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Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) are essential DevOps practices for delivering software faster and more reliably. Browse our extensive collection of tips and tricks for configuring CI/CD.

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What AI is teaching us about CI

What we've learned helping platform teams navigate the new challenges of AI-assisted software delivery.

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Ken Thompson
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15 minute read

Automating Jenkins with Configuration as Code (JCasC)

Learn how to configure your Jenkins controllers, agents, plugins, and more with Jenkins Configuration as Code (JCasC) and Docker Compose.

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Christian Nunciato
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8 minute read

Custom HTML build descriptions in Jenkins

How to build better Jenkins debugging experiences that cut through the noise and help you get to what matters.

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Praneet Loke and Christian Nunciato
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11 minute read

Best practices for managing Jenkins plugins

Practical strategies for keeping your Jenkins plugins under control as you scale.

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Christian Nunciato

15 minute read

Fully dynamic pipelines with Bazel and Buildkite

A hands-on guide to building adaptive delivery pipelines driven by the Bazel dependency graph.

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Christian Nunciato
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11 minute read

A guide to Bazel query

Learn how Bazel's query tools can help you navigate complex projects, optimize builds, and make changes confidently as your codebase grows.

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Christian Nunciato
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12 minute read

Understanding the SLSA framework

Dip into the details of the SLSA framework and learn how it can protect you from security vulnerabilities and supply chain attacks.

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Christian Nunciato

12 minute read

Build systems in the age of AI-assisted coding

AI-assisted coding tools have upended how software developers work. Learn how build systems are impacted, and what you can do to adapt to AI scale.

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Mike Morgan

3 minute read

Visualize your CI/CD pipeline on a canvas

Discover Buildkite's new build canvas. Visualize CI/CD pipelines, decode dependencies, and troubleshoot faster with an interactive DAG. Try it now!

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Chris Barrell

13 minute read

How Uber halved monorepo build times with Buildkite

Discover how Uber uses dynamic CI pipelines, containerization, and queuing to improve developer productivity and code quality at scale with Buildkite.

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Michael Belton

9 minute read

Accelerate secure software delivery with Lacework and Buildkite

Protect your software supply chain by integrating Lacework's security scanning into your Buildkite CI/CD pipelines. Try the new plugin today.

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Michael Belton
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8 minute read

Getting started with iOS CI and fastlane

Speed up your iOS development cycle with CI. fastlane pipelines can test and lint your app automatically, on every commit.

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Daniel Oakley

7 minute read

How to lower costs while scaling your CI/CD: Use Spot Instances

Costs increasing? Running more CI/CD pipelines every week? Read on to learn how to reduce costs while keeping the same power.

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Daniel Oakley

8 minute read

Optimize your CI/CD by moving to Kubernetes

Can Kubernetes hypercharge your CI/CD pipeline? Here are some ways to leverage Kubernetes to bring greater reliability and scalability to your deployments.

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Mel Kaulfuss
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Retrying CI/CD steps when Spot Instances terminate

AWS Spot Instances lower cloud costs, but also stop at any time. Bring them into your CI infrastructure without sacrificing pipeline efficiency.

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Daniel Oakley

6 minute read

How Rippling reduced CI/CD costs by 50% with AWS Spot Instances

Spot Instances can help you reduce costs, but require careful management. Discover the challenges and solutions Rippling found when migrating.

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Michael Belton

10 minute read

Secure your CI/CD pipelines with clear boundaries

Learn how to protect your pipelines and infrastructure. Create and enforce security boundaries to prevent unsafe actions by your pipelines and agents.

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Daniel Oakley

8 minute read

Docker in Docker, Kaniko, and Buildpacks: How to build containers in containers on Kubernetes

There are countless ways to build Docker images from inside a Docker container in Kubernetes, and many levels of abstraction. Let's look at some of your options.

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Mel Kaulfuss, Peter Buckley, and James McShane

12 minute read

Run CI/CD on Kubernetes in any cloud

Learn how to run scalable and resilient CI/CD infrastructure on Kubernetes anywhere. Follow along on your local machine in AWS, Microsoft, or Google.

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Michael Belton and Peter Buckley

6 minute read

Optimizing CI/CD for monorepos with Buildkite’s official plugin

See how to use Buildkite's official monorepo plugin to optimize your pipeline—only running the relevant code for a change.

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Michael Belton

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