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title: "Production Deployment: Production Checklist"
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# Production Deployment: Production Checklist

**Part of**: [Production Deployment Guide](https://www.heliosdb.com/docs/full/deployment/production_deployment_guide/)

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## 11.1 Pre-Deployment Checklist

**Infrastructure**:
- [ ] VPC/Network configured with appropriate CIDR blocks
- [ ] Subnets created across multiple availability zones (minimum 3)
- [ ] Security groups configured with least privilege access
- [ ] NAT Gateway/Internet Gateway configured
- [ ] VPN/Direct Connect established (if hybrid deployment)
- [ ] DNS zones created and configured
- [ ] Load balancers provisioned and tested
- [ ] SSL/TLS certificates obtained and installed
- [ ] KMS keys created for encryption
- [ ] S3 buckets created for backups

**Kubernetes Cluster**:
- [ ] Cluster created with appropriate version (1.28+)
- [ ] Node groups configured with correct instance types
- [ ] Auto-scaling configured (HPA, VPA, Cluster Autoscaler)
- [ ] Storage classes defined
- [ ] CSI drivers installed
- [ ] Monitoring stack deployed (Prometheus, Grafana)
- [ ] Logging stack deployed (ELK, Fluentd)
- [ ] Network policies configured
- [ ] Pod security policies/standards enforced
- [ ] RBAC roles and bindings created

**HeliosDB Configuration**:
- [ ] Configuration files reviewed and validated
- [ ] Secrets created and encrypted
- [ ] Resource limits defined appropriately
- [ ] Replication factor set (minimum 3)
- [ ] Backup schedule configured
- [ ] Monitoring and alerting rules configured
- [ ] TLS certificates configured
- [ ] Authentication methods configured
- [ ] Authorization policies defined
- [ ] Performance tuning parameters set

## 11.2 Post-Deployment Checklist

**Validation**:
- [ ] All pods running and healthy
- [ ] Service endpoints accessible
- [ ] Health checks passing
- [ ] Database connectivity verified
- [ ] Replication working correctly
- [ ] Backups completing successfully
- [ ] Monitoring dashboards showing data
- [ ] Alerts firing appropriately (test)
- [ ] Logs being collected and stored
- [ ] Performance benchmarks run

**Security**:
- [ ] TLS encryption verified
- [ ] Authentication working
- [ ] Authorization policies effective
- [ ] Network policies enforced
- [ ] Secrets properly encrypted
- [ ] Audit logging enabled
- [ ] Vulnerability scan completed
- [ ] Penetration testing scheduled

**Documentation**:
- [ ] Runbook created and reviewed
- [ ] Architecture diagrams updated
- [ ] Configuration documented
- [ ] Backup/restore procedures documented
- [ ] Incident response plan created
- [ ] On-call rotation established
- [ ] Training completed for operations team

## 11.3 Go-Live Checklist

**Pre-Go-Live** (1 week before):
- [ ] Load testing completed successfully
- [ ] Disaster recovery tested
- [ ] Backup and restore tested
- [ ] Monitoring and alerting validated
- [ ] On-call team trained and ready
- [ ] Rollback plan documented and tested
- [ ] Communication plan established
- [ ] Stakeholders notified

**Go-Live Day**:
- [ ] War room established
- [ ] Monitoring dashboards open
- [ ] On-call team available
- [ ] Database migration completed (if applicable)
- [ ] Application cutover executed
- [ ] Traffic gradually ramped up
- [ ] Metrics monitored continuously
- [ ] Issues logged and tracked

**Post-Go-Live** (24 hours):
- [ ] System stability verified
- [ ] Performance metrics reviewed
- [ ] Error rates within acceptable limits
- [ ] User feedback collected
- [ ] Issues resolved or escalated
- [ ] Post-mortem scheduled (if needed)
- [ ] Documentation updated

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