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Operational Workflows

Operational Workflows

Operational workflows cover the day-to-day procedures for running and maintaining the Blueberry IDP in production.

Categories

Deployment

Workflows for deploying applications and managing rollouts.

Deploy New Version - Roll out application updates
Rollback Procedures - Revert to previous versions
Emergency Patches - Fast-track critical fixes

Monitoring

Workflows for observability and system health.

Health Check Monitoring - Continuous environment validation
Metrics Collection - Gather performance and usage data
Alert Management - Configure and respond to alerts
Log Aggregation - Centralize and analyze logs
Performance Tracking - Monitor response times and resource usage

Maintenance

Routine maintenance and housekeeping workflows.

Environment Cleanup - Remove expired environments
Resource Optimization - Right-size deployments
Database Maintenance - Backup and optimization
Certificate Renewal - Update SSL certificates
Dependency Updates - Keep packages current

Incident Response

Workflows for handling service disruptions and failures.

Environment Failures - Diagnose and fix broken environments
Service Outages - Restore platform availability
Performance Degradation - Address slow response times
Security Incidents - Respond to security events
Post-Mortem Process - Learn from incidents

Operational Principles

Automation First

Automate repetitive tasks
Use scheduled jobs for maintenance
Implement self-healing where possible
Minimize manual intervention

Observability

Monitor all critical paths
Set up proactive alerts
Maintain comprehensive logs
Track key performance indicators

Reliability

Design for failure
Implement circuit breakers
Use health checks extensively
Maintain runbooks for common issues

Tools and Systems

Monitoring Stack

Prometheus - Metrics collection
Grafana - Visualization
Google Cloud Monitoring - Cloud-native monitoring
PagerDuty - Incident management

Automation Tools

ArgoCD - GitOps deployments
Kubernetes CronJobs - Scheduled tasks
Cloud Functions - Event-driven automation
GitHub Actions - CI/CD pipelines

Document ID: workflows/operations/README