Introduction

This documentation serves as a practical guide for implementing and managing DevOps practices across modern software development lifecycles. It is aimed at developers, DevOps engineers, and architects who are responsible for maintaining secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure.

We will cover the following core areas:

• CI/CD Pipelines – Designing and automating build, test, and deployment workflows using GitLab CI, and Jenkins.
• Build Strategies – Optimizing build processes for speed, modularity, and consistency across environments.
• Infrastructure Architecture & components – Provisioning and managing scalable infrastructure using Kubernetes, and Digital Ocean services.
• Backup & Recovery Strategy – Defining robust policies and tools for backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity using Digital Ocean.

This guide will grow iteratively and is structured to support both foundational concepts and advanced patterns as your infrastructure evolves.