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Questions tagged [deployment]

Deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use. Questions relating to deploying software go under this tag.

Deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use.

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What is the purpose of a dedicated build machine?

Due to a number of circumstances leading to a poor deployment last build cycle, I campaigned in our office to perform all future deployments with a dedicated build machine, and my boss accepted this proposal. However, instead of getting an actual…
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Are the development benefits of using Docker negated when using Java compared to other languages closer to Unix binaries?

I had a friend who said: Docker is amazing. You can use it to replicate production and all its quirks on your local machine. Then you can deploy that instance straight through all the staging workflows super-quick. Now this would be true if the…
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TODO comments with deadlines?

Background I'm working in a team that's looking to implement zero-downtime deployments. We're planning on using a blue/green deployment strategy in order to achieve this. One of the things I'm realising in doing the research is how complicated it…
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How do you update your production codebase/database schema without causing downtime?

What are some techniques for updating a production server's code base / database schema without causing any downtime?
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Achieving Zero Downtime Deployment

I am trying to achieve zero downtime deployments so I can deploy less during off hours and more during "slower" hours - or anytime, in theory. My current setup, somewhat simplified: Web Server A (.NET App) Web Server B (.NET App) Database Server…
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How can I automate production deployments without experiencing extreme anxiety?

At our shop we use SVN for source control and CruiseControl for CI on handling automatic builds and deployments to our development, test, and integration environments. This all works smoothly however due to hardware and resource constraints our…
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Is it best practice to deploy a project to the server file by file manually?

The company I work for now doesn't implement continuous delivery yet. We still deploy the project manually to server, file by file. Which is best practice: to manually deploy one project artifact for each deployment or keep doing the file-by-file…
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How do you update live web sites with code changes?

I know this is a very basic question. If someone could humor me and tell me how they would handle this, I'd be greatful. I decided to post this because I am about to install SynchToy to remedy the issue below, and I feel a bit unprofessional using…
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What do update versions really mean?

A lot of software updates follow the scheme of v0.1 to v0.2 to v2.6.5.6. What do these "updates" to software really mean? Is there an industry standard always followed or do programmers pretty much keep raising the update # or adding more decimals?
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How do you handle versioning in a multi-sided project?

I know it's a broad question so I'll try to be as specific as possible. This question is more an "organisational" question than a technical one. We have a multi-sided project with these main components: A server, hosting the core business logic…
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DB migration and Azure deployment slots

I'm planning to push a new web application to an Azure Web App Service (former Azure Website). I'd like to make use of the deployment slots to be able to test my deployment before pushing it to production. That's all fine as long as there is no DB…
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How to structure multiple overlapping solutions / projects in .Net?

I recently started out working for a new client with an old legacy codebase in which there are multiple .net solutions, each typically hosts some projects unique to that solution but then "borrows" / "links in" (add existing project) some other…
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Should I release source code to fix bug

I have a bug in my application that I'm building. I asked a question on S.O. and one of the users asked me to post or send all the code to him so he could look at it. I totally understand the request. It is valid and understandable. However, I'm…
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Should minified CSS be stored in Git?

I use Gulp to generate minified CSS from my SASS code for a project I'm working on. I wondered whether it's considered best practice to regenerate this minified CSS when pushing live from Git... or To store the minified CSS files in Git so they are…
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Zero Downtime Deployment - Transitional Db Schema

Achieving Zero Downtime Deployment touched on the same issue but I need some advice on a strategy that I am considering. Context A web-based application with Apache/PHP for server-side processing and MySQL DB/filesystem for persistence. We are…
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