Working with CI/CD Pipelines

Overview

We can use CI/CD with Azure DevOps to:

• Deploy Cora Orchestration workflows
• Customize the Cora Orchestration portal (like customizing logos, color schemes and the portal grid)

You use the following pipelines to deploy Cora Orchestration workflows:

• Unit Package (CI Pipeline): Packages workflows that have been committed to Azure and creates an artifact in the project’s Azure repo.
• Processes Release (CD Pipeline): Takes the artifact from the Azure repo and deploys it to the target environments (UAT, Production, as required) as specified in the pipeline.

Setup prerequisites

Before you can use CI/CD for Cora Orchestration projects, the following setup needs to be done:

• Grant access to the Azure portal for the setup process
• Set up the source (Dev) and target (UAT and Production) servers & their Cora Orchestration environments
• Install the required CI/CD pipelines in the Azure portal
• Create user IDs and passwords for the people who needs to access the Azure portal and use the CI/CD

Demos

Watch the following videos to learn how to work with CI/CD pipelines to deploy Cora Orchestration applications:

• Part 1: Introduction to CI/CD with Azure DevOps for Cora Orchestration projects
• Part 2: Deploy a simple workflow using pipelines
• Part 3: Redeploy an updated workflow  
• Part 4: Deploy three workflows as cumulative package
• Part 5: Redeploy the cumulative package after updating one of the workflows