Production-Ready GitLab CI Pipeline for Laravel & Filament
A real-world GitLab CI pipeline to build, secure, and validate Docker images for Laravel & Filament applications.
Introduction
In the previous articles, we built a production-ready Docker image and a complete Docker Compose setup for Laravel & Filament.
But there's still a missing piece: how do you reliably build, validate, and secure these images before deploying them?
In this article, I'll show you the exact GitLab CI pipeline I use in production.
This pipeline focuses on three key aspects:
- security
- image building
- automated testing
The goal is simple: ensure every image pushed to production is safe, reproducible, and validated.
Why CI/CD matters more than you think
Many Laravel projects stop at:
- running tests
- building assets
- deploying manually
In my experience, that's not enough for production systems.
A proper pipeline should:
- detect vulnerabilities early
- enforce code quality
- guarantee reproducible builds
- validate the application in a real environment
