In this introductory course, we take a look at Spinnaker as a whole to understand what concepts Spinnaker excels at as a continuous delivery tool. We'll also touch upon the microservices architecture that makes Spinnaker a unique asset in your toolkit.

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Learning Objectives

Define Spinnaker at its most fundamental level
Explain the two primary concepts that make Spinnaker a strong solution for continuous delivery:

Application management
Application deployment

Explain the service architecture that makes up Spinnaker

Intended Audience

Anyone who is new to Spinnaker
DevOps engineers and site reliability engineers
Cloud-native developers
Continuous delivery enthusiasts

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this course you should possess:

An understanding of continuous delivery and what it solves for
A strong understanding of cloud concepts
Kubernetes knowledge is advised

Resources

Free Spinnaker eBook - https://spinnaker.io/docs/concepts/ebook/ContinuousDeliveryWithSpinnaker.pdf
Spinnaker Website - Spinnaker.io
Spinnaker Community - spinnakerteam.slack.com
Spinnaker Lab - Spinnaker Lab