Event API Automation for Source-of-Truth Data Updates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Entities face challenges in maintaining up-to-date source of truth data across multiple systems, which is critical for decision-making, due to manual updating processes and limited access to authoritative information trapped within CI/CD pipelines.
Innovation Solution
An architectural pattern utilizing an event API and distribution scripts to automatically publish and propagate source of truth events from pipelines to databases, enabling asynchronous messaging and permission management through a unified interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual updating processes are used to maintain source of truth data, then human intervention can update information accurately, but the process becomes intractable and timely updates cannot be kept across multiple systems
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service automation where CI/CD pipelines automatically publish source of truth events to an event API without human intervention. The event API automatically formats and propagates these events to source of truth storage devices, eliminating the need for manual updating while maintaining accuracy through automated data capture from the pipeline
Solution Approach 2:
The event API acts as an intermediary between CI/CD pipelines and source of truth storage devices. It receives events from pipelines, formats them appropriately, and propagates them to the storage devices, enabling automated updates without direct human intervention while ensuring data accuracy through standardized formatting
2Measurement precision
If multiple sources of truth are maintained for different application aspects, then each source can track specific information accurately, but keeping all systems up-to-date becomes intractable and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The event API provides a universal interface that handles multiple types of source of truth events (security information, general information, business contacts, usage statistics, technology stack) through a single system. This multi-functional approach maintains accuracy for each specific aspect while reducing overall system complexity by consolidating update mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments different aspects of source of truth data (security, general info, contacts, statistics, technology stack) into separate event types that can be independently tracked and updated. Each aspect maintains its specific accuracy requirements while being managed through a unified automated event propagation mechanism
3Reliability
If authoritative information is trapped within CI/CD pipelines, then pipeline data remains secure and controlled, but decision-makers cannot access accurate source of truth data for decisions
Solution Approach 1:
The event API serves as a secure intermediary that allows controlled access to pipeline information. It receives authoritative data from CI/CD pipelines, formats it according to standards, and propagates it to source of truth storage devices where decision-makers can access it. This maintains pipeline security while enabling information accessibility for decision-making
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable media for source of truth storage device management are provided. A method can include receiving, by an event application programming interface (API), a first request to update source of truth data in a source of truth storage device to a new value, formatting, by the event API, a second request, issuing the second request to the source of truth storage device, and updating, by the source of truth storage device, an entry that corresponds to the source of truth data to the new value.