Chapter 22. Deployment techniques

 

This chapter covers
  • Leaning on continuous integration
  • Creating push-button deployments
  • Automating remote server deployments

 

On launch night, tensions are high because the smallest mistake could bring your website down. To eliminate the human mistakes that inevitably occur, we like to automate as much as possible. Ideally, we could simply push a button, and our website would be updated in moments.

Each deployment environment is slightly different, because connection strings, configuration settings, and server environments can vary. By introducing change management into our automated deployment process, we can ensure that we install the correct application with the correct environment settings.

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