{"id":100,"date":"2025-11-30T16:28:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adler-tech.com\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:53:30","slug":"gitlab-advanced-ci-cd-pipelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adler-tech.com\/?page_id=100","title":{"rendered":"GitLab Advanced CI\/CD Pipelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2 days<\/strong> (16 hours total)<br>Focus: complex pipelines, automation patterns, advanced runner usage, GitOps patterns, security scans, deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Day 1 \u2013 Advanced Pipeline Design &amp; Orchestration<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. GitLab CI Architecture Deep Dive<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Pipeline engine, DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) mechanics, job dependency resolution, artifacts \u2192 cache flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Multi-Stage &amp; Multi-Project Pipelines<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chained pipelines, parent\/child pipelines, cross-project triggers, orchestrating microservices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Rules, Workflow &amp; Conditional Logic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><code>rules:<\/code> vs <code>only\/except<\/code>, pipeline-level rules, conditional deploys, protected refs logic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Parallel Execution &amp; Matrix Builds<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Parallel jobs, matrix strategies, splitting tests, fan-out\/fan-in patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Advanced Artifacts &amp; Caching<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Cache scoping, immutable caches, build reuse, artifact expiry tuning, large artifact optimization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. Secure Variables &amp; Secrets<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Protected variables, masked variables, group\/instance-level secrets, dynamic secrets fetch (Vault\/JWT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>7. Custom Docker Images<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Optimized CI images, multi-stage Docker builds, caching layers, using container registries efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Day 2 \u2013 Deployment Automation, Security, Observability &amp; Scaling<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>8. Environments &amp; Deployments<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Review apps, dynamic environments, deployment tiers, environment locks, approvals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>9. Advanced Deployment Strategies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue\/green, canary, feature flags, rollout schedules, controlled production deploys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>10. Kubernetes Integration<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Helm charts, GitLab agent for Kubernetes, kubeconfig injection, K8s-native CI deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>11. GitOps Workflows<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Branch-driven operations, environment repositories, pull-request deploy flow, anti-patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>12. Security &amp; Compliance Pipelines<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>SAST, DAST, Secret Detection, Dependency Scanning, License Compliance, security gate patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>13. Observability &amp; Pipeline Debugging<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Pipeline analytics, job-level tracing, runner debugging, log enhancement, artifacts for debugging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>14. Scaling CI Infrastructure<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Runner autoscaling with Docker Machine, Kubernetes runners, concurrency control, resource governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>15. Pipeline Optimization &amp; Cost Reduction<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Caching strategies, selective pipelines, skipping redundant jobs, artifact minimization, pipeline duration tuning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 days (16 hours total)Focus: complex pipelines, automation patterns, advanced runner usage, GitOps patterns, security scans, deployments. Day 1 \u2013 Advanced Pipeline Design &amp; Orchestration 1. 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