Introduction to Spinnaker

In this introductory lesson, 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 lesson 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