08 CI CD Pipeline Strategies

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Knowing the tools isn't enough — you need to know how to design pipelines and choose the right deployment strategy for each scenario. This video covers end-to-end pipeline architecture from code commit to production, then deep-dives into every major deployment strategy: rolling updates, blue-green, canary, A/B testing, and recreate. You'll learn the trade-offs, rollback mechanisms, and exactly when the exam expects you to recommend each one. 🎯 What you'll learn: End-to-end CI/CD pipeline architecture on GCP Rolling updates: how they work on GKE and Compute Engine Blue-green deployments: zero-downtime switching Canary deployments: gradual traffic shifting and analysis A/B testing with traffic splitting Rollback strategies for each deployment type How to choose the right strategy for exam scenarios 📚 This is Video 8 of 15 in the GCP Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification series. 🔬 Hands-On Lab Resources: Google Cloud Skills Boost — DevOps Engineer Learning Path: https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/paths/20 Modern CI/CD with GKE Reference Architecture: https://docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/tutorials/modern-cicd-gke-reference-architecture Cloud Deploy Quickstart: https://cloud.google.com/deploy/docs/overview The CI/CD Handbook (freeCodeCamp): https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/learn-continuous-integration-delivery-and-deployment/ #GoogleCloud #GCP #CICD #DeploymentStrategies #BlueGreen #Canary #RollingUpdate #Kubernetes #DevOps