Cloud Build

Definitions

1. A build process or service that runs in cloud infrastructure rather than on local machines or self-hosted build servers. Cloud builds offer elastic capacity and easier standardization, but they also introduce concerns about cache locality, secrets handling, and network dependency.

   In plain English: A software build run using cloud-based build infrastructure.

   Example: "The team moved to a cloud build service so release jobs could scale independently of the overloaded on-prem CI runners."

Related Terms

• Serverless
• Terraform
• Virtual Machine
• VM
• Asset Fingerprint
• Build Agent
• Build Number
• Build Server
• Cloud Event
• Cloud Formation
• Code Quality Gate
• Code Transpilation