Was ist CI/CD?

CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery) is a software development practice that automates code building, testing, and deployment, enabling teams to release updates frequently and reliably through an automated pipeline.

What is CI/CD?

CI/CD stands for Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (or Continuous Deployment). It is a set of practices and tools that automate the process of integrating code changes, running tests, and deploying software to production environments.

Continuous Integration (CI) — Developers merge code changes to a shared repository frequently (multiple times per day). Each merge triggers automated builds and tests to catch integration issues early.

Continuous Delivery (CD) — Every code change that passes automated testing is automatically prepared for release to production. A human manually approves the final deployment.

Continuous Deployment — Goes one step further: every change that passes tests is automatically deployed to production with no manual approval.

The CI/CD Pipeline

A typical CI/CD pipeline consists of stages:

Source — Code is committed to a version control system (Git).

Build — The application is compiled, bundled, or containerized.

Test — Automated tests run: unit tests, integration tests, end-to-end tests, security scans.

Deploy to staging — The build is deployed to a staging environment for final verification.

Deploy to production — After approval (or automatically), the build is released to production.

CI/CD and Automation Workflows

CI/CD principles apply beyond traditional software development. Workflow automation benefits from the same ideas: version-controlled workflow definitions, automated testing of workflows before deployment, staged rollouts, and automated rollback when a workflow change introduces failures.

Popular CI/CD Tools

Common CI/CD platforms include GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, CircleCI, Travis CI, and AWS CodePipeline. Container orchestration tools like Kubernetes and Docker Compose are frequently used in the deployment stages.

Warum es wichtig ist

CI/CD practices ensure that automation workflows and their underlying infrastructure are tested and deployed reliably. Understanding CI/CD helps teams manage workflow versioning, test changes before they affect production data, and roll back quickly when issues arise.

Wie Autonoly das löst

Autonoly provides a managed execution environment where workflows run in isolated containers. You do not need to set up CI/CD pipelines for your automations — the platform handles versioning, execution isolation, and rollback. For teams that integrate Autonoly into their development pipeline, the REST API enables triggering workflows from CI/CD systems.

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Beispiele

A GitHub Actions pipeline that runs end-to-end tests against a staging API, then triggers an Autonoly workflow to update production data if all tests pass.
A deployment pipeline that uses containerized builds to ensure the same environment runs in development, testing, and production.
A workflow versioning system where changes to automation logic are tested against sample data before being promoted to the production schedule.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

What is the difference between continuous delivery and continuous deployment?

Continuous delivery automates everything up to production deployment but requires a manual approval step before releasing. Continuous deployment removes that manual gate — every change that passes automated tests is deployed to production automatically. Continuous deployment requires higher confidence in your test suite.

Do I need CI/CD for workflow automation?

If you are using a managed platform like Autonoly, the platform handles execution and deployment for you. However, if you build custom automation scripts or integrate workflows into a larger software system, CI/CD ensures changes are tested and deployed reliably without breaking existing automations.

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