Parallel Rollout of Independent Production Asset Aspects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current deployment processes and infrastructure lack an abstraction or application programming interface (API) to manage aspects independently, requiring synchronization across disjointed processes or teams handling different aspects of a distributed software system.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a system with one or more APIs that store records of updates to be executed in an aspect store, allowing for the parallel rollout of independent aspects of production assets by selecting assets, modifying their states, and executing updates in a backend development environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a monolithic deployment process is used to manage all aspects of production assets, then system consistency is maintained, but flexibility and independence of aspect updates are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The deployment process is segmented into independent aspect-level operations. Each aspect can be updated, deployed, and rolled back independently through separate API calls, eliminating the need for monolithic deployment coordination while maintaining system consistency through centralized state management.
2Productivity
If aspects are managed as independent units, then update flexibility is improved, but coordination and synchronization between aspects becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where each aspect update operation reports its status to a centralized state manager. This enables real-time tracking of deployment progress across aspects, allowing the system to coordinate updates and ensure consistency without requiring explicit synchronization between independent aspect managers.
3Reliability
If a centralized state management system is implemented, then coordination between aspects is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A centralized state manager acts as an intermediary between independent aspect update operations and the production assets. This mediator maintains a unified view of system state, coordinates updates across aspects, and ensures consistency without requiring complex direct communication between aspects or teams.
4Reliability
If gradual deployment is implemented for each aspect, then risk is reduced, but deployment time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables preliminary preparation of multiple aspects in parallel before actual deployment. Updates can be validated, tested, and prepared independently, then executed simultaneously or in coordinated batches, reducing total deployment time while maintaining safety through controlled rollout mechanisms.
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AI summary
Aspects of the disclosed technology include techniques and mechanisms for orchestrating the parallel rollouts of independent aspects of production assets. One or more APIs may be configured to store, within an aspect store, records indicating one or more updates to be executed, where an update may indicate an asset and aspect therein to be updated. An API may select one or more updates to be deployed and may modify a current state of the selected updates to indicate that an associated update is pending. An API may access the backend development environment associated with the asset and may perform the update indicated in the updates. An API may modify the current state of the executed updates to indicate completion of the updates. The aspect store may modify records stored therein to reflect the most recent values associated with the updated assets and aspects.