Deployments

Deployments are done at the end of every sprint. They are typically performed during off-peak hours (9pm EST or after). Please follow the steps listed below for deployment:

• Do prep work

  • Make backup of the production site within wpengine

  • Make sure you're on the release branch within git

    • git checkout <branch name>

  • Look in source tree to see what needs to be included

  • Open up deployment Jira task (lists all tickets that are included in the deployment)

  • Update WP core on prod, staging, and dev

    • Do this only when there is a WP core update (typically won’t do this every time)

• Deployment

  • Must merge all branches into release branch

    • Git merge <name of branch>

  • Checkout master branch

    • git checkout master

  • Merge release branch into the master branch

    • Git merge release branch into master

  • Push from dev > staging > production

    • Git push <dev environment remote name> master

      • Check dev environment (dashboard and site)

      • If dev environment exists

    • Git push <staging environment remote name> master

      • Check staging environment (more thoroughly than dev)

        • Be sure to test on other browsers

        • Check dashboard

    • Git push <production environment remote name> master

      • Check production environment very thoroughly

        • Be sure to test on other browsers

        • Check dashboard

    • git push origin master

      • Pushes code to github

      • Only do this if origin is set up for github

    • If something is major broken:

      • Log into wpengine

      • Restore to last backup

  • Comment on deployment jira ticket that it's completed

    • Cc Kristin and Bryan

• Additional Notes

  • Core files are not part of the git repo (in the git ignore and not part of version control)

    • But will need to do a core file update on your local environment