7.7 Continuous Integration Best Practices

1. Always run the pipelines on a clean machine - the build is self-contained and does not depend on any artifacts left over from a previous build

2. Always run the pipelines in the same environment as the production environment

3. Always run the pipelines with the same tools as the production environment

4. Always run the pipelines with the same version of the tools as the production environment

5. Always run the pipelines with the same configuration as the production environment

6. Always run the pipelines with the same dependencies as the production environment

7. Always run the pipelines with the same version of the dependencies as the production environment

8. Always run the pipelines with the same database as the production environment

9. Always run the pipelines with the same version of the database as the production environment

10. Always run the pipelines with the same data as the production environment

11. Always run the pipelines with the same version of the data as the production environment

12. Always run the pipelines with the same security settings as the production environment

13. Always run the pipelines with the same version of the security settings as the production environment

14. Always run the pipelines with the same hardware as the production environment

15. Always run the pipelines with the same version of the hardware as the production environment

16. Always run the pipelines with the same network as the production environment

17. Always run the pipelines with the same version of the network as the production environment

18. Always run the pipelines with the same operating system as the production environment