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Going to production: the launch checklist

Everything to check before you flip the switch and let the hens roam.

Intermediate15 min read
Before you beginYou need the cluck CLI, a Pollosoft account, and a coop to work in. No prior experience required. Curiosity and a mild fondness for chickens are helpful.

Overview

Everything to check before you flip the switch and let the hens roam. The whole thing takes about 15 minutes, and the commands below are the ones you will use along the way.

$ cluck doctor --production
$ cluck candle run --all
$ cluck deploy --env production

Steps

  1. Capacity. Load-test at twice your expected peak. If the coop holds, so will your reputation.
  2. Security. Confirm firewall rules, rotated secrets, and SSO enforcement. Run cluck fox scan one more time.
  3. Operations. Make sure alerts route to a real person, runbooks exist, and rollback has been tested this week.
  4. Communication. Tell support, tell sales, and tell the rooster. Then deploy at a quiet hour and watch the dashboards, with snacks.

Commands used

Keep going

Stuck? Check the error codes, the FAQ, or the glossary.