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CI/CD Pipeline Basics with Django

📖 Scenario: You are working on a Django web application. To make your development faster and safer, you want to set up a simple CI/CD pipeline. This pipeline will automatically check your code and deploy it when you push changes.

🎯 Goal: Build a basic CI/CD pipeline configuration file that runs tests and deploys your Django app automatically.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a YAML file named ci-cd-pipeline.yml for the pipeline configuration

Add a job to install dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt

Add a job to run Django tests using python manage.py test

Add a job to deploy the app by printing Deploying Django app...

Use job dependencies so tests run after install, and deploy runs after tests

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

CI/CD pipelines are used in real projects to automatically test and deploy code changes, saving time and reducing errors.

💼 Career

Understanding CI/CD pipelines is essential for DevOps roles and software developers to deliver software quickly and reliably.

1

Create the initial pipeline file

Create a file named ci-cd-pipeline.yml and add a job called install that runs the command pip install -r requirements.txt.

Django

# Your code here

Need a hint?

YAML files use indentation. Make sure script is indented under install, and the command is under script.

2

Add the test job

Add a job called test that runs python manage.py test. Make sure it depends on the install job.

Django

install:
  script:
    - pip install -r requirements.txt
# Add the test job below
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use needs to specify that test runs after install.

3

Add the deploy job

Add a job called deploy that prints Deploying Django app.... Make sure it depends on the test job.

Django

install:
  script:
    - pip install -r requirements.txt

test:
  script:
    - python manage.py test
  needs:
    - install
# Add the deploy job below
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use echo to print the deploy message in the script.

4

Print the pipeline jobs summary

Print the names of the jobs in order: install, test, and deploy separated by commas.

Django

install:
  script:
    - pip install -r requirements.txt

test:
  script:
    - python manage.py test
  needs:
    - install

deploy:
  script:
    - echo "Deploying Django app..."
  needs:
    - test

# Print the pipeline jobs below
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use print to show the job names separated by commas.