Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “DevSecOps”
August 3, 2025
Fix Terraform Bug
Here are the advanced bug fixing tasks about DevSecOps in Terraform manifests for GitLab CI/CD pipelines, now with concrete example snippets and solutions:
1. Production Pipeline: Misconfigured Terraform State Backends
Problem:
The terraform apply
step in your production GitLab CI pipeline fails with errors related to locked state files or concurrent access conflicts.
Example and Solution:
In your Terraform manifest (e.g., backend.tf
), configure the backend with proper state locking using AWS S3 and DynamoDB for locking:
August 3, 2025
Fix Pipeline Bug
Here are three advanced bug examples and solutions related to modern GitLab CI/CD DevSecOps pipelines with security best practices and explanations. These focus on common pitfalls and necessary configurations for secure, robust pipelines using .gitlab-ci.yml
.
Advanced Bug Example 1: Secrets Leakage via Unprotected Variables
Buggy .gitlab-ci.yml
snippet:
stages:
- build
- deploy
variables:
DB_PASSWORD: "SuperSecretPassword"
build_job:
stage: build
script:
- echo "Building the app..."
- ./build-script.sh
deploy_job:
stage: deploy
script:
- echo "Deploying with password $DB_PASSWORD"
Problem: