In the previous chapter, you learned how to build and deploy a WordPress application from a custom template. You also learned how to create and deploy OpenShift templates, and how to deploy applications from OpenShift templates.
This chapter will introduce the reader to Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Jenkins, OpenShift pipelines, and Jenkins integration with OpenShift. We will discuss CI/CD, pipelines, and Jenkins as CI/CD, following by how Jenkins works in OpenShift. We will also show you how to create a sample CI/CD pipeline in OpenShift, how to edit pipelines, and how to manage pipeline execution.
After reading this chapter, you will understand the following topics:
- CI/CD and CI/CD pipelines
- Jenkins as CI/CD
- Jenkins in OpenShift
