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# Deployment Pipelines: Disproving the Big Bang
- URL: https://www.binarysludge.com/2014/08/27/deployment-pipelines-disproving-the-big-bang/
- Published: 2014-08-27T20:07:21.000Z
- Updated: 2015-01-16T15:20:58.000Z
- Author: Andrew Martin
- Tags: Programming, software engineering, system adminstration, system architecture, talk, TDD, #Import 2026-10-22 12:56

Here are my slides from [LNUG](http://lnug.org/?ref=binarysludge.com) [08/2014](http://lanyrd.com/2014/lnug-july/?ref=binarysludge.com) covering the basics tenets of setting up a continuous deployment pipeline and outlining some of the challenges.

To paraphrase the steps:

- Start with tests
- Build a pipeline that's reliable
- Deploy to an environment
- Monitor everything
- Use KPIs for a cluster immune system
- Roll back if KPIs exceed tolerances
- Halt the pipeline, analysis/5 whys?
- Write a failing test case before fixing it
- Re-enable the pipeline
- Sleep well at night
[Slides here](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/binarysludge.com/DeploymentPipelines/index.html?ref=binarysludge.com#/).