CI CD Workflow Architecture (Reference Model)

This page outlines a conceptual model of a CI/CD workflow. It serves as a reference for designing structured, modular GitHub Actions pipelines.

🚀 Workflow Overview

The diagram is a reference model — not a concrete implementation, but a visual guide showing how workflows can be structured using job dependencies, output passing, and logical segmentation.

“Stages” like Prepare, Build, and Integration are nominal: they group jobs by purpose, not by any formal CI/CD engine concept. They help understand intent and flow, not control execution.

🔑 Key Elements

• Jobs: Independent or dependent tasks (e.g., Job A → Job B/C → Job D → Job E)
• Dependencies: Defined using needs: to enforce order
• Outputs: Passed between jobs via outputs
• Reusable workflows: Included via uses: org/repo/.github/workflows/...

⭐ Workflow Schema

🔗 Useful Links, Info & Patterns

Here are some commonly used elements you can include in your workflows:

• Qubership Actions Hub – Qubership Actions Hub.
• Qubership Templates Hub – Qubership Templates Hub.
• Reusable workflows – Reuse logic between multiple workflows.
• Jobs into workflows – Use workflows to run multiple jobs.
• Needs -workflow context – Use outputs from previous jobs.
• GitHub Actions syntax – Full syntax reference for workflows.

✅ Conclusion

This workflow model helps teams create scalable, clear pipelines in GitHub Actions. It promotes separation of concerns and supports output reuse, better debugging, and logical job grouping. Using jobs in a workflow