In this chapter, we have introduced the Continuous Delivery process starting from the idea, discussing the prerequisites, to end up with tools that are used in the rest of the book. The key takeaway from this chapter is as follows:
- The delivery process used currently in most companies has significant shortcomings and can be improved using modern tools for automation
- The Continuous Delivery approach provides a number of benefits, of which the most significant ones are: fast delivery, fast feedback cycle, and low-risk releases
- The Continuous Delivery pipeline consists of three stages: Continuous Integration, automated acceptance testing, and configuration management
- Introducing Continuous Delivery usually requires a change in the organization's culture and structure
- The most important tools in the context of Continuous Delivery are Docker, Jenkins, and Ansible
In the next chapter, we introduce Docker and present how to build a dockerized application.
