GitLab CI/CD

From your first .gitlab-ci.yml to industrialised, secured pipelines, all the way to the CI/CD Associate certification

4 levels
13 modules
44 lessons
29 labs
37 quizzes
45h

Start Lesson: GitLab CI/CD course: from first pipeline to secure production

Recommended before you start: Git (in French)

About this path · first level: 10 lessons, about 2 weeks

Welcome to your GitLab CI/CD course path. This page lists the whole course, grouped into progressive modules. Fundamentals, security scanners, GitLab certifications.

Yes, it is a long path. Nobody follows it in one go: it is split into levels. The first one, "Write a pipeline and read its failures", is 10 lessons of about 60 minutes: at one per working day, roughly 2 weeks, and it ends with its own result. Each module gives you a skill you can use the next day, and your progress waits for you in this browser and on the devices linked to your optional account.

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Skills 7 (+3 in part) 7 by quiz · 6 in a lab · 6 with a proof
Jobs DevSecOps Engineer CI/CD Engineer Platform Engineer
Certifications GITLAB-CICD-ASSOCIATE

Progress 0 / 44 (0%)

Knowledge Not measured Your first quiz will show up at the end of a lesson.
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Proof Not measured Challenges and hands-on exams check that you can act without step-by-step instructions.

Tick lessons here, or with “Mark as read” at the end of each lesson. Progress stays in this browser; nothing is sent to the server unless you link this browser to an optional account.

01 Overview 0 / 1
- lesson GitLab CI/CD course: from first pipeline to secure production 20 min

Write a pipeline and read its failures

0 / 10 lessons 0 / 3 modules

You write a .gitlab-ci.yml, read a failing job, manage artefacts and cache, and drive execution with variables and rules.

02 First pipeline, and reading its failures 0 / 5
03 Runners, artifacts and cache 0 / 2
- lesson lab quiz GitLab CI/CD runners 1h05
- lesson lab quiz GitLab CI/CD artifacts and cache 1h15
04 Variables, secrets and run conditions 0 / 3

Level validation: Challenge · Level exam: a pipeline that tells the truth

Deliver

0 / 7 lessons 0 / 2 modules

You deploy through environments, use job reports and publish images to a registry with its built-in scanners.

05 Environments, reports and diagnosis 0 / 4
06 Wrap-up, registries and built-in scanners 0 / 3
- Deliver to environments, artifacts included
  - lesson quiz Summary: build a complete pipeline 40 min
  - lesson lab quiz GitLab registries: build and publish images and packages 1h15
- Context and landmarks
  - lesson lab quiz GitLab CI security scanners: SAST, DAST, secrets and dependencies 1h25

Level validation: Challenge · Level exam: a delivery you can trace

Industrialise

0 / 13 lessons 0 / 4 modules

You factor out the YAML, speed up with DAGs and matrices, orchestrate several pipelines and assemble a reliable end-to-end pipeline.

07 Factor the YAML: extends, includes and components 0 / 4
08 Speed up with the DAG, matrices and services 0 / 3
09 Orchestrate several pipelines 0 / 4
10 Make it reliable, then build an industrial pipeline 0 / 2
- Make a GitLab CI pipeline resilient to transient errors: retry, timeout, interruptible, resource_group
  - lesson lab quiz GitLab CI/CD pipeline reliability 1h15
- Context and landmarks
  - lesson lab quiz Capstone: complete industrial pipeline 2h15

Level validation: Challenge · Level exam: a pipeline to industrialise

Secure and tool

0 / 10 lessons 0 / 2 modules

You secure GitLab delivery, from protected jobs to scanners, and review your pipelines with glab and a dedicated scanner.

Level validation: Challenge · Level exam: a pipeline you can audit

Outside the levels

13 Prepare the CI/CD Associate certification 0 / 3