A short talk on wercker ci outlining its features and how it can aid in automated deployment on top of continuous integration. Done at Namshi.com office on 7-Mar-2016

1. The best CI/CD service is free
(till now), let’s use it.
@geshan

2. How did I stumble upon this service
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3. Wercker CI - From Code to containers
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4. Introducing Wercker CI
■ Tagline: From code to containers
■ Has 2 versions classic (VM) and awok (docker
enabled)
■ You can run your tests, build your app and even
deploy it
■ New docker version only allows docker
container deployments
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5. More on Wercker CI
■ Has an API with applications, builds and
deploys covered
■ Same features (2 concurrent builds) on any
other service costs between $49-$129 per
month
■ Best for your pet project (where code is
closed)
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6. Some great features - Free (while in beta)
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7. Features - A CLI to develop and build locally
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8. Very well presented statistics
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9. ■ Steps are commands for
your build or deploy
pipeline
■ For example composer
install is a step
■ Wercker has a registry of
steps
■ You can add your own
step too
Features - Registry with Steps (part of pipeline)
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10. A word of caution
■ It is free while in public beta, they plan to adopt a github
style pricing
■ There is no auto incremented build number, builds are
identified by a hash like 568d0976a75da110690074da
■ Sometimes builds get stuck while running
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11. Learn more about Wercker
■ Explore Wercker docs
■ Get to know the flow and the jargon, learn about Wercker
■ Check a wercker.yml file example
■ Dig out what features they will release in future
■ Find out how to build and deploy Hugo to Github pages
using Wercker
■ Check out how to build and deploy an Angular App to
Sloppy.io with Wercker - check Sloppy.io too (needs invite)
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12. Thank you, any questions?
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