GCP for DevOps — CI/CD
CI/CD
Google Cloud provides a fully managed CI/CD platform with Cloud Build for continuous integration, Artifact Registry for container and package management, and Cloud Deploy for continuous delivery to GKE, Cloud Run, and other targets.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ GCP CI/CD Pipeline │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ Source Build Store Deploy │
│ ┌─────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌────────┐ │
│ │ Git ├────►Cloud Build ├──►Artifact ├──►Cloud │ │
│ │ Repo │ │ │ │Registry │ │Deploy │ │
│ └─────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └────────┘ │
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ cloudbuild.yaml delivery │
│ │ │ pipeline │
│ │ ▼ │ │
│ │ ┌───────────┐ ▼ │
│ └────────►│ Trigger │ ┌────────┐ │
│ │(push/PR/ │ │ GKE / │ │
│ │ tag/manual)│ │CloudRun│ │
│ └───────────┘ └────────┘ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
What You Will Learn
- Configure Cloud Build pipelines with
cloudbuild.yaml - Set up build triggers for automated CI
- Store images and packages in Artifact Registry
- Use Cloud Deploy for managed continuous delivery
- Implement deployment strategies — rolling, canary, blue-green
Chapter Contents
| # | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloud Build | Build, test, and package with fully managed CI |
| 2 | Build Triggers | Automate builds from Git events |
| 3 | Artifact Registry | Store Docker images, npm, Maven, Python packages |
| 4 | Cloud Deploy | Managed continuous delivery pipelines |
| 5 | Deployment Strategies | Rolling, canary, and blue-green patterns |
| 6 | Practice Exercises | Hands-on CI/CD labs |
Start with → Cloud Build
