Deployment and Updates
Once all the required work in the release schedule is completed, the changes are then compiled into a deployment package.
What It Involves
Once testing has been completed for the release, the person responsible for the deployment will follow a series of steps outlined in deployment document. The typical steps for deployment involve:
- Building the deployment package
This is the
process of gathering all the required files that the program uses
to run. These files are then packaged into a single file
- Any required database changes are gathered together
- These changes will applied to our testing database for the next step
- Testing the deployment package
- The deployment package is then tested on supported operating systems, so as to insure that the program is installed correctly
Once the deployment package is verified as working, any database changes will be made to the live database and the update will be rolled out.
What Is Produced
- A full client installation file for new user installations
- An update file for existing users
- Database scripts for making changes to the database
Why It Is Done
Without the creation and testing of
the deployment package, it would be very hard to keep existing
users up to date, or allow new users to use the software.
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