GitLab Workflow and Automation

"GitLab Workflow and Automation" Unlock the full potential of GitLab with "GitLab Workflow and Automation," a comprehensive guide that delves into the advanced architecture, automation strategies, and best practices for modern DevOps teams. This book begins with an in-depth exploration of GitLab‘s core architecture, repository management, and sophisticated access control mechanisms, empowering readers to streamline operations at scale. Through expert coverage of APIs, webhooks, and extensibility options, discover how to automate and orchestrate complex workflows that seamlessly integrate with the broader developer ecosystem. Dive into cutting-edge pipeline with advanced CI/CD techniques, leveraging the power of dynamic pipeline creation, modularization, multi-project orchestration, and security best practices. Readers will master GitLab Runners, infrastructure automation, and GitOps patterns, enabling robust, scalable, and secure delivery pipelines. Comprehensive chapters on workflow automation cover everything from issue and merge request lifecycles to automated documentation, release management, and integration of security and compliance checks into the continuous delivery process. Drawing on practical case studies and future trends, "GitLab Workflow and Automation" is an indispensable resource for engineers, DevOps practitioners, and technical leaders. Whether you‘re aiming to optimize workflow resilience, enforce compliance, or harness emerging AI-driven automation, this book provides actionable insights to build, scale, and govern automated workflows with confidence and efficiency.