Class 16 - Mastering DevOps: Building CI/CD Pipelines with Jenkins and Automating Deployment in Cloud Environments
Deep dive into DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines, with a special focus on Jenkins and Tomcat.
In today's class, we took a deep dive into DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines, with a special focus on Jenkins and Tomcat. Here’s a breakdown of the key concepts and skills we covered:
🔧 Microservices vs Monolithic Design:
Understanding the key differences in application design and management for microservices and monolithic architectures.
How to manage the lifecycle, scalability, and deployment for each approach.
🌍 Agile vs Waterfall Development:
Understanding the Agile methodology vs Waterfall approach.
How DevOps practices integrate with these models for faster, iterative development and continuous improvement.
💻 DevOps Tools Setup 🛠️
VM Creation on Google Cloud:
Created Jenkins and Tomcat VMs on Google Cloud with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Configured VM specifications: 4 cores, 4GB memory, and 50GB disk with necessary HTTP/HTTPS traffic and API access.
Jenkins Setup:
Installed Jenkins on the VM and set up Java, Maven, and Git environment variables.
Ensured Jenkins runs persistently and installed essential plugins for automated deployments.
Automated Deployment with Jenkins:
WAR File Creation: Created a WAR file using Maven in Jenkins.
Set up a Jenkins pipeline for automated deployment to Tomcat, streamlining the deployment process.
📝 Step-by-Step Breakdown:
Creating VMs on Google Cloud with the right specifications for Jenkins and Tomcat.
Installing and configuring Jenkins: Setting up the essential plugins and tools for building and deploying applications.
Pipeline Setup: We automated the build and deployment process using Jenkins for continuous integration with Tomcat as the application host.
🔑 Key Takeaways:
Mastered Jenkins setup and automated deployment pipelines.
Seamlessly integrated DevOps tools to automate software delivery.
Explored how Jenkins and Tomcat work together to streamline CI/CD in cloud environments.
🌟 Why Jenkins & Tomcat Together?
By combining Jenkins for continuous integration and Tomcat for application hosting, we enhanced the speed and efficiency of our software delivery pipeline. This integration fosters faster delivery of applications with high reliability.
💡 Next Steps:
Check out the class recording to get the full hands-on experience and build your own pipelines.
Practice setting up your own Jenkins + Tomcat environment on the cloud for real-world DevOps experience!
🔗 Watch Class 16 Recording: