This is the third post in the series - Modeling Deployment Pipelines. In this post, we'll look at some of the ways to reduce the duplication found between pipelines using templates.

Modeling Deployment Pipelines

Apr 17, 2017

Part 4 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: Build Propagation using Fan-in/Fan-out

This is the fourth post in the series - Modeling Deployment Pipelines. In this post, we’ll dive into ways to move your build through the deployment pipeline and introducing fan-in/fan-out.

Modeling Deployment Pipelines

May 23, 2017

Part 5 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: Control deployments using Manual Gates

In this post, we will show you how to use a manual approval process to propagate your build which is especially useful for critical deployments. It not only gives you more control, but also prevents human error in complex pipelines thereby making your deployments safer.

Modeling Deployment Pipelines

Jun 13, 2017

Part 6 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: Under the hood of Deployment Pipelines

This post takes a look at where all the elements of a deployment pipeline actually run. In GoCD almost no part of the deployment process runs on the GoCD server. So, this begs the question - what really powers the deployment pipeline?

Modeling Deployment Pipelines

Jun 20, 2017

Part 7 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: Preparing for emergency deployments and rollbacks

This post shows how to introduce Hotfixes and Rollbacks into your deployment pipeline. These techniques make your pipeline more flexible and can help you bypass process during emergencies.

Modeling Deployment Pipelines

Articles in 'Modeling Deployment Pipelines'

Part 1 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: The Importance and Principles of Continuous Delivery Pipelines

Part 2 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: The beginnings of a real CD pipeline

Part 3 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: Reusing Pipelines

Part 4 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: Build Propagation using Fan-in/Fan-out

Part 5 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: Control deployments using Manual Gates

Part 6 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: Under the hood of Deployment Pipelines

Part 7 - Modeling Deployment Pipelines: Preparing for emergency deployments and rollbacks