4 posts tagged with "GitLab"

Security, availability, solidity - that’s what comes to mind when somebody mentions GitLab. This Git hosting service is one of the most trustworthy when it comes to security. Thus, no surprise that more than 30M developers worldwide have already chosen to build their source code on GitLab.

However, what if your data is still at risk regardless of all the security measures the service provider has? Yeap… that’s true. And the best way to have peace of mind that your GitLab source code and metadata information remain safe and available in any event of failure is backup.

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When it comes to implementing a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline, developers are often faced with a plethora of options. However, finding a reliable and effective solution can be a daunting task. That's where R2Devops comes in 🔥

What is R2Devops GitLab CI/CD Marketplace?​

R2Devops is an open source community that provides a marketplace of ready-to-use CI/CD templates for GitLab. Our mission is to provide a collaborative space for developers to find, share and contribute to CI/CD templates. We propose the R2 standard which has the value of providing templates that are documented, versioned and configurable.

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CI/CD increases the frequency of application distribution through automation. Indeed, it automates the process at the application development stage. The main concepts related to the CI/CD approach are Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment. CI/CD is a best practice for DevOps development. Today, many platforms exist to help you to set up your CI/CD pipeline. GitLab is one of them! Let’s see how this one works.

How to normally implement a CI/CD pipeline on GitLab?​

Implementing a CI/CD pipeline can be scary if you don’t know where to start. Let’s see how you can implement it on GitLab!

The first step: define stages​

In order to set up your pipeline, the first thing you need to do is to define the stages. They are really important in CI/CD because they define when a job will be executed.

A typical GitLab pipeline may consist of four steps, executed in the following order:

1. Build
2. Test
3. Staging
4. Production

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Since February 2022, R2Devops has joined GitLab technical partners’ list! It’s a stamp validating our engagement to simplify developers life and improve the solutions for the DevOps community.