Deployment Strategies: Managing Code, Content, and Configurations
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Nick Hepner outlines deployment strategies for managing code, content, and configurations across multiple environments in Drupal. He discusses issues with synchronization and versioning while suggesting tools and techniques such as the backup and migrate module, Aegir, and various Drupal modules to streamline workflows. The document emphasizes the importance of configuration management and the three-pronged attack approach to enhance efficiency in enterprise environments.
Deployment Strategies: Managing Code, Content, and Configurations
- 1. Nick Hepner [email protected] @NickHepner
- 2. Deployment Strategies: Managing Code, Content, and Configurations Across Multiple Environments Nick Hepner
- 3. Nick Hepner • Web Developer since 1998 • Drupal since 2005 • Enterprise Architect since 2008 • Founding and active member Baltimore meetup • Likes: beer • Dislikes: PowerPoint Presentations
- 4. Introduction • Standard Deployment Model • Code, Content, Configuration and their workflows • Problems • Scalable Solutions for Drupal 6 & 7
- 5. Standard Deployment Model Local Development Staging Production Content Staging
- 6. Static Cache Users Apache Solr Single Sign-On Memcache File Share Development/ Deployment/ Monitoring/ Internal tools Write Cluster Read Cluster Code Repository
- 7. 81 Servers Development Staging Production
- 8. Configuration • Consists of Drupal admin and module settings and presets. • Imagecache/image styles • Configuration workflow begins on development server o New modules installed o Existing modules configured o Content types, fields, and profile structures edited o Database stored stylesheets, php code
- 9. Configuration Workflow Local Development Staging Production Configuration Content Staging
- 10. Content • Content workflow begins on the production server • User Content o User registrations o User generated content o Files and uploads o Social interactions (e.g. Private Msg, Statuses, etc.) o Content management o Site and user administration • Officiated Content o News Articles o Press Releases o Internal Announcements
- 11. Content Workflow User Content Content Local Development Staging Production Configuration Officiated Content Content Staging
- 12. Conflicts • Servers no longer synchronized o Developers begin developing on different setups • Data often gets overwritten • Most recent/accurate data set difficult to keep track of • Dogs, Cats living together
- 13. Code • Can be versioned for easy deployment/management (SVN, Git) • Does not conflict with database changes • Does not include database stored code
- 14. Deploying Code With Versioning • Deploy to development through “trunk” • Create a tag for deployment to staging • Either reject the tag and fix bugs, or promote it to production.
- 15. Code Workflow Code Repository Trunk Tags Local Development Staging Production Code Rejected
- 16. Non-Starters • Migrate – Intended to be used when moving a site from another framework, such as Wordpress or Joomla. • Rsync - *nix command line tool for synchronizing files. Does not allow for proper staging.
- 17. Manual Configuration Management • Developer manually sets configuration options on all servers • Fine for really small implementations • More than one developer causes issues
- 18. Strategies: Backup and Migrate • Use backup and migrate module to create backup profile for content and for configuration • Use versioning to move code • Configuration must still be entered manually on development • Takes some trial and error
- 19. Strategies: Launch Manager • Aegir – Seems to work well for launching initial site rollouts. Not so much for maintenance updates • Hudson o Extensive initial configuration o Integrates with version control o Can script specific updates
- 20. Strategies: The Three Pronged Attack • Typically for enterprise environments • Features • Content Publication • File Share o Mount files drive o Network-Attached Storage (NAS) o Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
- 21. The Three Prong Attack: Features • Extracts configurations into code workflow to avoid database conflicts. • Allows versioning of configuration • Great Documentation and support o http://drupal.org/node/928026 o IRC #drupal-support • Can manage all configuration exports in this way – not feasible or scaleable.
- 22. The Three Prong Attack: Services • Publish content to lower environments • OAuth Support
- 23. The Three Prong Attack: Feeds • Pull content, users, and pretty much anything exportable by views. • Can use Data module to map data to where it needs to go. • OAuth Support • Use UUID module when importing to avoid duplicate content.
- 24. The Three Prong Attack: Synching Environments • For the love of FSM: BACKUP YOUR DATABASES!!!! • Once content is synched, push dev data • If file share, Backup & Migrate exports will be automatically available to all environments. • Staging environment pushes will be “easy”. Use B&M “Restore”. Can be used with Drush. • In production, push during off peak hours, put site in maintenance mode and import data. • This slide has way too much text… sorry.
- 25. The Three Prong Attack: A Note on the Deploy Module • Integrates with services. • Essential if a content staging environment exists. • Good for publishing content and approval workflow • Not built to handle configuration settings, or multiple workflows.
- 26. The Three Prong Attack: Content Distribution Local Dev Stage Production Network Drive Content In Users Content Out Config Export Content Staging
- 27. The Three Prong Attack: Notable Modules • Features – Export configuration into code. o Features Tools – Automates feature downloads, and creates versioned change files. • Feeds – Import pretty much anything on the web into Drupal. o Feeds xPath Parser – Allows xPath style syntax for XML o Feeds OAuth – OAuth integration selection for feeds module. o Data – Allows customized data storage and mappings. • Services – Publish anything in drupal o OAuth – contains a services integration for OAuth authentication. • Backup and Migrate
- 28. Questions