Infrastructure options for Sounds Web Next. The Single-Page Application iteration for BBC Sounds. Presented on 1st December 2020 at the BBC to architects and leads. This presentation doesn't represent the current infrastructure but options being considered.

1. 1ST DECEMBER 2020
Sounds Web Next
Simone Spaccarotella

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Requirements
• Fully managed backend
• Canary releases
• CI/CD integration
• Ephemeral dev environments
• Firewall protection on all environments
• Fallback mechanism to divert traffic when under heavy load
• CloudFormation-centric infrastructure
SOUNDS WEB NEXT
BBC Sounds

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Fully managed backend
• Lambda-based architecture?
• Container-based architecture?

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Canary releases
Build artifact INT
TEST
• Automated testing
• Manual testing
LIVE
Manual trigger

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Canary releases
Build artifact INT
TEST
• Automated testing only
LIVE
• 1% traffic new release
• 99% traffic old release
• Continuous releases?
• Blocker bugs?
• Rollbacks?

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Ephemeral dev environments
https://sounds-web.<BRANCH_NAME>.bbc.co.uk/sounds

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Firewall protection on all environments
All - with
exceptions
No - with
exceptions
Development
Production

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Fallback mechanism
Sounds
Infrastructur
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Fallback

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Fallback mechanism
Sounds
Infrastructur
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Fallback

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BBC Sounds
SOUNDS WEB NEXT