DevOps Foundations for Java with Git, Jenkins, and Maven

Course Outline

Chapter 1. DevOps Fundamentals

• Why DevOps
• What is DevOps?
• Collaborative, Matrixed and Cross-Functional Teams
• Key Components of Successful DevOps Teams
• DevOps-ification
• DevOps Vocabulary
• DevOps Goals
• Not DevOps - Crush Buzzwords
• Driving Business Outcomes with DevOps
• Technology-Enabled Business
• DevOps Key Enabler for Digital Transformation
• Core Values and Mission
• Core Values - Culture
• Core Values - Automation
• Core Values - Measurement
• Core Values - Sharing
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Value Stream Mapping
• Behavioral Patterns for Success
• DevOps Org Structures
• DevOps Team - Separate
• DevOps Merged Organization
• DevOps Overlapped Organization
• Organizational Structure Leadership
• What Does Continuous Delivery Mean?
• Deployment Pipelines
• Your Organization is Doing CD if …
• Pipelining for CD
• Continuous Integration
• CI Pipeline
• CD & CI Methodologies
• Key Tool Categories for CI/CD
• Summary

Chapter 2. Introduction to Git

• What is Git
• Git's Design Goals
• Git's Design Goals (cont'd)
• Branching and Merging
• Branching and Merging (cont'd)
• Centralized Version Control
• Distributed Version Control
• Git Basics
• Git Basics (Cont'd)
• Git Basics (cont'd)
• Getting Git
• Git on the Server
• Git Repository Managers
• Git on Somebody Else's Server
• Summary

Chapter 3. Basic Git Operations

• Using Git
• Definitions
• Definitions (cont'd)
• Repository (cont'd)
• Definitions (cont'd)
• Commit
• Commit (continued)
• How to Think About Commits
• Viewing History
• Configuring Git
• Configuration Scope
• User Identification
• User Identification (cont'd)
• GPG Signing
• Gnu Privacy Guard
• GPG Basics
• GPG and Git
• .gitignore
• Other Useful Configurations
• Summary

Chapter 4. Branching, Merging and Remotes

• Branching
• Branches in Git
• Branches in Git (cont'd)
• Merge
• Merge (cont'd)
• Fast Forward Merge
• --no-ff
• More Than One Repository
• Working with Remotes
• Fetch and Pull
• Push
• Pull Requests
• Tagging a Commit
• Lightweight Tags
• Annotated Tags
• Sharing Tags
• Checking Out a Tag
• Summary

Chapter 5. Introduction to Git Flow

• Why Use an SCM Workflow?
• Why Use an SCM Workflow? (Cond.)
• What is Git Flow
• Benefits
• How Git Flow works?
• How Git Flow works? (Contd.)
• What is Git Flow? (Contd.)
• How Git Flow works? (Contd.)
• Git Flow Extension
• Initializing Git Flow
• Features
• Release
• Hotfixes
• Git Flow and Continuous Integration
• Git Flow – Summary
• Git Flow – Pros and Cons
• Git Flow – When it Works Best?
• Git Flow – When it Doesn’t Work?
• Git Flow Alternatives
• Trunk-based Development
• Trunk-based Development (Contd.)
• Trunk-based Development – When it Works?
• Trunk-based Development – When it Doesn’t Work?
• GitHub Flow
• GitHub Flow – Pros and Cons
• GitLab Flow
• GitLab Flow – Environment Branches
• GitLab Flow – Release Branches
• GitLab Flow – Release Branches (Contd.)
• GitLab Flow – Pros and Cons
• Summary

Chapter 6. Continuous Code Quality

• Continuous Code Quality
• What is SonarQube
• SonarQube - Benefits
• SonarQube (Multilingual)
• Seven Axes of Quality
• Potential Bugs
• Tests
• Comments and Duplication
• Architecture and Design
• Complexity
• SonarQube Installation
• SonarQube Components
• Code Quality (LOC, Code Smells)
• Code Quality (Project Files)
• Code Quality (Code)
• Summary

Chapter 7. Introduction to Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Jenkins-CI

• Foundation of Agile AppDev
• XP Flow
• Extreme Programming
• Agile Development
• What is Continuous Integration
• What is Continuous Integration (cont'd)
• Typical Setup for Continuous Integration
• Setup Notes for Continuous Integration
• CI with Artifact Management
• What is Continuous Delivery?
• Why Continuous Delivery?
• DevOps and Continuous Delivery
• Continuous Delivery Challenges
• Continuous Delivery vs Continuous Deployment
• Jenkins Continuous Integration
• Jenkins Features
• Running Jenkins
• Summary

Chapter 8. Introduction to Apache Maven

• Build Tools for Java
• Build Tools for Java (cont'd)
• History of Build Tools
• Traditional Scripting
• 'make'
• Problems with Make
• Manual Build with JavaC
• ANT
• Pros and Cons of Ant
• Apache Maven
• Goals of Maven
• What is Apache Maven?
• What is Apache Maven (cont'd)
• Why Use Apache Maven?
• The Maven EcoSystem
• Consistent Easy-to-Understand Project Layout
• Convention Over Configuration
• Maven is Different
• Maven Projects have a Standardized Build
• Effect of Convention Over Configuration
• Importance of Plugins
• A Key Point on Maven!
• Summary – Key Features of Maven

Chapter 9. Installing and Running Apache Maven

• Downloading Maven
• Installing Maven
• Run From Command Line
• Running Inside an IDE
• Settings.xml
• Local Repository
• Summary

Chapter 10. Installing and Running Jenkins

• Downloading and Installing Jenkins
• Running Jenkins as a Stand-Alone Application
• Running Jenkins as a Stand-Alone Application (cont'd)
• Running Jenkins on an Application Server
• The Jenkins Home Folder
• Installing Jenkins as a Windows Service
• Initial Configuration
• Configuration Wizard
• Configuration Wizard (cont'd)
• Configuring Tools
• Configuring Tools - Best Practices
• Logging in Jenkins
• Custom Log Recorders
• Summary

Chapter 11. Job Types in Jenkins

• Introduction
• Different types of Jenkins Items
• Different types of Jenkins Items (cont'd)
• Configuring Source Code Management(SCM)
• Working with Subversion
• Working with Subversion (cont'd)
• Working with Git
• Storing Credentials
• Service Accounts
• Storing Credentials (cont'd)
• Build Triggers
• Schedule Build Jobs
• Polling the SCM
• Polling vs Triggers
• Maven Build Steps
• Summary

Chapter 12. Getting Started With Maven

• Terminology and Basic Concepts
• Artifacts
• Lifecycle
• Default Lifecycle
• Plugins
• Running Maven - the Story So Far
• Running Maven from an IDE
• Common Goals
• pom.xml
• Example
• Example (cont'd)
• Artifact Coordinates
• Standard Layout for Sources
• Summary

Chapter 13. A Web Application in Maven

• A More Complex Project
• Putting it Together With Maven
• Packaging the Target Artifact
• The Source Tree
• Dependencies
• Transitive Dependencies
• Dependency Scope
• Working With Servers
• Declaring and Configuring Plugins
• Running the Plugin
• Binding a Plugin Goal to the Lifecycle
• Archetypes
• Summary

Chapter 14. Commonly Used Plugins

• Maven Plugins
• Declaring and Configuring Plugins
• Running the Plugin
• Binding a Plugin Goal to the Lifecycle
• Maven Surefire Test Plugin
• Failsafe Plugin
• Site Plugin
• JavaDoc Plugin
• PMD Plugin
• Code Coverage – Cobertura
• Summary

Chapter 15. Creating Archetypes

• Introduction to Maven Archetypes
• Introduction to Maven Archetypes (cont.)
• Using Interactive Mode to generate Goal
• Common Maven Archetypes
• Summary

Chapter 16. Repository Management

• Maven's Approach to Artifacts
• Publishing Artifacts
• Summary of Maven's Artifact Handling
• Repository
• Repository Manager
• Proxy Remote Repositories
• Types of Artifacts
• Release Artifacts
• Snapshot Artifacts
• Reasons to Use a Repository Manager
• Repository Coordinates
• Addressing Resources in a Repository
• Summary

Chapter 17. Release Management

• What is release Management?
• Release Management with Nexus
• Release Management with Maven
• Summary

Chapter 18. Jenkins Plugins

• Introduction
• Jenkins Plugins - SCM
• Jenkins Plugins – Build and Test
• Jenkins Plugins – Analyzers
• Jenkins for Teams
• Installing Jenkins Plugins
• Summary

Chapter 19. Securing Jenkins

• Jenkins Security - Overview
• Jenkins Security
• Authentication
• Authorization
• Confidentiality
• Activating Security
• Configure Authentication
• Using Jenkins's Internal User Database
• Creating Users
• Authorization
• Matrix-Based Security
• Note – Create the Administrative User
• Project-based Matrix Authorization
• Project-Based Authentication
• Role Based Access Control
• Conclusion

Chapter 20. Distributed Builds with Jenkins

• Distributed Builds - Overview
• Distributed Builds – How?
• Agent Machines
• Configure Jenkins Master
• Configure Projects
• Conclusion

Chapter 21. Continuous Delivery and the Jenkins Pipeline

• Continuous Delivery
• Continuous Delivery (cont'd)
• DevOps and Continuous Delivery
• Continuous Delivery Challenges
• Continuous Delivery with Jenkins
• The Pipeline Plugin
• The Pipeline Plugin (cont'd)
• Defining a Pipeline
• A Pipeline Example
• Pipeline Example (cont'd)
• Parallel Execution
• Creating a Pipeline
• Invoking the Pipeline
• Interacting with the Pipeline
• Pipeline vs Traditional Jobs
• Conclusion

Chapter 22. Best Practices for Jenkins

• Best Practices - Secure Jenkins
• Best Practices - Users
• Best Practices - Backups
• Best Practices - Reproducible Builds
• Best Practices - Testing and Reports
• Best Practices - Large Systems
• Best Practices - Distributed Jenkins
• Best Practices - Summary

Lab Exercises

• Lab 1. Version Control - Git
• Lab 2. Branching, Merging and Working with Remotes
• Lab 3. GitFlow Workflow
• Lab 4. Configure Tools in Jenkins
• Lab 5. Maven configuration
• Lab 6. Create a Maven Project
• Lab 7. Create a Web Application from an Archetype
• Lab 8. Create a Jenkins Job
• Lab 9. A Multi-Module Project
• Lab 10. Create a Standard Set of Dependencies
• Lab 11. Write a Simple Maven Plugin
• Lab 12. Create an Archetype
• Lab 13. Create a Corporate Repository with Artifactory
• Lab 14. Deploy to the Corporate Repository with Artifactory
• Lab 15. Add Development Metrics
• Lab 16. Create a Pipeline