Designing a CI/CD pipeline using Brainboard's CI/CD designer involves several key steps and best practices:
- Understanding the CI/CD Designer: Brainboard's CI/CD designer is a visual editor that simplifies pipeline creation without requiring YAML knowledge. This tool focuses on building the logic and process of the pipeline efficiently.
- Workflow Creation: A workflow in Brainboard is a set of orchestrated stages containing tasks that run in parallel or sequentially. It's essentially a sequence of steps your infrastructure goes through before, during, and after provisioning.
- Defining Tasks: Tasks are individual actions within a workflow, like applying Terraform configurations, sending Slack notifications, or updating ticketing systems. Tasks are created from available plugins, and each task can include an approval option, delaying execution until approved by designated individuals or teams.
- Staging Tasks: Stages are logical groupings of tasks that execute simultaneously. In Brainboard's CI/CD designer, stages are represented vertically and are dependent on the completion of tasks in the preceding stage.
- Workflow Templates: After finalizing a workflow, you can create a template from it for use in other architectures. This feature enhances reusability and consistency across different projects.
- Running the Pipeline: Once the workflow is configured, you can trigger the pipeline execution. The Pipelines page displays the real-time output of the execution, allowing you to monitor the process.
- Best Practices: Ensure hygiene in infrastructure building by using pipelines to analyze architecture before pushing it to a Git repository. Avoid using generic emails for task approvals unless the email is a Brainboard user.
This structured approach helps in designing effective and efficient CI/CD pipelines on Brainboard, ensuring smooth automation and deployment processes in cloud infrastructure management.
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