CI/CD with GitLab + Kubernetes: deploy in 10 minutes

CI/CD automation: from 2 hours to 10 minutes per deploy Client E-commerce startup, 5-person engineering team Challenge Manual deployment took 2 hours Frequent release errors No fast rollback path Required: CI/CD automation, GitOps, fast rollback Solution Self-hosted GitLab GitLab CI pipeline (Build → Test → Deploy) Managed Kubernetes in Yandex Cloud Flux CD for GitOps Technologies GitLab Docker Kubernetes Helm Flux CD Results ✅ Deploy time: from 2 hours to 10 minutes (12x) ✅ Errors: −90% ✅ Deploy frequency: from 1/week to 10+/day ✅ Rollback time: from 1 hour to 2 minutes