Automated Build and Deployment
The specific work of turning your build and release steps — compiling, packaging, copying files, restarting services — into one automated action, so a deploy is not a checklist someone works through by hand.
What Gets Automated
This is the mechanical part of shipping a change: producing a build, moving it to the right servers, and bringing the new version up without leaving the application half-updated. It sits underneath a CI/CD pipeline as the actual deploy step the pipeline calls.
From Manual Steps to One Action
Build and Packaging
Compiling code and assets into a single, versioned package instead of copying loose files by hand.
Versioned Artifacts
Every build is numbered and stored, so you can always say which exact version is running where.
Automated Transfer to Servers
The package reaches the right servers through the pipeline, not an SSH session and a folder of scripts.
Service Restart and Health Check
Services restart in the correct order, and the deploy only completes once the application answers a health check.
Deployment Strategies We Use
Rolling Deploys
Servers are updated a few at a time, so the application keeps serving traffic through the release.
Blue-Green Deploys
A full second copy is brought up and switched over only once it passes checks, giving an instant way back if it does not.
Canary-Style Limited Rollout
A new version is sent to a small slice of traffic first, before it goes to everyone.
Simple Restart Deploys
For lower-traffic applications, a short, planned restart is often the cheapest option and is used when it genuinely fits.
Signs Your Current Deploy Needs This
- A deploy is a list of commands someone runs from memory or a text file.
- Every release needs an announced downtime window, however small.
- Nobody can say with confidence which version is live right now.
- A failed deploy sometimes leaves the application in a half-updated state that needs manual repair.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from a CI/CD pipeline?
The pipeline decides when and under what conditions a release happens. This is the deploy step itself — how a build actually reaches your servers and comes up cleanly — which the pipeline calls as one of its stages.
Will our application need downtime for this work?
The setup itself is built and proved on staging first. Whether the resulting deploys are downtime-free afterwards depends on your application's architecture, which we assess before recommending a strategy.
What drives the cost of automating build and deployment?
How many servers or services are involved, whether the application can support a rolling or blue-green deploy as it stands, and how much of the current process is scripted versus fully manual.
What drives how long this takes to set up?
Mostly how much rework the application needs to support a zero-downtime strategy, since some applications hold state in a way that has to be addressed first.
Does this replace our hosting or require us to move servers?
No. We automate the deploy to the servers you already have, and only raise a hosting change if your current setup genuinely cannot support the deployment method you need.
Who owns the deployment scripts afterwards?
You do. Everything is committed to your repository, and your team can run, read or modify it without depending on us.
What do we need to hand over to get started?
Server access, the current deploy steps written down as best you can, and a decision on which of your applications must stay available during a release.
Tell us what you need.
Send a short brief and one of our engineers will come back to you — usually the same day.
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