Did we reinvent the wheel? Why we eschewed existing infrastructure as code and CI/CD tools
The problems:
- How do we deploy dozens of microservices to many different environments? a. Avoid rewriting across different clouds and local machines b. Limited support for smaller clouds
- How do we give devs control over their environments? a. Multiple clusters and cluster resources
- How do we enable rapid, local iteration? a. Issues with most CI/CD pipelines
- Can we go from source to executable to docker image to Kubernetes cluster in a one line command?
Our solution:
- Python wrapper to do variable replacement and run shell commands.
- 3 major sections - compile code, build docker image, deploy to cluster
- System of buildconfigs gives fine grained control over what gets deployed
Audience takeaways:
- Why and when to consider writing your own buildsystem
- An example of how to structure a buildsystem for your own project
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