Welcome to CloudOps Lab. This is Episode 1 of the DevOps Foundations series. In this episode, you’ll learn what a CI/CD pipeline is, how continuous integration and continuous delivery work, and how code moves from a developer laptop to production safely. We cover source control, triggers, runners, automated checks, tests, Docker images, deployment, verification, rollback, and which CI/CD tools to start with. Series roadmap: Ep. 1: CI/CD Pipeline Explained Ep. 2: Build a GitHub Actions Pipeline Step by Step Ep. 3: Dockerize Your First App Ep. 4: Deploy to AWS Ep. 5: Kubernetes Deployment Basics
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New to DevOps? Start here. This episode explains the basic idea behind CI/CD pipelines, then the rest of the series builds step by step from this foundation. Next: Watch Episode 2 to learn GitHub Actions. Subscribe to CloudOps Lab if you want beginner-friendly DevOps lessons without confusing jargon.