Continuous Delivery on Cloud: Pipeline Design & Automation
Executive Overview
Transcloud hosted a technical session focused on implementing Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines using Google Cloud Build. The session addressed common challenges in manual deployments and slow release cycles, and demonstrated how automated delivery pipelines improve deployment reliability, speed, and consistency.
The discussion combined foundational CI/CD concepts with a practical walkthrough of building a fully automated CD pipeline on Google Cloud Platform.
Speakers
Key Highlights
- CI/CD Fundamentals: Clear distinction between Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, including how both practices contribute to faster, more reliable software releases.
- Google Cloud Build Overview: Introduction to Cloud Build as a serverless CI/CD platform, covering core features, trigger configuration, and integration with source repositories.
- End-to-End CD Pipeline Demonstration: Live walkthrough of configuring a Continuous Delivery pipeline that automatically builds and deploys applications based on code commits.
- Deployment Integration: Discussion on integrating Cloud Build with deployment targets and managing build steps for scalable, repeatable deployments.
- Technical Q&A: Interactive discussion addressing real-world implementation challenges, use cases, and best practices for CD pipelines on Google Cloud.