Modern GitLab DevOps Handbook: Build, Automate, Secure, Deploy, and Scale Production-Ready Pipelines

Modern GitLab DevOps Handbook is a practical guide to designing and operating modern DevOps delivery pipelines using GitLab and the tools that commonly surround it.Starting with Git and GitLab fundamentals, the book progressively moves into CI/CD, GitLab Runners, automated testing, Docker, container registries, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, release engineering, monitoring, troubleshooting, and enterprise DevOps practices.A continuous project, DevOpsHub, connects the concepts and demonstrates how a real application can move from source code to a production-style environment.Inside, readers will explore: - Git and GitLab workflows- Merge Requests and code collaboration- GitLab CI/CD pipelines- GitLab Runners- Automated testing- Docker and container registries- DevSecOps practices- Kubernetes deployment- Terraform and Infrastructure as Code- GitOps workflows- Canary, rolling, and blue-green releases- Monitoring and observability- Production troubleshooting- Incident response and recovery- Enterprise GitLab practices- Real-world DevOps interview scenarios- Hands-on projects and challengesThe book focuses on practical understanding rather than memorizing isolated commands, helping readers build the knowledge needed to design, explain, troubleshoot, and improve modern DevOps environments.