Script-exe Automation

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Spinnaker

When an engineer needs to run some script on a production service, instead of doing it by ssh to the pod directly, we have a dedicated deploy pipeline (we use Spinnaker at Reddit) for it. Then in this dedicated pipeline, only a simple button click is needed to initiate the job running process, and passing the parameters as well if needed. Because this new script is being rolled out with its own separate pipeline and set of pods, if something goes wrong, the pods that are serving production traffic are unaffected.

#Continuous Integration #DevOps Tools #Continuous Deployment 12 social mentions

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Cookiecutter

Make adding script and its parameters part of cookiecutter-based project generation, so when you create a service using cookie-cutter, you will have the option of specifying a script to run, so your job is automatically embedded into the service.

#Software Development #Developer Tools #Project Management 38 social mentions