Wikimedia Release Engineering Team/Deployment pipeline/2017-09-05

= 2017-09-05 =

Last Time

 * 2017-08-01
 * 2017-08-30

Tasks

 * paths rfc
 * Proof helm as a potential k8s deployment tool
 * Helm for local dev on minikube? wmctl for...?
 * Using other services as prebuilt images
 * rebuild images as you development
 * different use
 * helm to create a standardized deployment for staging and production
 * changes configuration variables for hostname, secrets, etc
 * Keeps things similar like how deployment-prep *should* work :)
 * Pod structure for logging and monitoring https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T170120
 * will eventually need feedback (e.g., services re: logging)

Quarterly goals

 * RelEng (thcipriani/dan) talked about stuff https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/blubberlist
 * upgrading 17.05 in labs
 * may have to figure out a workaround without new packaging in wikimedia repo
 * target stretch not jessie


 * How do people deploy to production?
 * Workflow for the deployer, implementing using the tools we've chosen
 * would be good for design document
 * to be written
 * leaving placeholders for folks


 * K8s version in prod/staging at 1.7.4

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