🎁 New User? Get 20% off your first purchase with code NEWUSER20 · ⚡ Instant download · 🔒 Secure checkout Register Now →
Menu

Categories

DevOps Beginner

What is Pipeline as Code?

Defining CI/CD pipeline configurations as version-controlled code files rather than through UI-based pipeline builders.

Pipeline as Code stores build, test, and deployment pipeline definitions in the same repository as application code. Examples include Jenkinsfile (Jenkins), .github/workflows/*.yml (GitHub Actions), .gitlab-ci.yml (GitLab), and azure-pipelines.yml (Azure DevOps). Benefits include version history of pipeline changes, code review for pipeline modifications, branch-specific pipeline variations, and reproducibility. Pipelines typically define stages (build, test, deploy), steps within stages, environment variables, triggers (push, PR, schedule), and conditions. Treating pipelines as code enables the same engineering practices (review, testing, rollback) applied to application development.

Related Terms

Health Check
An endpoint or mechanism that reports whether an application is running correctly and ready to handle requests.
Runbook
A documented set of standardized procedures for handling routine operations and incident response in production systems.
Feature Flag
A technique that allows enabling or disabling features in production without deploying new code, enabling safe rollouts and A/B testing.
Blue-Green Deployment
A deployment strategy using two identical environments where traffic is switched from the old version to the new one instantly.
Rolling Update
A deployment strategy that gradually replaces old application instances with new ones, maintaining availability throughout.
Git
A distributed version control system that tracks changes in source code during software development.
 View All DevOps Terms →