k8s-game-2048/AUTOMATED_PIPELINE.md

🚀 Fully Automated Deployment Pipeline

🎯 Complete Auto-Promotion Flow

Your deployment pipeline is now 100% automated with no manual approval gates!

📋 Workflow Overview

graph TD
    A[Feature Branch] --> B[Create PR to develop]
    B --> C[Merge to develop]
    C --> D[🚀 Auto Deploy to DEV]
    D --> E{DEV Tests Pass?}
    E -->|✅ Yes| F[🔄 Auto-merge develop → staging]
    E -->|❌ No| G[❌ Stop Pipeline]
    F --> H[🚀 Auto Deploy to STAGING]
    H --> I{STAGING Tests Pass?}
    I -->|✅ Yes| J[🔄 Auto-merge staging → main]
    I -->|❌ No| K[❌ Stop Pipeline]
    J --> L[🚀 Auto Deploy to PRODUCTION]
    L --> M[✅ Live in Production!]

🎪 Your Development Workflow

1. Create Feature Branch:

   git checkout develop
   git pull origin develop
   git checkout -b feature/awesome-new-feature
   # Make your changes
   git add .
   git commit -m "feat: awesome new feature"
   git push origin feature/awesome-new-feature
   

2. Create PR and Merge to develop

   • GitHub PR from feature/awesome-new-feature → develop
   • Review and merge

3. Sit Back and Watch the Magic! ✨

   develop → DEV environment (automatic)
   ↓ (if tests pass)
   develop → staging branch (automatic)
   ↓
   staging → STAGING environment (automatic)
   ↓ (if tests pass)  
   staging → main branch (automatic) ← NO APPROVAL NEEDED!
   ↓
   main → PRODUCTION environment (automatic)
   

🌐 Environment URLs

After deployment, your game will be available at:

• DEV: https://game-2048-dev.game-2048-dev.dev.wa.darknex.us
• STAGING: https://game-2048-staging.game-2048-staging.staging.wa.darknex.us
• PRODUCTION: https://game-2048-prod.game-2048-prod.wa.darknex.us

🔍 Pipeline Monitoring

Monitor your deployments in:

1. GitHub Actions tab - see all workflows
2. Webhook Handler Logs:

   kubectl logs -n webhook-system -l app=webhook-handler -f
   

3. Knative Service Status:

   # Dev
   kubectl get ksvc -n game-2048-dev
   
   # Staging  
   kubectl get ksvc -n game-2048-staging
   
   # Production
   kubectl get ksvc -n game-2048-prod
   

⚡ Quick Test

Want to test the pipeline? Make a small change:

git checkout develop
# Edit any file in src/
git add .
git commit -m "test: trigger full pipeline"
git push origin develop

Then watch as your change automatically flows through DEV → STAGING → PRODUCTION! 🎉

🛡️ Safety Features

Even though it's fully automated, you still have safety checks:

• Comprehensive testing at each stage
• Health checks before promotion
• SSL certificate validation
• Content validation
• Performance testing
• Automatic rollback if any stage fails

🎮 Ready to Ship!

Your pipeline is now ready for:

• ✅ Continuous deployment
• ✅ Feature flags via environment badges
• ✅ Multi-environment testing
• ✅ Zero-downtime deployments
• ✅ Automatic scaling
• ✅ Full observability

Happy coding! 🚀