Module 4: Introduction to CD and Deployment Strategies (2 hours)

• CD fundamentals and benefits.
• Continuous Delivery vs. Continuous Deployment.
• Deployment strategies: Blue-Green, Canary, Rolling Deployments.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) basics.

Module 5: Automating Testing with CI/CD (3 hours)

• Types of testing in CI/CD pipelines: Unit, Integration, System.
• Automating tests with Jenkins and Docker.
• Implementing automated acceptance tests with Selenium and JUnit.

Lab Exercise: Setting up automated tests in a CI/CD pipeline.

Module 6: CD Pipelines and Deployment Automation (2 hours)

• Implementing a CD pipeline.
• Cloud provider integration (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Automating deployments to staging and production.
• Rollback mechanisms for failed deployments.