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description: "Learn how to use GitLab CI/CD, the GitLab built-in Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, and Continuous Delivery toolset to build, test, and deploy your application."
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# GitLab Continuous Integration (GitLab CI/CD)
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The benefits of Continuous Integration are huge when automation plays an
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integral part of your workflow. GitLab comes with built-in Continuous
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Integration, Continuous Deployment, and Continuous Delivery support
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to build, test, and deploy your application.
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Here's some info we've gathered to get you started.
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## Getting started
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The first steps towards your GitLab CI/CD journey.
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- [Getting started with GitLab CI/CD](quick_start/README.md): understand how GitLab CI/CD works.
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- [GitLab CI/CD configuration file: `.gitlab-ci.yml`](yaml/README.md) - Learn all about the ins and outs of `.gitlab-ci.yml`.
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- [Pipelines and jobs](pipelines.md): configure your GitLab CI/CD pipelines to build, test, and deploy your application.
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- Runners: The [GitLab Runner](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/) is responsible by running the jobs in your CI/CD pipeline. On GitLab.com, Shared Runners are enabled by default, so
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you don't need to set up anything to start to use them with GitLab CI/CD.
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### Introduction to GitLab CI/CD
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- Article (2016-08-05): [Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment with GitLab - Intro to CI/CD](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/05/continuous-integration-delivery-and-deployment-with-gitlab/)
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- Article (2015-12-14): [Getting started with GitLab and GitLab CI - Intro to CI](https://about.gitlab.com/2015/12/14/getting-started-with-gitlab-and-gitlab-ci/)
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- Article (2017-07-13): [Making CI Easier with GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/07/13/making-ci-easier-with-gitlab/)
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- Article (2017-05-22): [Fast and Natural Continuous Integration with GitLab CI](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/05/22/fast-and-natural-continuous-integration-with-gitlab-ci/)
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- **Videos:**
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- Demo (Streamed live on Jul 17, 2017): [GitLab CI/CD Deep Dive](https://youtu.be/pBe4t1CD8Fc?t=195)
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- Demo (March, 2017): [How to get started using CI/CD with GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/13/ci-cd-demo/)
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- Webcast (April, 2016): [Getting started with CI in GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/20/webcast-recording-and-slides-introduction-to-ci-in-gitlab/)
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- **Third-party videos:**
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- [Intégration continue avec GitLab (September, 2016)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URcMBXjIr24&t=13s)
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- [GitLab CI for Minecraft Plugins (July, 2016)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4pcI9F8yf8)
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### Why GitLab CI/CD?
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- Article (2016-10-17): [Why We Chose GitLab CI for our CI/CD Solution](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/17/gitlab-ci-oohlala/)
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- Article (2016-07-22): [Building our web-app on GitLab CI: 5 reasons why Captain Train migrated from Jenkins to GitLab CI](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/22/building-our-web-app-on-gitlab-ci/)
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## Exploring GitLab CI/CD
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- [CI/CD Variables](variables/README.md) - Learn how to use variables defined in
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your `.gitlab-ci.yml` or the ones defined in your project's settings
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- [Where variables can be used](variables/where_variables_can_be_used.md) - A
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deeper look on where and how the CI/CD variables can be used
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- **The permissions model** - Learn about the access levels a user can have for
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performing certain CI actions
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- [User permissions](../user/permissions.md#gitlab-ci)
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- [Job permissions](../user/permissions.md#job-permissions)
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- [Configure a Runner, the application that runs your jobs](runners/README.md)
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- Article (2016-03-01): [Setting up GitLab Runner For Continuous Integration](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/03/01/gitlab-runner-with-docker/)
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- Article (2016-07-29): [GitLab CI: Run jobs sequentially, in parallel, or build a custom pipeline](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/29/the-basics-of-gitlab-ci/)
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- Article (2016-08-26): [GitLab CI: Deployment & environments](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/26/ci-deployment-and-environments/)
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- Article (2016-05-23): [Introduction to GitLab Container Registry](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/23/gitlab-container-registry/)
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## Advanced use
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Once you get familiar with the basics of GitLab CI/CD, it's time to dive in and
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learn how to leverage its potential even more.
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- [Environments and deployments](environments.md): Separate your jobs into
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environments and use them for different purposes like testing, building and
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deploying
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- [Job artifacts](../user/project/pipelines/job_artifacts.md)
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- [Caching dependencies](caching/index.md)
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- [Git submodules](git_submodules.md) - How to run your CI jobs when Git
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submodules are involved
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- [Pipelines for merge requests](merge_request_pipelines/index.md)
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- [Use SSH keys in your build environment](ssh_keys/README.md)
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- [Trigger pipelines through the GitLab API](triggers/README.md)
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- [Trigger pipelines on a schedule](../user/project/pipelines/schedules.md)
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- [Kubernetes clusters](../user/project/clusters/index.md) - Integrate one or
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more Kubernetes clusters to your project
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- [Interactive web terminal](interactive_web_terminal/index.md) - Open an interactive
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web terminal to debug the running jobs
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## GitLab CI/CD for Docker
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Leverage the power of Docker to run your CI pipelines.
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- [Use Docker images with GitLab Runner](docker/using_docker_images.md)
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- [Use CI to build Docker images](docker/using_docker_build.md)
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- [CI services (linked Docker containers)](services/README.md)
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- Article (2016-03-01): [Setting up GitLab Runner For Continuous Integration](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/03/01/gitlab-runner-with-docker/)
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## Review Apps
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- [Review Apps documentation](review_apps/index.md)
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- Article (2016-11-22): [Introducing Review Apps](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/22/introducing-review-apps/)
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- [Example project that shows how to use Review Apps](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-examples/review-apps-nginx/)
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## Auto DevOps
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- [Auto DevOps](../topics/autodevops/index.md): Auto DevOps automatically detects, builds, tests, deploys, and monitors your applications.
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## GitLab CI for GitLab Pages
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See the documentation on [GitLab Pages](../user/project/pages/index.md).
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## Examples
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Check the [GitLab CI/CD examples](examples/README.md) for a collection of tutorials and guides on setting up your CI/CD pipeline for various programming languages, frameworks,
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and operating systems.
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## Integrations
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- Article (2016-06-09): [Continuous Delivery with GitLab and Convox](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/09/continuous-delivery-with-gitlab-and-convox/)
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- Article (2016-05-05): [Getting Started with GitLab and Shippable Continuous Integration](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/05/getting-started-gitlab-and-shippable/)
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- Article (2016-04-19): [GitLab Partners with DigitalOcean to make Continuous Integration faster, safer, and more affordable](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/19/gitlab-partners-with-digitalocean-to-make-continuous-integration-faster-safer-and-more-affordable/)
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## Special configuration (GitLab admin)
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As a GitLab administrator, you can change the default behavior of GitLab CI/CD in
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your whole GitLab instance as well as in each project.
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- [Continuous Integration admin settings](../administration/index.md#continuous-integration-settings)
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- **Project specific:**
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- [Pipelines settings](../user/project/pipelines/settings.md)
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- [Learn how to enable or disable GitLab CI](enable_or_disable_ci.md)
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- **Affecting the whole GitLab instance:**
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- [Continuous Integration admin settings](../user/admin_area/settings/continuous_integration.md)
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## Breaking changes
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- [CI variables renaming for GitLab 9.0](variables/README.md#9-0-renaming) Read about the
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deprecated CI variables and what you should use for GitLab 9.0+.
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- [New CI job permissions model](../user/project/new_ci_build_permissions_model.md)
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Read about what changed in GitLab 8.12 and how that affects your jobs.
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There's a new way to access your Git submodules and LFS objects in jobs.
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