• No consistency between servers • Lack of confidence in your systems • Hard to spin up another instance in the same state @_dcsg https://martinfowler.com/bliki/SnowflakeServer.html
• No changes after it’s built. • Include scripts to start the application at boot. • Easy to scale out, deploy and rollback. • Trustable and testable. • Easy to adopt A/B testing, Canary releases or Blue/Green deployments. @_dcsg #PixelsCamp
tools (vim, htop, etc) etc Application Base Image Install necessary software to run the App Create user/folders Application Final Image Upload App Script to run App at boot System upgrades & Security updates Application security, package, configuration updates
• Phoenix Servers • Avoids Config Drifts using CM Automation Tools • Can be built from scratch • Immutable Servers • Final image with everything baked in • After built cannot be modified • Can only be replaced with an updated instance Recap