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Secure CI/CD Pipeline

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Chetan Thapliyal
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Challenges

  1. Security by Design: Integrating security measures at every phase of development and deployment.
  2. Automation: Reducing manual interventions to minimize errors and enforce security protocols.
  3. Continuous Monitoring: Ensuring real-time monitoring for quick detection and response to issues.

Solution

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  1. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Using Terraform to automate and manage infrastructure, ensuring consistent and secure deployments.
  2. Secure CI/CD Pipeline: Utilizing Jenkins, SonarQube, and Aqua Trivy to automate code quality checks, security analysis, and vulnerability scanning.
  3. Kubernetes for Deployment: Deploying applications in a Kubernetes cluster with security audits to ensure compliance and safety.
  4. Monitoring: Implementing Prometheus and Grafana for system and application-level monitoring.

Technologies Used

  • Kubernetes: For container orchestration.
  • Jenkins: CI/CD automation.
  • SonarQube: Code quality and security analysis.
  • Aqua Trivy: Vulnerability scanning.
  • Nexus Repository: Artifact storage.
  • Docker and Docker Hub: Containerization and image registry.
  • Kubeaudit: Kubernetes cluster auditing.
  • Grafana and Prometheus: Monitoring and alerting.
  • Terraform: Infrastructure as Code for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure.
  • GCP: Cloud platform for hosting infrastructure.

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