Hands-On Auto DevOps with GitLab CI - Integration and Functional Testing

The video tutorial covers Section 4 on application quality and monitoring, focusing on enhancing DevOps pipelines. It discusses integration and functional testing, code quality analysis, and application monitoring using Prometheus. The tutorial provides a detailed example of using services in GitLab CI for testing a Nodejs application with a Postgres database. It explains configuring environment variables, using Docker containers, and setting up aliases for services. The video concludes with a successful integration test and a preview of the next topic on code quality analysis.

What are some additional features that can be added to a DevOps pipeline to improve application quality?

Explain the difference between unit tests and integration/functional tests.

Why is it important to have a separate instance of Postgres for testing?

How does GitLab CI make services available to the main container during a build?

What role do environment variables play in configuring a Postgres database in GitLab CI?

Describe how the alias feature in GitLab CI can be beneficial when working with services.

What is the significance of the Docker link created by GitLab CI for service communication?