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Crafting a robust deployment pipeline in finance Boyan Mihaylov Software architect and developer @boyanio https://boyan.io Establish in-house development at a pension fund @boyanio How does it feel inside a financial institution? @boyanio

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Crafting a robust deployment pipeline in finance

Boyan Mihaylov

Software architect and developer @boyanio https://boyan.io

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Establish in-house development at a pension fund

@boyanio

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How does it feel inside a financial institution?

@boyanio

http://www.baystreetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/7206414716_775221df73_o.jpg

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Regulations & compliance

@boyanio

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No errors allowed

@boyanio

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Long decision-making process

@boyanio

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@boyanio

https://blog.weekdone.com/team-goal-setting-questions-to-ask/

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Goal: delivering value to our members on a frequent basis

@boyanio

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How does one create a development process from the scratch?

@boyanio

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Start simple, stay simple as long as possible

@boyanio

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feature-b feature-a

Trunk-based development

@boyanio

master 1.1.0 2.0.0 1.1.1 PR PR

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Long-lived branches disguise the big picture

@boyanio

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/travel/downloads/tube_map.gif

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“Continuous integration (CI) is the practice of merging all developer working copies to a shared mainline several times a day”

@boyanio

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration

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Continuous Integration

@boyanio

VCS

</> Feedback Push Watch Run Build Code analysis Unit tests

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Always deployable

@boyanio

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Continuous Integration

@boyanio

VCS

</> Feedback Push Watch Run Build Code analysis Unit tests Package

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Fact 1. Continuous integration does not guarantee you built the right thing

@boyanio

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@boyanio

We want X Let’s build Y

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-develop-an-Agile-methodology-mindset-while-implementing-a-project

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Fact 2. Continuous integration does not guarantee you built the thing right

@boyanio

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@boyanio

public class BasketTests { [Fact] public void ThrowsWhenNullIsPassedToAdd() { var basket = new Basket(); Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>( () => basket.Add(null)); } }

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@boyanio

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Creating a development process means creating a development culture

@boyanio

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Building trust

@boyanio

https://hackernoon.com/the-worlds-trust-issues-and-the-value-of-crypto-976bc1b2080

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@boyanio

Manual tests Unit tests Integration tests GUI tests vs. Automated tests Manual tests

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@boyanio

Steps to perform:

  • 1. Go to the homepage
  • 2. Log in as a member
  • 3. Go to the retirement page
  • 4. Go through the online retirement process
  • 5. Sign your choices

Confirm:

  • you got a confirmation e-mail
  • there is a summary document in the archive
  • there is a update request in the core system
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Using Gherkin syntax

@boyanio

Feature: Retirement Scenario: Complete retirement procedure Given I am a member of the pension fund And I am 67 years old When I log in on the web portal And I navigate to the retirement self-service And I fill in my details And I sign my choices Then I should get a confirmation e-mail And I should see a copy of my choices in my archive And I should see my monthly pension payouts

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@boyanio

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pro•duc•tion [pruh-duhk-shuhn] (n)

  • 1. This complex system of application code,

distributed services, servers, networking gear, etc., upon which we are going to try to carefully apply a complicated set of changes and hope that nothing goes wrong. Cross your finders…here goes.

@boyanio

https://www.slideshare.net/mikebrittain/principles-and-practices-in-continuous-deployment-at-etsy/

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@boyanio

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Manual deployment is dangerous

@boyanio

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Automated deployment to any environment

@boyanio

Fetch package Install package Verify installation Provide feedback

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Identical environment set-up

@boyanio

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Build once, deploy everywhere

@boyanio

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Octopus Deploy

@boyanio

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Production deployment process

  • Deploy to a fictive-data test environment
  • Run automated UI tests
  • Promote to an acceptance test environment
  • Perform manual tests
  • Create RFC
  • Promote to production

@boyanio

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How often shall we deploy to production?

@boyanio

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The fear of deployment

@boyanio

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMuLK82V4AAd1Po.jpg

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When you fear something, you should do it often enough. Then it becomes trivial.

@boyanio

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Days between deploying to Production

@boyanio

10 20 30 40 50

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Release

@boyanio

The act of making single or multiple features available to a wider audience The act of installing and configuring a software package onto a target system

Deploy

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Feature toggles

let you deploy often without releasing immediately

@boyanio

OFF ON

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Zero downtime deployment

using blue-green deployment approach

@boyanio

Version 1.1.0 Version 1.0.0 Load balancer

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@boyanio

https://flexagon.com/solutions/continuous-delivery/

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Q: Shall we move to Continuous Deployment?

@boyanio

A: We can, but we don’t have to

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How robust is the deployment pipeline?

@boyanio

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The deployment pipeline supports the established agile practices and desired goals

@boyanio

https://hundred5.com

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Keep things simple Keep things identical Build trust in your delivery Automate the repeatable Don’t hype, make it work for you

@boyanio

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Robust deployment pipeline is about confidence in your value delivery

Boyan Mihaylov

@boyanio https://boyan.io