Tag Archives: deployment

No State Based Deployments

Posted on March 2, 2015 by way0utwest

I’ve been studying deployment ideas and technologies for quite some time now, but it’s been a focus for the last year or two as my employer is interested in this area. I’ve been reading books and talking to people, comparing … Continue reading →

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Selling Automation to Ops

Posted on January 12, 2015 by way0utwest

The DevOps movement isn’t new in some companies. It’s the same coordination and teamwork that has existed for a long time between the development and operations staffs. Developers take advantage of the skills in Operations to get standardized environments for their work, … Continue reading →

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Recovering from Bad Deployments

Posted on January 6, 2015 by way0utwest

Someone asked me recently if I stored backups of my database in version control. This person wanted to recover from a bad deployment and use a backup to do so. They felt that keeping a copy of the backup in … Continue reading →

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