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WeAreDevelopers LIVE β€’ May 12, 2021

Database DevOps with Containers

Rob Richardson

Stop treating your database like application code. Discover how to use Docker containers to securely distribute sanitized, production-like data into dev environments for risk-free daily deployments.

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#1 about 2 min

Defining the goals of database DevOps

Automating processes ensures consistency, reduces operational costs, and minimizes the risk of human error during deployments.

#2 about 3 min

Building an application DevOps pipeline with user feedback

Starting from user suggestions and ending with user feedback creates a continuous loop where source control serves as the ultimate system of record.

#3 about 3 min

Treating production data as the master database copy

Unlike application code where source control is authoritative, production data is the true source of truth for safe database architectures.

#4 about 6 min

Adapting production databases for safe non-production use

Anonymizing sensitive user details, removing production secrets, and safely shrinking data bulk protects privacy while maintaining realistic testing scenarios.

#5 about 6 min

Automating database pipelines using container virtualization

Leveraging containers rather than full virtual machines provides a lightweight, automated method to manage environment dependencies by virtualizing the operating system kernel.

#6 about 4 min

Defining infrastructure consistently using Docker configuration files

Transforming simple configuration text files into portable image binaries allows teams to spin up complete application environments uniformly.

#7 about 4 min

Managing ephemeral system layers in Docker containers

Docker constructs executable images using stacked read-only layers and provisions an ephemeral read-write layer during execution to cleanly isolate runtime modifications.

#8 about 4 min

Provisioning ephemeral SQL Server environments using Docker

Containerized databases provide a fast and disposable mechanism for teams to execute workloads without the overhead of manual server installations.

#9 about 6 min

Building sanitized multi-stage Docker database images

Automating the restore, sanitization, and packaging process via multi-stage builds prevents intermediate production secrets from leaking into the final developer image.

#10 about 5 min

Validating sanitized container databases in local development

Connecting locally to a freshly built database container empowers engineers to safely query realistic data and instantly reset their environment.

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