CI/CD integration
Outerbounds integrates seamlessly to CI/CD systems. Read this comprehensive blog post about the topic.
GitOps for Outerbounds
The following diagram illustrates a typical CI/CD pattern:
The user experiments and prototypes code on a cloud workstation or locally on a laptop. Crucially, the user is able to test their code at scale quickly and autonomously in to the Outerbounds cluster.
When the code seems to work adequately, they commit it and open a pull request. They authenticate with the CI/CD system using their personal credentials.
The CI/CD system, e.g. GitHub Actions, CircleCI can be configured to launch a test suite automatically when a pull request is opened. The CI/CD system submits workloads to Outerbounds authenticating as a machine user.
After tests pass, a human reviewer reviews the pull request. The reviewer may tag the pull request as approved and a corresponding Metaflow tag can be applied to tests as well, signalling a successful PR.
After the PR has been approved, the CI/CD system deploys the flow either as a new production version or as a new
@projectvariant, running concurrently with the production version so its performance can be evaluated live.
Using Outerbounds with GitHub Actions
This video and the accompaniying repository demonstrates the key workflows in practice:
Follow instructions in this repository to set up OBP work with GitHub Actions. You can apply the same instructions to other CI/CD systems with minor modifications.
Don't hesitate to contact support on Slack if you need help setting up GitOps effectively in your environment.