How deeply does Think Like a Software Engineering Manager cover deployment automation?

Explains benefits, rollback readiness, change-control visibility, and deployment cadence, but does not detail implementation steps.

Deployment automation

As explained in Think Like a Software Engineering Manager

An automated deployment is a software release performed by an automated system rather than by manual execution of deployment steps.

Deployment automation releases software through an automated system instead of manually executing deployment steps. Using CI and continuous deployment reduces human error and can make production releases faster, safer, and more routine. section 12.2.4

A dependable automated deployment practice should:

Pair releases with a predefined rollback procedure that is ready before deployment begins. section 12.2.4
Use automated change control to reveal failed deployments and team breakdowns. section 12.2.4
Maintain a regular production cadence so changes do not accumulate into a difficult big-bang deployment. section 12.2.4

A routine release with a safe fallback

A deployment accidentally creates duplicate customer records. The team uses its prepared rollback procedure to identify and remove the duplicates, then continues improving automated releases until deploying becomes nearly uneventful. section 12.2.4

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Bootstrapping Microservices, Second Edition: With Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, and TerraformThe practice of releasing application software through automated, repeatable tooling rather than manual operations.

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Related concepts

manual deploymentcontrasts with · Manual deployment is the release, installation, or configuration of software through steps performed directly by a person rather than an automated workflow.
deployment pipelineuses · A sequence of automated or manual stages that builds, tests or validates, packages, and delivers software or models toward deployment.
GitHub Actionsused by · GitHub Actions is GitHub’s workflow automation platform for defining and running jobs in response to repository events, schedules, and other triggers.
scalabilityaddresses · Scalability is the ability of a system, process, or method to accommodate increasing workload, size, or demand while maintaining acceptable operation.
auditabilityproduces · Auditability is the ability to trace, inspect, and verify a system’s actions, decisions, changes, or records using available evidence.
automationkind of · Automation is the execution of tasks or processes by machines or software with reduced direct human intervention.

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