Using CI to create code pipelines is well understood. However, when it comes to creating the pipelines, reuse, version control and dependencies can cause problems. This can be overcome by turning all your CI into code, not just the pipeline. Learn real-world scenarios of how to incorporate these techniques into your current CI/CD capabilities

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CI/CD as Code
The 7 Lessons Learnt from Deploying
and Managing 100s of CI Environments
Aaron Walker, Technology Director

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Who am I
@aaronwalker
github.com/aaronwalker
Old school App Dev now
wearing an DevOps Hat
AWS Partner Cloud
Warrior & Ambassador
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Who is
base2Services
We build and manage
innovative, scalable and agile
AWS cloud based solutions
10 years working with AWS
We have a global customer
base with a local presence
Melbourne - Austin - Berlin
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A different way of
thinking
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This stuff is hard
• Brittle
• Becomes the bottle neck
• Hard to change
• Snowflakes
• Duplication of efforts
• CI/CD is much more than just tools
- The answer is not just “let’s use Jenkins”
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7 Lessons learnt
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1. Treat CI as part of the
application
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2. Continuously Integrate
automation
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3. Failure does not block
progress
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4. Make builds and deployments
consistent for all environments
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5. Just commit code
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6. Expose build artifact
details
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7. Everything as Code
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14. Start Building
CI/CD as Code
@aaronwalker
a.walker@base2services.com
base2services.com

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