How build and deployment should shape software architectures

How build and deployment should shape software architectures Matthew Skelton

CEng | thetrainline.com IASA UK Ignite 2, London | #iasaignite 10 September 2012

Systems engineering (robotics, control theory, sensors, neuroscience) Software development (finance,

insurance, travel, pharma, media, medical imaging) now Build & Deployment at thetrainline.com @matthewpskelton

architecture = f (build & deploy) (for some systems)

“HERESY!”

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RELIABLE REPEATABLE RAPID RECURRING

Web-based Frequently- changing Public-facing High-volume

‘R-R-R-R’ BUILD AND DEPLOYMENT Helps to avoid the Ball of

Mud

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BUILDABLE Small pipelined builds on generic build machines Seconds, not

minutes or hours Short feedback cycles (Dan Worthington-Bodart, @danielbodart - http://bit.ly/M85wsX)

TESTABLE Test (separation, harnesses, points) IDENTIFIABLE Meaningful versions, packages, defined

dependencies, artefact management (think component boundaries)

DEPLOYABLE Rapid, scriptable, simple failure modes MONITORABLE Logging, metrics, transaction

tracing CONFIGURABLE Inject settings – no ‘black boxes’ LIGHTWEIGHT Keep things small and easily comprehendible

INSTANTIABLE No snowflakes or singletons RECOVERABLE No nasty zombies after

failures MTTR more important than MTBF* * for most kinds of F

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RELIABLE REPEATABLE RAPID RECURRING

Lightweight, Testable, Monitorable, Configurable, Recoverable, Identifiable component architecture

LOAD BALANCING HIGH AVAILABILITY SCALING ELASTIC ARCHITECTURES RAPID RECOVERY

architecture = f (build & deploy) (for some systems) thank

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