Tag: GitLab

1. Symlink Switch Deployment for Magento Step by Step

   Feb 26, 2025

   The atomic symlink switch is the technical core of zero downtime deployments for Magento. Instead of overwriting files directly, which creates inconsistency, the new release is fully prepared and then activated as current in a single kernel system call. Rollback is therefore not an emergency plan but a millisecond operation.

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2. Automating Cache Warmup for Priority Pages After a Release

   Feb 21, 2025

   After a deployment, the full page cache is empty. The first real visitors experience load times that have nothing to do with actual shop performance. An automated warmup job in GitLab CI fills the cache with the most important pages before the first human ever opens the homepage.

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3. Release Tags, Versioning and a Traceable Deployment History

   Feb 18, 2025

   Teams that never tag their deployments and never maintain version numbers lose track of what ran on which server and when. Release tags make every Magento deployment unique, traceable and instantly rollback capable in an emergency.

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4. Designing Pipeline Stages That Make Sense: Build, Test, Package, Deploy, Verify, Rollback

   Feb 16, 2025

   A GitLab pipeline made up of a single long script block is not a CI/CD process, it is automated chaos. Only once Build, Test, Package, Deploy, Verify and Rollback are modeled as distinct stages does a pipeline become traceable, rollback capable and workable for a whole team.

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5. Preparing a Rollback Script for Magento Releases in GitLab

   Feb 6, 2025

   A rollback that only gets written once things break is not a rollback at all. If the rollback script is not finished before the first deployment, it will be tested for the first time under pressure and stress, exactly when everything needs to happen fast.

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6. GitLab Environments, Manual Jobs and Approvals for Staging and Production

   Feb 4, 2025

   A deployment to staging can happen automatically, a deployment to production needs a deliberate approval. GitLab Environments, when: manual and deployment approvals implement exactly this approval model, complete with a visible deployment history and variable scoping based environment isolation.

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7. GitLab Runner Types: Shell, Docker, Kubernetes, and What Fits Magento

   Jan 16, 2025

   The GitLab Runner is the engine of every pipeline: it executes the jobs defined in .gitlab-ci.yml. Which runner type fits Magento builds and deployments depends on isolation, performance, security requirements, and available infrastructure.

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8. The Definitive Magento Zero Downtime Guide with GitLab: From Your First Runner to a Safe Rollback

   Jan 10, 2025

   This guide covers the complete path: setting up a GitLab Runner, building the pipeline step by step, creating the release structure on the server, implementing atomic symlink switching, configuring verify jobs and reliably rolling back in seconds. Zero downtime is the result of these concrete decisions.

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9. Preparing a GitLab Project for Magento: Repository, Default Branch, Branch Protection, Tags

   Jan 8, 2025

   Before the first line of .gitlab-ci.yml is written, the repository, default branch, branch protection and protected tags need to be configured correctly. These settings form the organizational framework that keeps technically sound pipelines from being undermined by poor governance.

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10. Monitoring and Alerts After Deployments: Connecting GitLab, Slack and Email

    Jan 2, 2025

    A deployment without monitoring is a hope, not a statement. This article shows how Magento teams integrate automatic notifications, health checks and alert channels into GitLab CI/CD, so the team stays informed on success and gets alerted immediately on failure.

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