How does CI/CD Fundamentals and Pipeline Design relate to the cicd hub?

CI/CD Fundamentals and Pipeline Design is a core learning conceptual pillar mapped within the cicd engineering hub of the DevOps Network.

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Q: What does the CI/CD Fundamentals and Pipeline Design concept cover?

CI/CD Fundamentals and Pipeline Design covers a variety of key topic guides, including: Understanding CI/CD — Pipelines, Stages, and the Delivery Lifecycle, Designing Multi-Stage CI/CD Pipelines — Build, Test, Scan, and Deploy, Automated Testing in CI — Unit, Integration, and E2E Gates. Complete overview mapping DevOps concepts for CI/CD Fundamentals and Pipeline Design.

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CI/CD Fundamentals and Pipeline Design

Complete overview mapping DevOps concepts for CI/CD Fundamentals and Pipeline Design.

Learning Progression

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Topic Node

Understanding CI/CD — Pipelines, Stages, and the Delivery Lifecycle

Learn what CI/CD actually means, how pipelines are structured into stages and jobs, and why automated delivery reduces release risk at production scale.

Start Guide

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Topic Node

Designing Multi-Stage CI/CD Pipelines — Build, Test, Scan, and Deploy

Design production-grade multi-stage pipelines with gate checks, artifact promotion, parallel job execution, and environment-specific deployment steps.

Start Guide

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Topic Node

Automated Testing in CI — Unit, Integration, and E2E Gates

Build reliable automated testing gates in CI — unit tests with coverage enforcement, integration tests with real dependencies, and E2E smoke tests post-deployment.

Start Guide

Vocabulary & Terms

Key words used in this concept — explained simply, no jargon.

Pipeline

A CI/CD pipeline is an automated sequence of stages that takes source code from a Git commit through building, testing, scanning, and deploying to production — eliminating manual steps and ensuring every change follows the same verified path to release.

cicd Concepts

CI/CD Fundamentals and Pipeline Design

Understanding CI/CD — Pipelines, Stages, and the Delivery Lifecycle

Designing Multi-Stage CI/CD Pipelines — Build, Test, Scan, and Deploy

Automated Testing in CI — Unit, Integration, and E2E Gates

Vocabulary & Terms

Pipeline

Stage

Job

Artifact