Spring Boot delivery with GitLab CI and Kubernetes

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This post details the integration of Spring Boot applications with GitLab CI and Kubernetes for automated build, test, and deployment pipelines. It covers creating a GitLab project, bootstrapping a Spring Boot application using Maven and Actuator, packaging the application as a Docker container with a Dockerfile, defining the Kubernetes deployment using a YAML file, and configuring the `.gitlab-ci.yml` file to automate the build, test, and deployment process. It also introduces the concepts of Spring Boot, Kubernetes, and the GitLab Flow.