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 Simple app deployment exercise (DevOps) with GitLab CI/CD.
 
-## Pedagogical objectives ##
-
-  * Become familiar with DevOps practices
-  * Learn how to automatically deploy things via GitLab CD/CD
 
 ## Scenario  ##
 
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 ## Tasks ##
 
-In this lab you will perform a number of tasks and document your progress in a
-lab report. Each task specifies one or more deliverables to be
-produced. Collect all the deliverables in your lab report.
-
 **N.B.** Some tasks require interacting with your local machine's OS: any
 related commands are supposed to be run into a terminal with the following
 conventions about the *command line prompt*:
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 **Goal:** set up your GitLab CI/CD via its Web GUI.
 
-Our GitLab instance comes with a shared Docker-based CI/CD *runner*.
+Fork this project into your personal namespace and configure it (menu `Settings`):
+- In `General > Visibility,...`:
+  * [x] `Repository > CI/CD:` active with "Only project members" (or empty)
+  * [x] `Operations`: active with "Only project members" (or empty)
 
-Deploy [SSH keys for the Docker
-executor](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/ssh_keys/). :bulb: All secrets should
-be **protected** and possibly **masked**. The following variables have to be added:
-`SSH_PRIVATE_KEY`, `SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS` and `PRODUCTION_IP`.
+Our GitLab instance comes with a shared Docker-based CI/CD *runner* (or executor).
+Generate your [SSH key pair](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/ssh_keys/) to interact with your VM instance.
 
-Configure the CI/CD system as it follows in section **Settings > CI/CD >
-General pipelines**:
-- [ ] Public pipelines
-- [x] Auto-cancel redundant pipelines
-- [x] Skip outdated deployment jobs
-- Git strategy: fetch
-- Git shallow clone: 1
-- Timeout: 10m
+Configure the CI/CD system as it follows (menu `Settings > CI/CD`):
+- In `General pipelines`:
+  * [ ] `Public pipelines`
+  * [x] `Auto-cancel redundant pipelines`
+  * [x] `Skip outdated deployment jobs`
+  * `Git strategy:` fetch
+  * `Git shallow clone:` 1
+  * `Timeout:` 10m
+- In `Runners`:
+  * [x] `Enable shared runners...`
+- In `Variables`: add the following variables: `SSH_PRIVATE_KEY`, `SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS` and `PRODUCTION_IP`. 
+  :bulb: All secrets should be **protected** and possibly **masked** (SSH public keys cannot by masked). 
 
 
 ### Task #2: CI/CD pipeline ###
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 unit_test1:
   stage: test
   script:
-    - # clone our repo locally
     - # check the app version number and exit != 0 if it's wrong
 
 deploy_prod: