IaC with GitLab CI/CD

Overview

Updating group variables that define if the infrastructure state is true (up) or false (down)
Instantiate cloud infrastructure
Deploy nodes
Configure web application on the nodes
Add another node by updating nodes list information
Update node by defining host specific information
Post relevant data to third party application

Takeaways

Git centric operational model
Update Source of Truth data model to reflect state
CI/CD transparently integrates with the Tower API
Third party integration via ChatOps

Video demonstration

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