Complete guide to DevOps implementation for software development teams. Learn CI/CD pipelines, automation strategies, and best practices for modern development workflows.

DevOps Implementation for Software Development Teams

The DevOps market is experiencing unprecedented growth, projected to reach $25.5 billion by 2028, with a CAGR of 19.1%. As organizations recognize the critical importance of rapid, reliable software delivery, DevOps has evolved from a cultural movement to an essential business capability. This comprehensive guide provides software development teams with practical strategies, tools, and best practices for implementing DevOps that accelerates delivery, improves quality, and enhances collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle.

Understanding DevOps Fundamentals

Core DevOps Principles

Culture of Collaboration DevOps breaks down traditional silos between development, operations, and quality assurance teams, fostering a culture of shared responsibility for the entire software lifecycle.

Automation First Automation is the cornerstone of DevOps, eliminating manual processes, reducing errors, and enabling consistent, repeatable operations across development, testing, and deployment.

Continuous Improvement DevOps embraces continuous learning and improvement through feedback loops, metrics-driven decision making, and iterative enhancement of processes and tools.

Infrastructure as Code Infrastructure is managed through code, enabling version control, repeatability, and automated provisioning of environments.

The DevOps Lifecycle

graph LR
    A[Plan] --> B[Code]
    B --> C[Build]
    C --> D[Test]
    D --> E[Release]
    E --> F[Deploy]
    F --> G[Operate]
    G --> H[Monitor]
    H --> A

Each phase of the DevOps lifecycle includes specific practices, tools, and metrics that contribute to the overall goal of faster, more reliable software delivery.

Continuous Integration (CI) Implementation

CI Pipeline Architecture

Modern CI Pipeline Design

# GitLab CI Pipeline Example
stages:
  - validate
  - test
  - security
  - build
  - package
  - deploy-staging
  - integration-tests
  - deploy-production

variables:
  DOCKER_REGISTRY: "registry.company.com"
  APP_NAME: "microservice-app"
  KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE: "production"

# Validation Stage
code-quality:
  stage: validate
  image: node:18-alpine
  script:
    - npm ci
    - npm run lint
    - npm run prettier:check
    - npm run type-check
  artifacts:
    reports:
      junit: reports/lint-results.xml
  coverage: '/Coverage: \d+\.\d+%/'

security-scan:
  stage: validate
  image: securecodewarrior/sca-tools:latest
  script:
    - npm audit --audit-level moderate
    - snyk test --severity-threshold=high
    - truffleHog --regex --entropy=False .
  artifacts:
    reports:
      sast: security-report.json
  allow_failure: false

# Testing Stage
unit-tests:
  stage: test
  image: node:18-alpine
  script:
    - npm ci
    - npm run test:unit -- --coverage --watchAll=false
  artifacts:
    reports:
      junit: reports/junit.xml
      coverage_report:
        coverage_format: cobertura
        path: coverage/cobertura-coverage.xml
    paths:
      - coverage/
  coverage: '/Lines\s*:\s*(\d+\.\d+)%/'

integration-tests:
  stage: test
  image: node:18-alpine
  services:
    - postgres:13
    - redis:6
  variables:
    DATABASE_URL: "postgresql://test:test@postgres:5432/testdb"
    REDIS_URL: "redis://redis:6379"
  script:
    - npm ci
    - npm run test:integration
  artifacts:
    reports:
      junit: reports/integration-test-results.xml

e2e-tests:
  stage: test
  image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:latest
  script:
    - npm ci
    - npm run build
    - npm run test:e2e
  artifacts:
    when: always
    paths:
      - test-results/
      - playwright-report/
  retry:
    max: 2
    when: runner_system_failure

# Build Stage
build-application:
  stage: build
  image: docker:latest
  services:
    - docker:dind
  before_script:
    - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $DOCKER_REGISTRY
  script:
    - |
      # Multi-stage Docker build
      docker build \
        --build-arg BUILD_VERSION=$CI_COMMIT_SHA \
        --build-arg BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") \
        --tag $DOCKER_REGISTRY/$APP_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_SHA \
        --tag $DOCKER_REGISTRY/$APP_NAME:latest \
        .
    - docker push $DOCKER_REGISTRY/$APP_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_SHA
    - docker push $DOCKER_REGISTRY/$APP_NAME:latest
  only:
    - main
    - develop

# Package Stage
helm-package:
  stage: package
  image: alpine/helm:latest
  script:
    - |
      # Package Helm chart
      helm package helm-chart/ \
        --version $CI_COMMIT_SHA \
        --app-version $CI_COMMIT_SHA
    - |
      # Upload to Helm repository
      curl --data-binary "@${APP_NAME}-${CI_COMMIT_SHA}.tgz" \
        $HELM_REPO_URL/api/charts
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - "*.tgz"
  only:
    - main

# Deployment Stages
deploy-staging:
  stage: deploy-staging
  image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
  environment:
    name: staging
    url: https://staging.company.com
  script:
    - |
      # Deploy to staging using Helm
      helm upgrade --install $APP_NAME-staging \
        helm-chart/ \
        --namespace staging \
        --set image.tag=$CI_COMMIT_SHA \
        --set ingress.host=staging.company.com \
        --set resources.limits.memory=512Mi \
        --set replicaCount=2
    - |
      # Wait for deployment to complete
      kubectl rollout status deployment/$APP_NAME-staging \
        --namespace staging \
        --timeout=300s
  only:
    - main
    - develop

production-deployment:
  stage: deploy-production
  image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
  environment:
    name: production
    url: https://company.com
  script:
    - |
      # Blue-green deployment strategy
      helm upgrade --install $APP_NAME-production \
        helm-chart/ \
        --namespace production \
        --set image.tag=$CI_COMMIT_SHA \
        --set ingress.host=company.com \
        --set resources.limits.memory=1Gi \
        --set replicaCount=5 \
        --set strategy.type=BlueGreen
    - |
      # Health check and traffic switch
      kubectl rollout status deployment/$APP_NAME-production \
        --namespace production \
        --timeout=600s
  when: manual
  only:
    - main

Advanced CI Practices

Parallel Pipeline Execution

// Jenkins Pipeline with Parallel Stages
pipeline {
    agent any
    
    environment {
        DOCKER_REGISTRY = 'your-registry.com'
        APP_NAME = 'microservice-app'
        SONAR_HOST = 'https://sonarqube.company.com'
    }
    
    stages {
        stage('Checkout') {
            steps {
                checkout scm
                script {
                    env.GIT_COMMIT_SHORT = sh(
                        script: 'git rev-parse --short HEAD',
                        returnStdout: true
                    ).trim()
                    env.BUILD_VERSION = "${env.BUILD_NUMBER}-${env.GIT_COMMIT_SHORT}"
                }
            }
        }
        
        stage('Parallel Analysis') {
            parallel {
                stage('Code Quality') {
                    steps {
                        script {
                            // SonarQube analysis
                            def sonarScannerHome = tool 'SonarQubeScanner'
                            withSonarQubeEnv('SonarQube') {
                                sh """
                                    ${sonarScannerHome}/bin/sonar-scanner \
                                    -Dsonar.projectKey=${APP_NAME} \
                                    -Dsonar.projectVersion=${BUILD_VERSION} \
                                    -Dsonar.sources=src \
                                    -Dsonar.tests=tests \
                                    -Dsonar.typescript.lcov.reportPaths=coverage/lcov.info
                                """
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                
                stage('Security Scan') {
                    steps {
                        script {
                            // OWASP Dependency Check
                            sh 'npm audit --audit-level moderate'
                            
                            // Snyk security scanning
                            sh """
                                npx snyk test \
                                --severity-threshold=high \
                                --json > snyk-results.json || true
                            """
                            
                            // Trivy filesystem scan
                            sh """
                                trivy fs . \
                                --format json \
                                --output trivy-results.json \
                                --severity HIGH,CRITICAL
                            """
                        }
                    }
                    post {
                        always {
                            publishHTML([
                                allowMissing: false,
                                alwaysLinkToLastBuild: true,
                                keepAll: true,
                                reportDir: '.',
                                reportFiles: 'snyk-results.json',
                                reportName: 'Snyk Security Report'
                            ])
                        }
                    }
                }
                
                stage('License Compliance') {
                    steps {
                        script {
                            // License scanning
                            sh """
                                npx license-checker \
                                --json \
                                --out license-report.json \
                                --excludePackages '[email protected]'
                            """
                            
                            // FOSSA analysis for enterprise
                            sh """
                                fossa analyze \
                                --project ${APP_NAME} \
                                --revision ${GIT_COMMIT_SHORT}
                            """
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        
        stage('Testing Suite') {
            parallel {
                stage('Unit Tests') {
                    steps {
                        sh 'npm run test:unit -- --coverage --ci'
                    }
                    post {
                        always {
                            publishTestResults testResultsPattern: 'test-results/unit/junit.xml'
                            publishCoverageResults([
                                coberturaReportFile: 'coverage/cobertura-coverage.xml'
                            ])
                        }
                    }
                }
                
                stage('Integration Tests') {
                    steps {
                        script {
                            // Start test services
                            sh '''
                                docker-compose -f docker-compose.test.yml up -d
                                sleep 30  # Wait for services to be ready
                            '''
                            
                            try {
                                sh 'npm run test:integration'
                            } finally {
                                // Cleanup
                                sh 'docker-compose -f docker-compose.test.yml down'
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                
                stage('Performance Tests') {
                    steps {
                        script {
                            // JMeter performance testing
                            sh """
                                jmeter -n -t performance-tests/load-test.jmx \
                                -l performance-results.jtl \
                                -j jmeter.log \
                                -Jthreads=50 \
                                -Jrampup=60 \
                                -Jduration=300
                            """
                        }
                    }
                    post {
                        always {
                            perfReport sourceDataFiles: 'performance-results.jtl'
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        
        stage('Build & Package') {
            when {
                anyOf {
                    branch 'main'
                    branch 'develop'
                    changeRequest()
                }
            }
            steps {
                script {
                    // Multi-platform Docker build
                    sh """
                        docker buildx build \
                        --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
                        --build-arg BUILD_VERSION=${BUILD_VERSION} \
                        --build-arg GIT_COMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT_SHORT} \
                        --tag ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}/${APP_NAME}:${BUILD_VERSION} \
                        --tag ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}/${APP_NAME}:latest \
                        --push .
                    """
                    
                    // Security scan of built image
                    sh """
                        trivy image \
                        --format json \
                        --output image-scan-results.json \
                        ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}/${APP_NAME}:${BUILD_VERSION}
                    """
                }
            }
        }
        
        stage('Deploy to Staging') {
            when {
                anyOf {
                    branch 'main'
                    branch 'develop'
                }
            }
            steps {
                script {
                    // Deploy using Helm
                    sh """
                        helm upgrade --install ${APP_NAME}-staging \
                        ./helm-chart \
                        --namespace staging \
                        --set image.tag=${BUILD_VERSION} \
                        --set environment=staging \
                        --wait --timeout=5m
                    """
                    
                    // Run smoke tests
                    sh 'npm run test:smoke -- --env=staging'
                }
            }
        }
        
        stage('Production Deployment Approval') {
            when {
                branch 'main'
            }
            steps {
                script {
                    // Quality gate check
                    timeout(time: 5, unit: 'MINUTES') {
                        waitForQualityGate abortPipeline: true
                    }
                    
                    // Manual approval for production
                    input message: 'Deploy to production?', 
                          submitter: 'admin,devops-team'
                }
            }
        }
        
        stage('Production Deployment') {
            when {
                branch 'main'
            }
            steps {
                script {
                    // Blue-Green deployment
                    sh """
                        helm upgrade --install ${APP_NAME}-production \
                        ./helm-chart \
                        --namespace production \
                        --set image.tag=${BUILD_VERSION} \
                        --set environment=production \
                        --set replicaCount=5 \
                        --wait --timeout=10m
                    """
                    
                    // Verify deployment
                    sh 'npm run test:production-health'
                }
            }
        }
    }
    
    post {
        always {
            // Archive artifacts
            archiveArtifacts artifacts: '**/*.json,**/*.xml,**/*.log', 
                            allowEmptyArchive: true
            
            // Clean workspace
            cleanWs()
        }
        
        failure {
            // Send Slack notification on failure
            slackSend channel: '#devops-alerts',
                     color: 'danger',
                     message: """
                        🚨 Pipeline Failed: ${env.JOB_NAME} - ${env.BUILD_NUMBER}
                        Branch: ${env.BRANCH_NAME}
                        Commit: ${env.GIT_COMMIT_SHORT}
                        Duration: ${currentBuild.durationString}
                        
                        View logs: ${env.BUILD_URL}
                     """
        }
        
        success {
            slackSend channel: '#deployments',
                     color: 'good',
                     message: """
                        ✅ Deployment Successful: ${env.JOB_NAME} - ${env.BUILD_NUMBER}
                        Environment: Production
                        Version: ${BUILD_VERSION}
                        Duration: ${currentBuild.durationString}
                     """
        }
    }
}

Continuous Deployment (CD) Strategies

Deployment Patterns

Blue-Green Deployment Implementation

import kubernetes
import time
import requests
from typing import Dict, List
import logging

class BlueGreenDeployment:
    def __init__(self, namespace: str, app_name: str, kube_config_path: str):
        self.namespace = namespace
        self.app_name = app_name
        self.kube_client = self.setup_kubernetes_client(kube_config_path)
        self.apps_v1 = kubernetes.client.AppsV1Api()
        self.core_v1 = kubernetes.client.CoreV1Api()
        self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
        
    def setup_kubernetes_client(self, config_path: str):
        """Initialize Kubernetes client"""
        kubernetes.config.load_kube_config(config_file=config_path)
        return kubernetes.client.ApiClient()
    
    def deploy(self, new_image: str, health_check_url: str, rollback_on_failure: bool = True) -> Dict:
        """
        Execute blue-green deployment
        """
        deployment_result = {
            'status': 'started',
            'blue_version': None,
            'green_version': None,
            'traffic_switched': False,
            'rollback_performed': False
        }
        
        try:
            # Step 1: Identify current (blue) and new (green) versions
            current_deployment = self.get_current_deployment()
            
            if current_deployment:
                blue_name = current_deployment.metadata.name
                green_name = f"{self.app_name}-green" if "green" not in blue_name else f"{self.app_name}-blue"
            else:
                blue_name = f"{self.app_name}-blue"
                green_name = f"{self.app_name}-green"
            
            deployment_result['blue_version'] = blue_name
            deployment_result['green_version'] = green_name
            
            self.logger.info(f"Starting blue-green deployment: {blue_name} -> {green_name}")
            
            # Step 2: Deploy green version
            green_deployment = self.create_green_deployment(green_name, new_image)
            
            # Step 3: Wait for green deployment to be ready
            if not self.wait_for_deployment_ready(green_name, timeout=600):
                raise Exception(f"Green deployment {green_name} failed to become ready")
            
            # Step 4: Perform health checks on green version
            green_service_url = self.create_temporary_service(green_name)
            
            if not self.perform_health_checks(green_service_url + health_check_url):
                raise Exception("Green deployment failed health checks")
            
            # Step 5: Switch traffic from blue to green
            self.switch_traffic_to_green(green_name)
            deployment_result['traffic_switched'] = True
            
            # Step 6: Verify production traffic health
            if not self.verify_production_health(health_check_url):
                if rollback_on_failure:
                    self.rollback_to_blue(blue_name)
                    deployment_result['rollback_performed'] = True
                    raise Exception("Production health check failed, rolled back to blue")
                else:
                    raise Exception("Production health check failed")
            
            # Step 7: Cleanup old blue deployment
            self.cleanup_old_deployment(blue_name)
            
            deployment_result['status'] = 'completed'
            self.logger.info(f"Blue-green deployment completed successfully")
            
            return deployment_result
            
        except Exception as e:
            self.logger.error(f"Blue-green deployment failed: {str(e)}")
            deployment_result['status'] = 'failed'
            deployment_result['error'] = str(e)
            
            if rollback_on_failure and deployment_result['traffic_switched']:
                try:
                    self.rollback_to_blue(blue_name)
                    deployment_result['rollback_performed'] = True
                except Exception as rollback_error:
                    self.logger.error(f"Rollback failed: {str(rollback_error)}")
                    deployment_result['rollback_error'] = str(rollback_error)
            
            raise e
    
    def create_green_deployment(self, green_name: str, new_image: str) -> kubernetes.client.V1Deployment:
        """Create green deployment with new image"""
        
        # Get current deployment specification as template
        current_deployment = self.get_current_deployment()
        
        if current_deployment:
            green_spec = current_deployment.spec
            green_metadata = current_deployment.metadata
        else:
            # Create default deployment spec
            green_spec = self.create_default_deployment_spec()
            green_metadata = kubernetes.client.V1ObjectMeta(name=green_name)
        
        # Update metadata
        green_metadata.name = green_name
        green_metadata.labels = green_metadata.labels or {}
        green_metadata.labels['version'] = 'green'
        green_metadata.labels['deployment-strategy'] = 'blue-green'
        
        # Update container image
        green_spec.template.spec.containers[0].image = new_image
        
        # Update selector and template labels
        green_spec.selector.match_labels['version'] = 'green'
        green_spec.template.metadata.labels = green_spec.template.metadata.labels or {}
        green_spec.template.metadata.labels['version'] = 'green'
        
        # Create deployment
        green_deployment = kubernetes.client.V1Deployment(
            metadata=green_metadata,
            spec=green_spec
        )
        
        try:
            # Delete existing green deployment if it exists
            self.apps_v1.delete_namespaced_deployment(
                name=green_name,
                namespace=self.namespace
            )
            time.sleep(5)  # Wait for cleanup
        except kubernetes.client.exceptions.ApiException:
            pass  # Deployment doesn't exist, which is fine
        
        # Create new green deployment
        created_deployment = self.apps_v1.create_namespaced_deployment(
            namespace=self.namespace,
            body=green_deployment
        )
        
        self.logger.info(f"Created green deployment: {green_name}")
        return created_deployment
    
    def wait_for_deployment_ready(self, deployment_name: str, timeout: int = 600) -> bool:
        """Wait for deployment to be ready"""
        
        start_time = time.time()
        
        while time.time() - start_time < timeout:
            try:
                deployment = self.apps_v1.read_namespaced_deployment(
                    name=deployment_name,
                    namespace=self.namespace
                )
                
                # Check if deployment is ready
                if (deployment.status.ready_replicas and 
                    deployment.status.ready_replicas == deployment.spec.replicas):
                    self.logger.info(f"Deployment {deployment_name} is ready")
                    return True
                
                self.logger.info(f"Waiting for deployment {deployment_name} to be ready...")
                time.sleep(10)
                
            except kubernetes.client.exceptions.ApiException as e:
                self.logger.error(f"Error checking deployment status: {e}")
                time.sleep(10)
        
        self.logger.error(f"Deployment {deployment_name} failed to become ready within {timeout} seconds")
        return False
    
    def perform_health_checks(self, health_url: str, max_attempts: int = 10) -> bool:
        """Perform health checks on the green deployment"""
        
        for attempt in range(max_attempts):
            try:
                response = requests.get(health_url, timeout=10)
                
                if response.status_code == 200:
                    health_data = response.json()
                    
                    if health_data.get('status') == 'healthy':
                        self.logger.info(f"Health check passed on attempt {attempt + 1}")
                        return True
                    else:
                        self.logger.warning(f"Health check returned unhealthy status: {health_data}")
                
            except Exception as e:
                self.logger.warning(f"Health check attempt {attempt + 1} failed: {e}")
            
            if attempt < max_attempts - 1:
                time.sleep(30)  # Wait 30 seconds between attempts
        
        self.logger.error(f"All {max_attempts} health check attempts failed")
        return False
    
    def switch_traffic_to_green(self, green_name: str):
        """Switch service traffic to green deployment"""
        
        service_name = f"{self.app_name}-service"
        
        try:
            # Get current service
            service = self.core_v1.read_namespaced_service(
                name=service_name,
                namespace=self.namespace
            )
            
            # Update selector to point to green deployment
            service.spec.selector['version'] = 'green'
            
            # Update service
            self.core_v1.patch_namespaced_service(
                name=service_name,
                namespace=self.namespace,
                body=service
            )
            
            self.logger.info(f"Switched traffic to green deployment: {green_name}")
            
        except kubernetes.client.exceptions.ApiException as e:
            self.logger.error(f"Failed to switch traffic: {e}")
            raise e
    
    def rollback_to_blue(self, blue_name: str):
        """Rollback traffic to blue deployment"""
        
        service_name = f"{self.app_name}-service"
        
        try:
            service = self.core_v1.read_namespaced_service(
                name=service_name,
                namespace=self.namespace
            )
            
            service.spec.selector['version'] = 'blue'
            
            self.core_v1.patch_namespaced_service(
                name=service_name,
                namespace=self.namespace,
                body=service
            )
            
            self.logger.info(f"Rolled back traffic to blue deployment: {blue_name}")
            
        except kubernetes.client.exceptions.ApiException as e:
            self.logger.error(f"Failed to rollback: {e}")
            raise e

# Canary Deployment Implementation
class CanaryDeployment:
    def __init__(self, namespace: str, app_name: str):
        self.namespace = namespace
        self.app_name = app_name
        self.istio_client = self.setup_istio_client()
        self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
    
    def deploy_canary(self, new_image: str, canary_percentage: int = 10, 
                     success_threshold: float = 0.95, duration_minutes: int = 30) -> Dict:
        """
        Execute canary deployment with traffic splitting
        """
        
        deployment_result = {
            'status': 'started',
            'canary_percentage': canary_percentage,
            'success_rate': 0.0,
            'error_rate': 0.0,
            'promoted': False
        }
        
        try:
            # Step 1: Deploy canary version
            canary_name = f"{self.app_name}-canary"
            self.create_canary_deployment(canary_name, new_image)
            
            # Step 2: Configure traffic splitting
            self.configure_traffic_split(canary_percentage)
            
            # Step 3: Monitor canary metrics
            monitoring_duration = duration_minutes * 60  # Convert to seconds
            metrics = self.monitor_canary_metrics(monitoring_duration)
            
            deployment_result['success_rate'] = metrics['success_rate']
            deployment_result['error_rate'] = metrics['error_rate']
            
            # Step 4: Decide promotion or rollback
            if metrics['success_rate'] >= success_threshold and metrics['error_rate'] < 0.05:
                # Promote canary to production
                self.promote_canary()
                deployment_result['promoted'] = True
                deployment_result['status'] = 'promoted'
                self.logger.info("Canary deployment promoted to production")
            else:
                # Rollback canary
                self.rollback_canary()
                deployment_result['status'] = 'rolled_back'
                self.logger.warning(f"Canary deployment rolled back due to poor metrics")
            
            return deployment_result
            
        except Exception as e:
            self.logger.error(f"Canary deployment failed: {str(e)}")
            deployment_result['status'] = 'failed'
            deployment_result['error'] = str(e)
            
            # Attempt rollback
            try:
                self.rollback_canary()
            except Exception as rollback_error:
                self.logger.error(f"Canary rollback failed: {str(rollback_error)}")
            
            raise e
    
    def monitor_canary_metrics(self, duration_seconds: int) -> Dict:
        """Monitor canary deployment metrics"""
        
        start_time = time.time()
        success_count = 0
        error_count = 0
        total_requests = 0
        
        while time.time() - start_time < duration_seconds:
            try:
                # Query Prometheus for metrics
                canary_metrics = self.query_prometheus_metrics()
                
                success_count += canary_metrics.get('success_count', 0)
                error_count += canary_metrics.get('error_count', 0)
                total_requests += canary_metrics.get('total_requests', 0)
                
                # Log current metrics
                if total_requests > 0:
                    current_success_rate = success_count / total_requests
                    current_error_rate = error_count / total_requests
                    
                    self.logger.info(f"Canary metrics - Success: {current_success_rate:.2%}, "
                                   f"Error: {current_error_rate:.2%}, Total: {total_requests}")
                
                time.sleep(60)  # Check every minute
                
            except Exception as e:
                self.logger.warning(f"Error collecting metrics: {e}")
                time.sleep(60)
        
        # Calculate final metrics
        final_success_rate = success_count / total_requests if total_requests > 0 else 0
        final_error_rate = error_count / total_requests if total_requests > 0 else 0
        
        return {
            'success_rate': final_success_rate,
            'error_rate': final_error_rate,
            'total_requests': total_requests,
            'success_count': success_count,
            'error_count': error_count
        }

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Terraform Enterprise Infrastructure

Multi-Environment Infrastructure Management

# main.tf - Root module for enterprise infrastructure
terraform {
  required_version = ">= 1.5"
  
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "~> 5.0"
    }
    kubernetes = {
      source  = "hashicorp/kubernetes"
      version = "~> 2.20"
    }
    helm = {
      source  = "hashicorp/helm"
      version = "~> 2.10"
    }
  }
  
  backend "s3" {
    bucket         = "company-terraform-state"
    key            = "infrastructure/terraform.tfstate"
    region         = "us-west-2"
    encrypt        = true
    dynamodb_table = "terraform-state-locks"
  }
}

# Variables
variable "environment" {
  description = "Environment name (dev, staging, production)"
  type        = string
  validation {
    condition     = contains(["dev", "staging", "production"], var.environment)
    error_message = "Environment must be dev, staging, or production."
  }
}

variable "region" {
  description = "AWS region"
  type        = string
  default     = "us-west-2"
}

variable "app_name" {
  description = "Application name"
  type        = string
}

variable "team" {
  description = "Team responsible for the infrastructure"
  type        = string
}

# Local values
locals {
  common_tags = {
    Environment   = var.environment
    Application   = var.app_name
    Team          = var.team
    ManagedBy     = "Terraform"
    CostCenter    = "Engineering"
    Backup        = var.environment == "production" ? "required" : "optional"
  }
  
  # Environment-specific configurations
  env_config = {
    dev = {
      instance_types = ["t3.medium"]
      min_capacity   = 1
      max_capacity   = 3
      desired_capacity = 2
      db_instance_class = "db.t3.micro"
      backup_retention = 7
    }
    staging = {
      instance_types = ["t3.large"]
      min_capacity   = 2
      max_capacity   = 5
      desired_capacity = 3
      db_instance_class = "db.t3.small"
      backup_retention = 14
    }
    production = {
      instance_types = ["m5.large", "m5.xlarge"]
      min_capacity   = 3
      max_capacity   = 20
      desired_capacity = 5
      db_instance_class = "db.r5.large"
      backup_retention = 30
    }
  }
}

# Data sources
data "aws_availability_zones" "available" {
  state = "available"
}

data "aws_caller_identity" "current" {}

# VPC Module
module "vpc" {
  source = "./modules/vpc"
  
  name = "${var.app_name}-${var.environment}"
  cidr = "10.${var.environment == "production" ? 0 : (var.environment == "staging" ? 1 : 2)}.0.0/16"
  
  azs = data.aws_availability_zones.available.names
  
  private_subnets = [
    "10.${var.environment == "production" ? 0 : (var.environment == "staging" ? 1 : 2)}.1.0/24",
    "10.${var.environment == "production" ? 0 : (var.environment == "staging" ? 1 : 2)}.2.0/24",
    "10.${var.environment == "production" ? 0 : (var.environment == "staging" ? 1 : 2)}.3.0/24"
  ]
  
  public_subnets = [
    "10.${var.environment == "production" ? 0 : (var.environment == "staging" ? 1 : 2)}.101.0/24",
    "10.${var.environment == "production" ? 0 : (var.environment == "staging" ? 1 : 2)}.102.0/24",
    "10.${var.environment == "production" ? 0 : (var.environment == "staging" ? 1 : 2)}.103.0/24"
  ]
  
  database_subnets = [
    "10.${var.environment == "production" ? 0 : (var.environment == "staging" ? 1 : 2)}.201.0/24",
    "10.${var.environment == "production" ? 0 : (var.environment == "staging" ? 1 : 2)}.202.0/24",
    "10.${var.environment == "production" ? 0 : (var.environment == "staging" ? 1 : 2)}.203.0/24"
  ]
  
  enable_nat_gateway = true
  enable_vpn_gateway = var.environment == "production"
  enable_dns_hostnames = true
  enable_dns_support = true
  
  # Flow logs
  enable_flow_log = true
  flow_log_destination_type = "cloud-watch-logs"
  
  tags = local.common_tags
}

# EKS Module
module "eks" {
  source = "./modules/eks"
  
  cluster_name    = "${var.app_name}-${var.environment}"
  cluster_version = "1.27"
  
  vpc_id          = module.vpc.vpc_id
  subnet_ids      = module.vpc.private_subnets
  
  # Node groups
  node_groups = {
    general = {
      name           = "general"
      instance_types = local.env_config[var.environment].instance_types
      min_capacity   = local.env_config[var.environment].min_capacity
      max_capacity   = local.env_config[var.environment].max_capacity
      desired_capacity = local.env_config[var.environment].desired_capacity
      
      k8s_labels = {
        Environment = var.environment
        NodeGroup   = "general"
      }
      
      additional_tags = local.common_tags
    }
  }
  
  # Add-ons
  cluster_addons = {
    coredns = {
      resolve_conflicts = "OVERWRITE"
    }
    kube-proxy = {}
    vpc-cni = {
      resolve_conflicts = "OVERWRITE"
    }
    aws-ebs-csi-driver = {
      resolve_conflicts = "OVERWRITE"
    }
  }
  
  # RBAC
  manage_aws_auth_configmap = true
  aws_auth_roles = [
    {
      rolearn  = "arn:aws:iam::${data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id}:role/DevOpsRole"
      username = "devops"
      groups   = ["system:masters"]
    }
  ]
  
  tags = local.common_tags
}

# RDS Module
module "rds" {
  source = "./modules/rds"
  
  identifier = "${var.app_name}-${var.environment}"
  
  engine         = "postgres"
  engine_version = "14.8"
  instance_class = local.env_config[var.environment].db_instance_class
  
  allocated_storage     = var.environment == "production" ? 100 : 20
  max_allocated_storage = var.environment == "production" ? 1000 : 100
  storage_encrypted     = true
  
  db_name  = "${replace(var.app_name, "-", "_")}_${var.environment}"
  username = "app_user"
  
  vpc_security_group_ids = [module.vpc.database_security_group_id]
  db_subnet_group_name   = module.vpc.database_subnet_group
  
  backup_retention_period = local.env_config[var.environment].backup_retention
  backup_window          = "03:00-04:00"
  maintenance_window     = "sun:04:00-sun:05:00"
  
  deletion_protection = var.environment == "production"
  skip_final_snapshot = var.environment != "production"
  
  performance_insights_enabled = var.environment == "production"
  monitoring_interval         = var.environment == "production" ? 60 : 0
  
  tags = local.common_tags
}

# Redis Module
module "redis" {
  source = "./modules/redis"
  
  cluster_id = "${var.app_name}-${var.environment}"
  
  node_type          = var.environment == "production" ? "cache.r6g.large" : "cache.t3.micro"
  num_cache_nodes    = var.environment == "production" ? 3 : 1
  parameter_group    = "default.redis7"
  port               = 6379
  
  subnet_group_name  = module.vpc.elasticache_subnet_group_name
  security_group_ids = [module.vpc.elasticache_security_group_id]
  
  at_rest_encryption_enabled = true
  transit_encryption_enabled = true
  
  maintenance_window = "sun:05:00-sun:06:00"
  snapshot_window    = "03:00-05:00"
  snapshot_retention_limit = var.environment == "production" ? 7 : 3
  
  tags = local.common_tags
}

# Monitoring Module
module "monitoring" {
  source = "./modules/monitoring"
  
  cluster_name = module.eks.cluster_id
  environment  = var.environment
  app_name     = var.app_name
  
  # Prometheus configuration
  prometheus_namespace = "monitoring"
  grafana_namespace    = "monitoring"
  
  # Alert manager configuration
  alert_manager_config = {
    smtp_host = "smtp.company.com"
    smtp_port = 587
    smtp_username = "[email protected]"
    
    webhook_url = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/YOUR/SLACK/WEBHOOK"
  }
  
  # Grafana configuration
  grafana_admin_password = var.grafana_admin_password
  grafana_ingress_host   = "grafana-${var.environment}.company.com"
  
  tags = local.common_tags
}

# Output values
output "vpc_id" {
  description = "VPC ID"
  value       = module.vpc.vpc_id
}

output "eks_cluster_endpoint" {
  description = "EKS cluster endpoint"
  value       = module.eks.cluster_endpoint
  sensitive   = true
}

output "eks_cluster_name" {
  description = "EKS cluster name"
  value       = module.eks.cluster_id
}

output "rds_endpoint" {
  description = "RDS endpoint"
  value       = module.rds.db_instance_endpoint
  sensitive   = true
}

output "redis_endpoint" {
  description = "Redis endpoint"
  value       = module.redis.cache_nodes
  sensitive   = true
}

Configuration Management with Ansible

Automated Server Configuration

# playbooks/site.yml - Main playbook for server configuration
---
- name: Configure Development Environment
  hosts: development
  become: yes
  vars:
    environment: development
    app_name: microservice-app
    deploy_user: deploy
    docker_users:
      - "{{ deploy_user }}"
      - jenkins
    
  pre_tasks:
    - name: Update system packages
      package:
        name: "*"
        state: latest
      when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
    
    - name: Update apt cache
      apt:
        update_cache: yes
        cache_valid_time: 3600
      when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
  
  roles:
    - common
    - docker
    - kubernetes
    - monitoring
    - security

- name: Configure Production Environment
  hosts: production
  become: yes
  vars:
    environment: production
    app_name: microservice-app
    deploy_user: deploy
    security_hardening: true
    
  pre_tasks:
    - name: Verify production deployment authorization
      pause:
        prompt: "Are you authorized to deploy to production? (yes/no)"
      register: production_auth
      
    - name: Fail if not authorized
      fail:
        msg: "Production deployment not authorized"
      when: production_auth.user_input != "yes"
  
  roles:
    - common
    - docker
    - kubernetes
    - monitoring
    - security
    - backup
    - compliance

# roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
---
- name: Install Docker dependencies
  package:
    name:
      - apt-transport-https
      - ca-certificates
      - curl
      - gnupg
      - lsb-release
    state: present
  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"

- name: Add Docker's official GPG key
  apt_key:
    url: https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg
    state: present
  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"

- name: Add Docker repository
  apt_repository:
    repo: deb https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu {{ ansible_distribution_release }} stable
    state: present
  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"

- name: Install Docker Engine
  package:
    name:
      - docker-ce
      - docker-ce-cli
      - containerd.io
      - docker-compose-plugin
    state: present

- name: Start and enable Docker service
  systemd:
    name: docker
    state: started
    enabled: yes

- name: Add users to docker group
  user:
    name: "{{ item }}"
    groups: docker
    append: yes
  loop: "{{ docker_users }}"

- name: Configure Docker daemon
  copy:
    content: |
      {
        "log-driver": "json-file",
        "log-opts": {
          "max-size": "10m",
          "max-file": "3"
        },
        "storage-driver": "overlay2",
        "live-restore": true,
        "userland-proxy": false,
        "experimental": false,
        "metrics-addr": "127.0.0.1:9323",
        "insecure-registries": []
      }
    dest: /etc/docker/daemon.json
    owner: root
    group: root
    mode: '0644'
  notify: restart docker

- name: Install Docker Compose
  pip:
    name: docker-compose
    state: present

- name: Verify Docker installation
  command: docker --version
  register: docker_version
  
- name: Display Docker version
  debug:
    msg: "Docker installed: {{ docker_version.stdout }}"

# roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
---
- name: Add Kubernetes APT repository key
  apt_key:
    url: https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg
    state: present
  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"

- name: Add Kubernetes APT repository
  apt_repository:
    repo: deb https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main
    state: present
  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"

- name: Install Kubernetes tools
  package:
    name:
      - kubectl
      - kubeadm
      - kubelet
    state: present
  
- name: Hold Kubernetes packages
  dpkg_selections:
    name: "{{ item }}"
    selection: hold
  loop:
    - kubectl
    - kubeadm
    - kubelet
  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"

- name: Install Helm
  get_url:
    url: https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.12.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
    dest: /tmp/helm.tar.gz

- name: Extract Helm
  unarchive:
    src: /tmp/helm.tar.gz
    dest: /tmp
    remote_src: yes

- name: Install Helm binary
  copy:
    src: /tmp/linux-amd64/helm
    dest: /usr/local/bin/helm
    mode: '0755'
    remote_src: yes

- name: Create kubeconfig directory
  file:
    path: /home/{{ deploy_user }}/.kube
    state: directory
    owner: "{{ deploy_user }}"
    group: "{{ deploy_user }}"
    mode: '0755'

- name: Install kubectl bash completion
  shell: kubectl completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/kubectl

# roles/monitoring/tasks/main.yml
---
- name: Create monitoring user
  user:
    name: monitoring
    system: yes
    shell: /bin/false
    home: /var/lib/monitoring
    createhome: yes

- name: Install Node Exporter
  get_url:
    url: https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/v1.6.0/node_exporter-1.6.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
    dest: /tmp/node_exporter.tar.gz

- name: Extract Node Exporter
  unarchive:
    src: /tmp/node_exporter.tar.gz
    dest: /tmp
    remote_src: yes

- name: Install Node Exporter binary
  copy:
    src: /tmp/node_exporter-1.6.0.linux-amd64/node_exporter
    dest: /usr/local/bin/node_exporter
    mode: '0755'
    owner: monitoring
    group: monitoring
    remote_src: yes

- name: Create Node Exporter systemd service
  copy:
    content: |
      [Unit]
      Description=Node Exporter
      After=network.target

      [Service]
      User=monitoring
      Group=monitoring
      Type=simple
      ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node_exporter \
        --web.listen-address=:9100 \
        --collector.systemd \
        --collector.processes
      Restart=always

      [Install]
      WantedBy=multi-user.target
    dest: /etc/systemd/system/node_exporter.service

- name: Start and enable Node Exporter
  systemd:
    name: node_exporter
    state: started
    enabled: yes
    daemon_reload: yes

- name: Install Filebeat for log shipping
  get_url:
    url: https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-8.8.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
    dest: /tmp/filebeat.tar.gz

- name: Extract Filebeat
  unarchive:
    src: /tmp/filebeat.tar.gz
    dest: /opt
    remote_src: yes

- name: Create Filebeat symlink
  file:
    src: /opt/filebeat-8.8.0-linux-x86_64
    dest: /opt/filebeat
    state: link

- name: Configure Filebeat
  template:
    src: filebeat.yml.j2
    dest: /opt/filebeat/filebeat.yml
    owner: root
    group: root
    mode: '0600'
  notify: restart filebeat

- name: Create Filebeat systemd service
  copy:
    content: |
      [Unit]
      Description=Filebeat
      After=network.target

      [Service]
      Type=simple
      User=root
      Group=root
      ExecStart=/opt/filebeat/filebeat -c /opt/filebeat/filebeat.yml
      Restart=always

      [Install]
      WantedBy=multi-user.target
    dest: /etc/systemd/system/filebeat.service

- name: Start and enable Filebeat
  systemd:
    name: filebeat
    state: started
    enabled: yes
    daemon_reload: yes

# handlers/main.yml
---
- name: restart docker
  systemd:
    name: docker
    state: restarted

- name: restart filebeat
  systemd:
    name: filebeat
    state: restarted

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