Here’s a quick breakdown of what a typical Azure DevOps pipeline looks like — straight from commit to production:
✅ Pull Request (PR)
Run basic checks — linting, build, unit tests. If something fails, no merge. Keeps bad code out early.
🔁 Continuous Integration (CI)
Once merged, CI kicks in. It runs integration tests, pulls secrets from Azure Key Vault, and builds the container image. Keeps the codebase stable.
🚀 Continuous Deployment (CD)
Deploy to staging (e.g., AKS). Run acceptance tests. Add a manual approval step if needed. Make sure everything works before going live.
🌐 Go Live (Production)
If staging is green, promote the image to production. No rebuilds. No surprises.
📊 Monitoring & Logs
Use Azure Monitor + Container Insights for logs, metrics, health checks. Application Insights helps debug real issues fast.
🔐 Security
Defender for DevOps helps with static code analysis and pipeline-level security. Set it up once — saves you later.
That’s it — a reliable, secure pipeline from PR to production.
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