cicd.md

CI/CD Pipeline Flow

CI/CD is implemented using GitHub Actions.

CI Flow

• Pipeline triggers on Pull Requests to develop and main
• Dependencies are installed
• Syntax validation is performed
• Docker image build is tested
• Container health endpoint is validated

If any step fails, the PR cannot be safely merged.

CD Flow

• Push to develop triggers staging deployment
• Push to main triggers production deployment
• Deployment happens via SSH into Azure VM
• Docker container is rebuilt and restarted

This ensures continuous delivery with minimal manual intervention.

Deployment Safety Controls

• Docker image is built and container health endpoint is validated during CI stage.
• SSH based deployment ensures immutable infrastructure pattern where container is recreated on each release.