Deployment Pipelines: Disproving the Big Bang

Here are my slides from LNUG 08/2014 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.