In this tutorial, we’re going to be looking at how to use GitLab CI/CD to build, test, and deploy a Spring Boot web application to a cloud server. GitLab CI/CD serves as a software development tool, covering continuous integration (CI), continuous delivery (CD), and continuous deployment. It enables organizations to implement ongoing methodologies. 

Although we used DigitalOcean in the example, this will work with AWS, Azure, or any other cloud providers that provide server instances.