In this lesson, you will get an overview of the SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery service.
SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery is a service on SAP BTP that helps development teams collaborate more effectively, improve the quality of their software, and speed up their delivery process. It provides ready-made CI/CD pipelines for SAP-specific use cases that can be connected to a source repository to automatically build, test, and deploy code changes. This helps identify issues and prevent integration problems at an early stage in the development process.
SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery
Watch the video below to get a better understanding of how SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery works:
The Continuous Integration & Delivery service focuses on two key benefits: Simplicity and Flexibility.
Simplicity
SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery stands out for its simplicity, as it offers predefined CI/CD pipelines that can be used out of the box. Depending on the development scenario they are used for, they only require minimal configuration. This means that even users without expertise in CI/CD can easily leverage the service for their needs. Additionally, the service includes the necessary infrastructure, freeing users from having to manage it themselves.
Flexibility
By offering the ability to customize pipelines with additional commands, credentials, and variables, SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery provides a high degree of flexibility. With this option, the service does not only cover standard use cases, but also addresses more complex scenarios. Additional commands enable users to expand their pipelines with various tasks that are executed before or after a certain stage. Additionally, extra credentials and variables allow users to further customize their CI/CD jobs.
Summary
You now have a better understanding of the SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery service, its key benefits, and how it can be utilized for software development.