How Orange made a first step toward CI/CD standardization with GitLab

Implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) is crucial for modern software development but presents challenges, especially for large enterprises, due to the need for DevOps expertise, evolving DevSecOps tools, and a lack of standardization. At Orange, the introduction of GitLab's "include" feature in 2019 enabled the creation and sharing of standardized CI/CD pipeline templates, overcoming these obstacles. This initiative, named "to be continuous," has grown into a community-driven project with over 30 templates covering various development needs from build and test to deployment, ultimately fostering CI/CD standardization within Orange. The project, open-sourced to benefit broader IT communities, provides documented templates and an interactive configuration tool, illustrating the potential to streamline and unify CI/CD processes across different teams and projects. This effort highlights the importance of standardization in CI/CD platforms, akin to the adoption of Maven and Gradle in Java development, aiming to simplify and harmonize the pipeline creation process for developers.

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