Gitlab CI/CD provides continuous integration and continuous delivery capabilities. It allows automating the building, testing, and deployment of code changes. At Proxym, Gitlab is used to host Git repositories and manage the complete DevOps lifecycle including CI/CD. It integrates with other tools and uses multiple runners to test code changes and deliver new features to customers quickly in an automated way.

1. Gitlab CI/CD

2. I am Fathi Jemli
Software engineer at Proxym-IT
You can find me at
@jemlifathi
2HELLO!

3. Plan
» CI/CD
» Gitlab
» Usage of Gitlab (CI/CD) at Proxym
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4. CI/CD
Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery
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5. 5CI/CD lifecycle

6. Continuous Integration
» The process of validation of new code changes compared to the
main code base
» Testing and merging the new features and their integration in the
main release branch
» CI tools:
» Code test
» Code review
» Build, etc.
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Main code base
New code
CI
Failure
Success

8. Continuous delivery
» The process of releasing new changes to clients in an automated
way
» New features are delivered to customers in a record time
» Bugs are detected instantly for each new release
» Customers participate in the improvement of the product
» Minimise client acceptance period
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9. » Most used CI/CD platforms:
» Circle CI
» Travis CI
» Code Ship
» Gitlab CI
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10. Gitlab
“A single application for the complete DevOps lifecycle”
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11. Gitlab
» Open source project (MIT licence) created October 2011 using
Ruby
» Offers commercial solution (Gitlab Enterprise Edition)
» Features:
» Hosting Git repositories
» Supports merge requests and issues management
» A complete DevOps solution including CI/CD
» Offers an integration solutions with other services such as
Jira, Redmine, Slack and email notifications
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12. 12Gitlab CI/CD

13. 13Gitlab CI/CD

14. Usage of Gitlab at Proxym
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15. Gitlab Proxym
» Gitlab instance hosted on AWS (https://gitlab.proxym-group.net)
» Three runners (at the moment)
» 2 runners based on docker
» 1 iOS runner
» Docker images registry
» LDAP authentication
» Email notifications
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16. Any questions?
You can find me at:
» @jemlifathi
16THANKS for your attention!

17. Demo time