Promoting Software Releases to Production with Jenkins X and Kubernetes

Deploying software to production can be a complex and high-stakes process. Learn how to ensure your releases are stable, efficient, and delivered with confidence. This course guides you through the essential concepts and practical steps for promoting software releases to production environments, enabling you to implement robust and automated deployment workflows. What you'll learn: * Understand the core principles of continuous delivery and release promotion. * Configure and manage automated deployment pipelines using Jenkins X. * Deploy and manage applications effectively within Kubernetes clusters. * Implement robust verification and validation steps for production releases. * Apply GitOps methodologies for declarative and version-controlled deployments. * Practice promoting releases through different stages, including manual gates. The course begins with foundational concepts of CI/CD and Kubernetes, then progresses to setting up Jenkins X, defining deployment pipelines, and managing the full lifecycle of a software release to production. This course is designed for absolute beginners in software development, operations, or DevOps who want to understand and implement modern release promotion strategies. No prior experience with Jenkins X or Kubernetes is required. Begin your journey to mastering reliable software deployments today.