Continuous Deployment Strategies by Pearson

Course details

Over the years, different strategies have been developed to help software firms successfully deploy new application and code versions. In today's rapidly evolving technology landscape, with the increasing demand for faster, more efficient software releases, organizations are constantly seeking professionals who can implement effective deployment strategies to ensure seamless and reliable software delivery.

This course aims to build expertise on the five most popular deployment strategies, covering how and when to implement each. Learn how to compare strategies so you can make informed decisions based on the needs of a project and find out how to create implementation plans. Learn how to use tools like Terraform, Ansible, and GitHub Actions to enable the deployment process. Through practical examples and hands-on exercises, you can gain practical experience implementing these strategies in real-world scenarios. By the end of the course, you will be able to evaluate the pros and cons of different deployment strategies and successfully implement them to help achieve efficient and continuous software delivery.

Learning objectives
Follow and implement the five most widely used deployment strategies.
Compare and contrast the five most popular deployment strategies.
Explain how to determine which deployment strategy will fit the unique requirements of a project.
Create implementation plans for continuous software delivery.
Facilitate diverse deployment processes using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and GitHub Actions.

Concepts

Introduction

Continuous deployment strategies - Introduction

Delivering Value Consistently

Learning objectives
Delivering functional software from day 1
Problems solved by automation
CI vs. CD vs. continuous delivery
Continuous delivery as a direction
Measuring success
Communicating and influencing with metrics
Exercise - Create a change proposal using metrics
Conclusion

Deployment Strategies

Learning objectives
Why deployment strategies are important
Problems solved by deployment strategies
Measuring success
Designing a deployment strategy
Deployment strategy options
Selecting the right strategy
Exercise - select a strategy for your project
Conclusion

Tooling That Enables Strategies

Learning objectives
Problems to solve when automating deployments
Infrastructure management overview
Exercise - provision test infrastructure from the CLI
Configuration management overview
Exercise - configure remote infrastructure from the CLI
Conclusion

Big Bang Deployments

Learning objectives
Problems to solve
Strategy overview
Appropriate tools
Planning
Implementation
Exercise - implement a CI CD pipeline via big bang deployment
Conclusion

Blue Green Deployments

Learning objectives
Problems to solve
Strategy overview
Appropriate tools
Planning
Implementation - Part 1
Implementation - Part 2
Implementation - Part 3
Exercise - implement the blue green deployment strategy
Conclusion

Rolling Deployments

Learning objectives
Problems to solve
Strategy overview
Appropriate tools
Planning
Implementation
Exercise - Implement rolling deployments in your CI CD pipeline
Conclusion

Canary Deployments

Learning objectives
Problems to solve
Strategy overview
Appropriate tools
Planning
Implementation
Exercise - Implement canary deployments in your CI CD pipeline
Conclusion

Decoupled Deployments

Learning objectives
Problems to solve
Strategy overview
Appropriate tools
Planning
Implementation
Exercise - Implement decoupled deployments in your CI CD pipeline
Conclusion

Summary

Continuous deployment strategies - Summary