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🚀 ParlaChore Deployment

This document outlines the deployment strategy, environment configuration, and infrastructure readiness for ParlaChore.
It complements the architectural and security documentation.

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🌐 Hosting & Infrastructure

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Domain hosted via AWS Route 53.
  • Application deployed on AWS EC2 or ECS (containerized services).
  • Static assets (CSS, JS, images) served via AWS S3 + CloudFront CDN for caching and global distribution.
  • Logs and metrics integrated with AWS CloudWatch.
• Containerization
  • Docker images built for backend services.
  • Stateless design ensures portability across environments.
  • Health endpoints exposed for orchestration.
• Orchestration
  • Kubernetes (EKS) readiness:
    • Externalized configuration via ConfigMap and Secrets.
    • Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) planned for traffic spikes.
    • Rolling updates supported for zero‑downtime deployments.

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⚙️ Environment Configuration

• application.yml
  • Environment‑specific settings (dev, staging, production).
  • Database connection strings externalized.
  • Security keys and secrets injected via environment variables.
• logback.xml
  • Centralized logging configuration.
  • Debug flags toggle lifecycle visibility.
  • Planned integration with ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).

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🔄 Deployment Flow

1. Build
   • Maven builds backend services.
   • Surefire plugin runs unit/integration tests.
   • Docker image created for each service.
2. Push
   • Images pushed to AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR).
   • Static assets uploaded to S3 with cache‑busting.
3. Deploy
   • ECS tasks or EKS pods pull latest images.
   • CloudFront invalidates caches for updated assets.
   • Health checks verify service readiness.
4. Monitor
   • CloudWatch dashboards track CPU, memory, and request latency.
   • Alerts configured for error rates and downtime.

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🧪 DevOps Practices

• CI/CD Pipeline
  • GitHub Actions or Jenkins for automated builds and deployments.
  • Branch‑based environments (feature → staging → production).
• Testing
  • Spring Boot Test for unit/integration.
  • Planned load testing with JMeter or Gatling.
• Scalability
  • Stateless services allow horizontal scaling.
  • CDN ensures global asset delivery.

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📌 Notes

• Deployment strategy emphasizes scalability, resilience, and transparency.
• Current setup is AWS‑based, but portable to other cloud providers.
• Documentation released publicly to demonstrate DevOps readiness and infrastructure design.

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👥 Author & Links

Created by Sam Parlatore
GitHub: github.com/samparlatore —