# CI/CD detailed steps
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CI/CD can be pictured as a pipeline, where new code is submitted on one end, tested over a series of stages (source, build, test, staging, and production), and then published as production-ready code.

Here are the steps of deployment and testing. The deployment and configuration are primarily split in four main sections:
+ Network setup
+ Infrastructure deployment
+ Cloud-native network function deployment
+ CNF continuous delivery