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

As Always

• Release Pipeline Workboard
• Meeting notes