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CI/CD Pipelines for Infrastructure as CodeDecember 2025

Scale Revenue, Reduce Costs, Minimize Risk

A comprehensive reference architecture for implementing production-grade CI/CD pipelines for Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation. Includes zero-secrets authentication, multi-account deployment, and platform-agnostic patterns.

20+ Pages
Reference Repo Included
6 Key Patterns

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Enterprise Edition includes:

  • AWS Organizations OU hierarchy
  • PLT (Platform) + WKL (Workloads) OUs
  • Cross-account role chaining
  • CloudFormation StackSets auto-deployment
  • 6 environments with artifact caching
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What You'll Learn

Everything you need to implement production-grade CI/CD for infrastructure

Zero-Secrets Authentication

OIDC federation with role chaining - no stored credentials, ever

Role Chaining Pattern

Separate authentication from authorization with minimal-privilege OIDC roles

Multi-Account Strategy

Two-account model with numbered prefixes for consistent environment ordering

State Management

S3 + DynamoDB locking with versioning, encryption, and cross-region DR

Skip Feature Branches

Eliminate 60-80% of wasteful pipeline runs with smart trigger rules

Shared Modules

Versioned, reusable modules eliminate boilerplate and ensure consistency

6 Key Patterns for Production CI/CD

Proven patterns from real-world implementations

1
Role Chaining
Minimal OIDC + full admin roles
2
OIDC Federation
Zero stored secrets
3
Multi-Account
Blast radius isolation
4
Skip Feature Branches
60-80% cost savings
5
Shared Modules
No boilerplate, faster reviews
6
Version Pinning
Safe from breaking changes

Target Outcomes

Measurable business impact from implementing these patterns

60-80%
Fewer Pipeline Runs
Skip feature branches
Zero
Stored Secrets
OIDC authentication
3
Platforms Supported
GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins
5
Environments
dev, qat, stg, prod, dr

Why Trust This Guide?

This reference architecture is based on real-world CI/CD implementations we've delivered for enterprise clients across multiple industries.

  • Zero-secrets authentication with OIDC - no stored credentials
  • Platform-agnostic patterns: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins
  • Includes open-source reference repository with all patterns
  • AI-friendly - provide to your AI assistant to generate custom pipelines

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