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Raju Nandi
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Complete CICD with Gitlab Kubernetes Runner, Gitlab KAS Agent, Kaniko and other Devops tools.

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The format of the blog is like it starts with the scenario, then challenges and finally the solution.

Scenario

A development team is already using a Kubernetes cluster for their applications and now wants to run their CI/CD jobs on the same cluster for better scalability and resource efficiency. However, they face key Challenges

Challenges

  1. ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Š๐ฎ๐›๐ž๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ : They want to connect GitLab pipelines to Kubernetes without storing KubeConfig files, as it poses a security risk.
  2. ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ: With Kubernetes moving away from Docker, they need an alternative to Docker-in-Docker (DinD) to build images within the CI/CD pipeline.
  3. ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: They need a simplified way to deploy across dev, test, and prod using a single Helm chart, avoiding complex configurations.
  4. ๐‚๐จ๐๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: Automated tools for code linting and vulnerability scanning are required to maintain high standards across environments.

As a Devops engineer you are tasked to find an integrated solution to overcome these challenges and streamline their CI/CD process.

Solution

In my latest video, I showcase how to implement a complete ๐‚๐ˆ/๐‚๐ƒ pipeline with ๐†๐ข๐ญ๐‹๐š๐› ๐Š๐ฎ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, integrating top DevOps tools like MegaLinter, Kaniko, Trivy, Helm, and the powerful ๐†๐ข๐ญ๐‹๐š๐› ๐Š๐€๐’ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.
๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž?

  • ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Š๐ฎ๐›๐ž๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ? ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ! See how the ๐†๐ข๐ญ๐‹๐š๐› ๐Š๐€๐’ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ connects to Kubernetes clusters.
  • ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ across dev, test, and prod using a single Helm chart.
  • ๐Š๐ฎ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ running isolated CI/CD jobs in scalable Kubernetes pods.
  • ๐‚๐จ๐๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž with MegaLinter to keep your codebase clean and compliant.
  • ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ with Automated vulnerability scanning using Trivy.
  • ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž with ๐Š๐š๐ง๐ข๐ค๐จ

I tried to cover everything you need to implement this CI/CD pipeline, making it an absolute must-watch for DevOps engineers and developers alike! ๐Ÿ˜Ž
๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ?
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๐ŸŽฅ Complete CICD with Gitlab Kubernetes Runner, Gitlab KAS Agent, Kaniko and other Devops tools.

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