This Introduction to Spinnaker training is designed to help participants understand and use Spinnaker for continuous delivery and multi-cloud application deployment. The course covers Spinnaker architecture, core concepts, pipelines, application management, deployment strategies, and integration with CI/CD and cloud platforms. Participants will gain hands-on experience to design and execute reliable delivery pipelines using Spinnaker in modern DevOps environments.

• Understand the architecture, components, and deployment automation capabilities of Spinnaker for cloud-native applications.
• Install, configure, and manage Spinnaker environments for continuous delivery workflows.
• Create and manage pipelines for application build, deployment, testing, and release automation.
• Integrate Spinnaker with cloud platforms, container platforms, and CI/CD tools effectively.
• Monitor deployments, troubleshoot pipeline failures, and optimize release strategies for reliability and scalability.
• Build secure, automated, and production-ready deployment workflows using Spinnaker best practices.

 • DevOps engineers
 • Platform and cloud engineers
 • Release and deployment engineers
 • Site reliability engineers
 • Teams implementing continuous delivery

 • Basic understanding of CI/CD and DevOps concepts
 • Familiarity with containers and cloud platforms is helpful
 • Interest in continuous delivery and deployment automation

 • Understanding Spinnaker architecture and components
 • Creating and managing Spinnaker applications
 • Designing delivery pipelines
 • Implementing deployment strategies
 • Integrating Spinnaker with CI tools
 • Managing environments and configurations
 • Applying deployment best practices
 • Operating continuous delivery workflows

By the end of this training, participants will be able to design and operate continuous delivery pipelines using Spinnaker. Learners will gain strong fundamentals in deployment automation and delivery strategies, enabling them to manage reliable and scalable application releases across environments.

Introduction to Continuous Delivery & Spinnaker Fundamentals
 • Continuous delivery concepts
 • Why Spinnaker is used
 • Spinnaker architecture overview
 • Core components and services

Spinnaker Setup & UI Navigation
 • Spinnaker deployment overview
 • Accounts and cloud provider concepts
 • Spinnaker UI walkthrough
 • Application and cluster views

Applications, Clusters & Server Groups
 • Spinnaker application model
 • Clusters and server groups
 • Load balancers basics
 • Managing application resources

Pipelines & Stages Fundamentals
 • Pipeline concepts
 • Trigger types
 • Common pipeline stages
 • Execution flow and dependencies

Deployment Strategies in Spinnaker
 • Rolling red/black deployments
 • Blue-green deployment strategy
 • Canary deployment basics
 • Choosing the right strategy

Integrating Spinnaker with CI & Artifact Sources
 • Artifact management concepts
 • Integrating with Jenkins
 • Working with Docker images
 • Managing versioned artifacts

Configuration, Parameters & Security Basics
 • Pipeline parameters
 • Environment variables
 • Authentication and authorization overview
 • Security best practices

Monitoring, Rollbacks & Troubleshooting
 • Monitoring pipeline executions
 • Handling failed deployments
 • Rollback strategies
 • Troubleshooting common issues

Spinnaker Continuous Delivery Workshop & Best Practices
 • Designing a complete delivery pipeline
 • Implementing a deployment strategy
 • Executing and monitoring pipelines
 • Final workshop review and best practices

• Spinnaker Setup & Continuous Delivery Architecture
• Pipeline Configuration & Deployment Automation
• Cloud Platform, Container & Tool Integration
• Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Release Optimization
• End-to-End Continuous Delivery Project

Participants will be evaluated through hands-on Spinnaker labs, practical pipeline configuration exercises, instructor-led reviews, and a final assessment focused on building and executing a complete Spinnaker delivery pipeline.

Participants will receive course materials, slides, reference materials, exercises and access to resources for further learning.

Upon successful completion of the training, participants will receive an AcadNXT Certificate of Completion for Introduction to Spinnaker. This digital, verifiable certification validates practical Spinnaker usage, continuous delivery pipeline design, and deployment strategy implementation skills and can be shared on LinkedIn and included in professional profiles to enhance DevOps and release engineering career credibility.