DevOps: CICD with Git GitLab Jenkins, Docker and Django

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Prerequisites

Lecture 3: Course outline

Chapter 2: Creating and configuring virtual machines

Lecture 1: Download and install oracle VirtualBox

Lecture 2: Download ISO images

Lecture 3: Create and configure a virtual Ubuntu desktop

Lecture 4: Customize your Ubuntu virtual desktop

Lecture 5: Create and configure Virtual Ubuntu Server

Lecture 6: VirtualBox networking

Lecture 7: SSH into the Virtual machines through putty

Lecture 8: SSH into your virtual machines via command line terminals

Lecture 9: Creating virtual machines on Mac OS

Lecture 10: Sign up for a Digital Ocean account

Lecture 11: Create a Droplet/Server on Digital Ocean

Lecture 12: SSH into your Digital Ocean droplet

Lecture 13: Create an admin user on your Digital Ocean server

Chapter 3: Set up Django applications on Dev machines

Lecture 1: Install Python on Windows and Linux machines

Lecture 2: Create and configure a Python virtual environment

Lecture 3: Create a new Django project

Lecture 4: Polling app setup and demo

Lecture 5: Set up an environment config file

Lecture 6: Configure the environment variables

Chapter 4: Git and GitLab setup

Lecture 1: GitLab overview

Lecture 2: Create a remote repository on gitlab.com

Lecture 3: Turn your code into a Git project

Lecture 4: Add SSH key to your GitLab account and push your code onto it

Chapter 5: Deploying Django to production

Lecture 1: Create your production sever

Lecture 2: Set up a Dedicated Deploy User on Production Server

Lecture 3: Requirements.txt file

Lecture 4: Psycopg2 and Gunicorn dependencies

Lecture 5: Storing static objects

Lecture 6: Add deploy user SSH key to your GitLab account

Lecture 7: Install necessary programs on the production server

Lecture 8: PostgreSQL database setup

Lecture 9: Set up a virtual environment on the prod server

Lecture 10: Get the project code onto the prod server

Lecture 11: Configure the app's environment variables on the prod server

Lecture 12: Serve the application with Gunicorn

Lecture 13: Configure the Gunicorn services on the prod server

Lecture 14: Set up Nginx webserver on the prod server

Lecture 15: Configure local DNS on Windows

Chapter 6: Manual redeployment

Lecture 1: Redeploy your application manually

Lecture 2: Add a deploy script to the code

Lecture 3: Deploying with the deploy script

Lecture 4: Run sudo commands without passwords

Chapter 7: Getting started with Jenkins

Lecture 1: Installing Jenkins

Lecture 2: Expose local Jenkins instance to the internet

Lecture 3: Installing and uninstalling plugins

Lecture 4: Configure Jenkins to send email notifications

Chapter 8: CIC Deployment with GitLab and Jenkins

Lecture 1: Install Git and GitLab plugins on Jenkins

Lecture 2: Configure GitLab-Jenkins connections

Lecture 3: Add Jenkinsfile to your code

Lecture 4: Create a Jenkins pipeline for your project

Lecture 5: Run the pipeline manually

Lecture 6: Jenkins workspace

Lecture 7: Configure Jenkinsfile for building and testing

Lecture 8: Configure the deploy stage

Lecture 9: Jenkins SSH into the prod server without a password

Lecture 10: Configure a webhook to trigger the pipeline

Lecture 11: Demo: Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment

Lecture 12: Configure Jenkins to send emails when the pipeline fails

Lecture 13: Test the pipeline with failing automated testing

Chapter 9: CIC Delivery with GitLab and Jenkins

Lecture 1: Set up a staging server

Lecture 2: Install necessary programs and set up PSQL database on Digital Ocean droplet

Lecture 3: Get the project code onto your droplet

Lecture 4: Configure the app on the droplet

Lecture 5: Configure Gunicorn service on the droplet

Lecture 6: Configure Nginx on the droplet

Lecture 7: Jenkins should deploy to staging first

Lecture 8: Solved: Permission denied issues

Lecture 9: Configure Jenkins to request human input before deploying to prod

Lecture 10: Demo: Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery

Chapter 10: Gitlab CI

Lecture 1: GitLab CI config file

Lecture 2: Your first GitLab jobs

Lecture 3: GitLab runner overview

Lecture 4: Install and configure a gitlab runner

Lecture 5: Run the pipeline on your self-hosted runner

Lecture 6: Configure GitLab CI to build test and deploy

Lecture 7: Configure GitLab runner server for the pipeline

Lecture 8: Demo: GitLab CI – Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment

Lecture 9: GitLab CI – Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery setup

Chapter 11: Using Gitlab for code collaboration

Lecture 1: Add a developer to the project

Lecture 2: Configure the app on the virtual ubuntu desktop

Lecture 3: Create a GitLab issue

Lecture 4: Fixing the issues

Lecture 5: Create a merge request

Lecture 6: Code reviews and merging

Lecture 7: Update your local repository

Chapter 12: Dockerize your Django application