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Stop managing long-lived keys. Use OpenID Connect (OIDC) to authenticate securely with cloud providers like AWS and GCP. Exchange temporary ID tokens for access, eliminating the risk of static credential leaks.

Shift security left. Integrate SAST, DAST, and Dependency Scanning directly into your pipeline. Automatically detect code vulnerabilities and leaked secrets before your changes ever hit production.

Control concurrency for sensitive tasks. Use Resource Groups to limit how many jobs can run at once, ensuring that deployments to a specific environment happen sequentially to prevent race conditions or conflicts.

Test efficiently. Use the matrix keyword to run the same job in parallel with different variable combinations. Validate your code against multiple Node.js versions or OS flavors simultaneously in a single pass.

Orchestrate workflows across repositories. Learn to trigger downstream pipelines in completely different projects, enabling complex microservices dependencies and coordinated releases across your ecosystem.

Optimize monorepos by breaking them down. Trigger independent "child" pipelines that run their own configuration. This isolates processes, keeps the main pipeline view clean, and speeds up feedback loops.

The modern way to share logic. We'll explore the Catalog to use pre-built, versioned components. Learn to create and publish your own components to standardize CI/CD practices across your organization.

Reuse arbitrary script blocks without full job inheritance. With the !reference tag, you can inject specific script arrays from one section of your YAML into another, avoiding copy-paste errors for repeated commands.

Keep your code DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself). Use extends to inherit properties from hidden base jobs. Define common configurations like scripts or rules once and reuse them across multiple jobs effortlessly.

Manage complex pipelines by splitting large YAML files. Use include to import configuration from local files, remote URLs, or centralized templates, keeping your main .gitlab-ci.yml clean and readable.