Efficiently Managing Multiple Environments Using GitLab CI

Managing multiple environments with GitLab CI presents challenges such as maintaining separate configurations for each environment, limited support for deployment strategies like canary and blue/green deployments, and the need for additional tools to automate complex tasks. GitOps is recommended as a practice to reduce errors by using Git for managing infrastructure and applications, and best practices include using separate pipelines, environment variables, and tags for deployment control. Qovery is suggested as a solution to enhance GitLab CI's capabilities by providing automated provisioning, resource optimization, and dynamic environment management, allowing for seamless integration and improved deployment efficiency. Despite some limitations in deployment strategies, Qovery is actively working to address these and offers a robust platform for managing multiple environments effectively.