Deployment Guides

Generic tasks

• Get deploy token
  • Setup
  • Cleanup
• Create a server
  • 1. Create the new server
  • 2. Create DNS records
  • 3. Apply core changes
  • 4. Deploy the service
  • 5. Migrate from the old server
  • 6. Update external services
• Deploy a service
  • 1. Run Salt function
  • 2. Check Salt output
  • 3. Manual cleanup
• Ubuntu Pro
  • Installation
• Delete a server
• Troubleshoot
  • Increase verbosity
  • Salt hangs inexplicably
  • Watch Salt activity
  • Restart a service
  • Check git revision

Service-specific tasks

• Docker tasks
  • Initialize applications
  • Load data
• OCDS documentation tasks
  • Add a new language
  • Add a new minor version
  • Publish draft documentation
  • Publish released documentation
• Prometheus tasks
  • Monitor a service
  • Test Alert Manager
  • Upgrade Prometheus
• Data support tasks
  • Create a data support main server
  • Create a data support replica server
• Redash tasks
  • Create a Redash server
  • Upgrade the Redash service
• Redmine tasks
  • Upgrade Ruby
  • Upgrade plugins
  • Upgrade theme
  • Upgrade Redmine
  • Enable admin user
  • Test Redmine
  • Set up backups

External service tasks

• DNS
  • TTL standardisation
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Simple Email Service (SES)
  • Relational Database Service (RDS)
  • Amazon S3
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Microsoft Azure
  • Users
  • Access control (IAM)
• Google Workspace
  • Email