A Kubernetes CI/CD pipeline differs from a conventional CI/CD pipeline because it’s designed to manage and deploy containerized applications within a Kubernetes cluster, offering greater scalability and orchestration capabilities.
Key Stages:
๐ญ. ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ:
The code is containerized using Docker to create container images. This allows for consistent packaging and deployment of the application.
๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐:
Container images are pushed to container registries like Docker Hub, ECR, GitHub Registry, a centralized repository for storing and sharing Docker images.
๐ฏ. ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
Kubernetes manifests and the resource provisioning configurations that define the Kubernetes environments.
๐ฐ. ๐ฅ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐:
Advanced deployment strategies, such as blue-green deployments, canary releases are implemented to manage the rollout of new application versions.
๐ฑ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐น๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ:
Defines how the application and its resources should run in a Kubernetes cluster, and are applied to the cluster.
๐ฒ. ๐ง๐ฒ๐๐ (๐๐ป-๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ):
Additional tests specific to Kubernetes are executed, ensuring that pods and services are healthy and function as expected within the cluster.
๐ณ. ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป:
Continuous monitoring of both the application and the Kubernetes cluster is vital to detect and address issues promptly, ensuring the application’s reliability and performance.
