The Amazon Builderβs Library is a great set of deep dive papers into the challenges with modern systems. This post looks at how Amazon conducts hands-off deployments.
βAutomating safe, hands-off deployments, takes a look at how Amazon does continuous deployment. Amazon has been doing this practice for a long while and has automated each process to the point where itβs hands-off.
I call out a few more details in the Twitter thread belowβ¦
https://aws.amazon.com/builders-library/automating-safe-hands-off-deployments/
this one is all about getting your work out to your customers
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@marknca tweeted at 11-Nov-2021, 21:12
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yesterday's thread on "Fairness in multi-tenant systems" is up at https://markn.ca/2021/fairness-in-multi-tenant-systems/
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two keys there: - quickly - safely
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@marknca tweeted at 11-Nov-2021, 21:12
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spot on! modern deployment reduces risk when done well. keep that in mind #infosec folks
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- source - build - test - prod
...and of course how they all fit together
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these pipelines make it easier to keep track of the history of changes & to ensure a high bar for quality
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the pipelines need to ensure that they don't negatively impact production...especially at scale.
@clare_liguori does a great job of breaking down the concerns & techniques used here
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if you're deploying to production, you should check out this paper. that's a nice way of saying you should go read this paper ASAP π€£
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@marknca tweeted at 11-Nov-2021, 21:12