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Date Published
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Himanshu Sheth
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2897
Language
English
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Summary

GoCD is an open-source Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) tool that supports the software development life cycle by enabling automation for the entire process. It provides a flexible and customizable platform for creating pipelines, managing dependencies, and executing tasks. GoCD aims to support common CD scenarios out of the box without requiring plugin installation. It offers advantages such as flexibility in deployment pipeline setup, high customizability, support for Linux and Windows environments, flexibility in configuring environment variables, and extensive usage for continuous deployment and testing management. The tool has gained momentum over the years, as evident from the State of CI/CD 2020 report. GoCD is compared to Jenkins, offering a robust alternative with fewer integration plugins required. It provides a user-friendly interface, robustness, and mighty documentation, making it an attractive option for developers and DevOps teams. The tool enables setting up a pipeline by downloading the server and agent from https://www.gocd.org/download/#windows, creating a new pipeline in the Admin -> Pipelines section, adding stages and jobs, configuring tasks, and enabling pipeline execution. GoCD also supports pipelines as code using YAML or JSON formats, allowing for more flexibility and customization. The tool integrates with LambdaTest Selenium Grid, enabling parallel test execution, test acceleration, and scalability effortlessly.