Hands-On Auto DevOps with GitLab CI - Using Build Stages

This video tutorial covers the use of build stages in GitLab CI, explaining how to utilize default stages and customize them in the GitLab CI YAML file. It discusses the importance of stage order in the build pipeline, demonstrating how to reorder stages for efficiency. The tutorial also highlights the need to explicitly assign jobs to stages to avoid unintended parallel execution. The video concludes with a preview of the next topic, which will explore running build steps in parallel.

What is the purpose of build stages in GitLab CI/CD?

• To manage user permissions

• To store build artifacts

• To deploy applications

• To define the order of job execution

What happens if a job fails in a stage?

• The failed job is retried automatically

• The entire pipeline is canceled

• The next stage is executed immediately

• The entire stage is marked as failed

What are the default stages provided by GitLab if none are declared?

• Initialize, Build, Deploy

• Compile, Test, Deploy

• Build, Test, Deploy

• Test, Build, Release

In the example GitLab CI YAML file, what is the purpose of the build job?

• To run tests on the code

• To deploy the application

• To build and push a Docker image

• To cache build results

Why is it important to explicitly assign jobs to stages?

• To reduce the number of jobs

• To ensure jobs run in parallel

• To prevent jobs from being assigned to the wrong stage

• To increase the speed of the pipeline

What change was made to the order of stages in the example?

• Deploy was moved before Test

• Build was moved before Test

• Test was moved before Build

• Deploy was moved before Build

What is the next topic to be covered in the following video?

• Caching build results

• Deploying applications

• Running build steps in parallel

• Defining variables