The project included preparing and maintaining a production environment for a Magento-based e-commerce platform supporting several online stores.
A key element was to design an infrastructure enabling stable system operation and to implement an automated implementation process that minimizes the risk of downtime during the publication of developer changes.
The solution is based on the Docker container environment and an automated CI/CD pipeline, which enables quick and secure deployment of new application versions.
The Goal of DevOps
The main goal of DevOps activities was to launch a stable production environment for the Magento application and implement an automated deployment process.
The solution was to ensure:
The biggest challenge was implementing the blue-green deployment strategy in the Docker environment for a platform supporting multiple online stores. In the standard system update process, downtime could reach up to about 40 minutes. By implementing the blue-green deployment strategy, it was possible to eliminate long downtimes and ensure smooth traffic switching between application versions.
CI/CD and the implementation process
The CI/CD process was automated using Jenkins.
Pipeline includes:
To reduce downtime, a blue-green deployment strategy was used.
The new version of the application is launched in parallel with the currently running system instance, and the traffic is switched only after the new environment has been fully verified.
This approach allows to:
Infrastructure and system architecture
The project uses a dedicated server located in a Polish data center, which was already part of the client’s infrastructure.
This approach made it possible to:
The environment is based on Docker containers managed using Docker Compose.
The system consists of several key components running in a containerized environment:
Each component runs as a separate container, and communication between them takes place within the internal Docker network.
External access to the system is provided through a reverse proxy layer based on Nginx, which is responsible for handling user traffic and redirecting requests to the appropriate application services.
Monitoring, security and maintenance
The efficiency and security of the environment are ensured through continuous system monitoring and ongoing analysis of infrastructure parameters.
The Netdata tool was used for monitoring, which allows tracking the performance of servers and applications in real time. If problems are detected, the system automatically sends email notifications.
The following are also performed regularly:
Backups are synchronized with a server in another data center, allowing for quick system recovery in the event of a failure.
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