Get Started Using GoCD

Ken Mugrage

If you've never setup GoCD or used it at all, you should definitely start from our Help page, to get you started.

GoCD User Documentation

There are a couple sections of the user documentation that can be especially helpful to people new to GoCD.

• Setting up a new Pipeline - See how to set up your first pipeline
• Concepts in GoCD - This covers some of the basic concepts used in GoCD. A good understanding of what Pipelines, Stages, Jobs and Tasks are will be very helpful.
• Managing Agents - The GoCD server produces the user interface for GoCD, but it doesn't actually run your jobs. Learn how to use GoCD Agents to "do the work".

Community

• The GoCD mailing list - A great place to search for answers to questions you may have, or of course ask them if they aren't already covered.

Live Demonstrations

• Webinars - ThoughtWorks presents live webinars every two weeks so that you can see GoCD in action. There are also recordings of previous webinars on our blog.

Professional Support

• ThoughtWorks - The first 30 days of professional support provided by ThoughtWorks is free. You'll get access to a global support team, and tough issues can be escalated directly to the GoCD development team.

Alternative Installation

• Docker Container - This is an easy way to see what GoCD does. As it says in the description, this is not a production container. You'll also need at least one instance of the agent container

• Chef Partner Cookbook - You can get started on GoCD with your Chef configurations quickly with our official partner cookbook. This cookbook will help you setup Go servers and agents in a fully automated way.