5.1 Overview
Cloud Native Application Delivery (8%)
This section focuses on the key concepts and techniques involved in delivering applications in cloud-native environments. You'll learn about modern practices such as GitOps and CI/CD pipelines that streamline and automate the application development, deployment, and management processes.
Topics Covered
- Fundamentals of Application Delivery in Cloud Native Environments: Understanding how cloud-native architecture enables faster and more efficient application deployment.
- Introduction to GitOps: Leveraging Git as the source of truth for automated infrastructure and application updates.
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Pipelines: Automating the testing, integration, and deployment of code changes to ensure fast and reliable releases.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the fundamentals of delivering applications in cloud-native environments, including deployment models and best practices.
- Learn how GitOps enables version-controlled, automated application and infrastructure updates using Git.
- Explore CI/CD pipelines and how they automate the process of testing, integrating, and deploying code in a cloud-native ecosystem.