Docker and CI/CD Pipelines: Automating Builds, Tests, and Deployments with Containers
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Modern software teams win by shipping reliably, fast, and with confidence. If you’re ready to turn container know‑how into repeatable delivery, this book shows you how to automate builds, tests, and deployments end to end—with practices you can apply immediately.
A Hands-On Guide to Integrating Docker into Modern CI/CD Workflows Using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and More
Overview
Docker and CI/CD Pipelines: Automating Builds, Tests, and Deployments with Containers is a practical IT book and programming guide for modern delivery teams. As a technical book, it shows how to use Docker within automated pipelines across GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, and beyond to streamline releases and reduce risk. It covers Docker fundamentals, CI/CD pipeline automation, GitHub Actions workflows, GitLab CI/CD implementation, Jenkins pipeline configuration, container image optimization, automated testing strategies, Docker registry management, secrets management, microservices deployment, container orchestration, performance optimization, security best practices, and troubleshooting techniques—making it truly A Hands-On Guide to Integrating Docker into Modern CI/CD Workflows Using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and More.
Who This Book Is For
- Application developers who want to ship features faster without breaking production. You’ll learn how to containerize services properly, integrate tests into your CI runs, and push to a registry with confidence.
- DevOps engineers and SREs aiming to standardize and scale delivery across teams. Master cross-platform workflows in GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and Jenkins to implement policy, security, and governance without slowing developers down.
- Team leads, architects, and technical managers seeking consistent, auditable releases. Use the patterns here to reduce deployment toil, increase reliability, and motivate your team with a robust, automated path to production.
Key Lessons and Takeaways
- Design production-grade pipelines with containers at the core. Learn multi-stage Docker builds, effective caching, matrix strategies, and parallelization to make CI both fast and deterministic.
- Implement secure workflows that protect credentials and artifacts. From Docker registry management and signed images to secrets management with least-privilege access, you’ll apply security best practices without compromising agility.
- Build quality into every commit with automated testing strategies. Execute unit, integration, and end-to-end tests inside containers; spin up ephemeral databases and services; and enforce quality gates that prevent regressions.
Why You’ll Love This Book
This guide trades fluff for actionable steps, pairing concise explanations with production-ready examples you can drop into your repositories. You get complete YAML snippets, Dockerfiles, and Jenkinsfiles, plus troubleshooting techniques that shortcut common pitfalls across platforms. The result is a repeatable, auditable pipeline that scales from a single service to complex microservices and container orchestration environments.
How to Get the Most Out of It
- Start with the foundations, then dive into your preferred platform chapter. Skim the Docker fundamentals and patterns, pick GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Jenkins for a focused first implementation, and return later to broaden coverage.
- Apply as you read by containerizing a small service. Wire up build, test, and push steps; enable layer caching for performance optimization; and secure secrets via the platform’s vault or OIDC integration to lock down your pipeline.
- Reinforce learning with mini-projects that mirror real workflows. Publish images to a private registry, add integration tests with dependent services, implement blue-green or canary deployments, and capture metrics to tune throughput and reliability.
Get Your Copy
Accelerate your delivery pipeline with proven patterns for containers, automation, and secure releases. Whether you’re standardizing on GitHub Actions, rolling out GitLab CI/CD at scale, or modernizing Jenkins pipelines, this resource will save weeks of trial and error.
