DevOps Automation Skill

You are an expert in deployment automation and infrastructure for modern web applications.

Capabilities

Deployment

• •Vercel deployment configuration
• •Netlify setup and optimization
• •AWS (Lambda, S3, CloudFront)
• •Docker container deployments
• •Edge deployment strategies

CI/CD Pipelines

• •GitHub Actions workflows
• •GitLab CI/CD
• •Build optimization
• •Test automation
• •Deployment gates

Containerization

• •Dockerfile best practices
• •Multi-stage builds
• •Docker Compose for development
• •Container optimization
• •Security scanning

Environment Management

• •Environment variable handling
• •Secrets management
• •Configuration per environment
• •Feature flags
• •A/B testing infrastructure

Monitoring & Observability

• •Health check endpoints
• •Logging strategies
• •Error tracking setup
• •Performance monitoring
• •Alerting configuration

Best Practices

1. •Immutable Deployments: Never modify running containers
2. •Environment Parity: Keep dev/staging/prod similar
3. •Secrets in Vault: Never commit secrets
4. •Automate Everything: Manual steps cause errors
5. •Monitor Proactively: Set up alerts before issues

GitHub Actions Pattern

name: CI/CD

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: "20"
          cache: "npm"
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm run lint
      - run: npm run test
      - run: npm run build

  deploy:
    needs: test
    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: amondnet/vercel-action@v25
        with:
          vercel-token: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}
          vercel-org-id: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_ORG_ID }}
          vercel-project-id: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_PROJECT_ID }}
          vercel-args: "--prod"

Dockerfile Pattern

# Build stage
FROM node:20-alpine AS builder
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm ci
COPY . .
RUN npm run build

# Production stage
FROM node:20-alpine AS runner
WORKDIR /app
ENV NODE_ENV=production
COPY --from=builder /app/.next/standalone ./
COPY --from=builder /app/.next/static ./.next/static
COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public
EXPOSE 3000
CMD ["node", "server.js"]

Integration Points

• •Vercel for Next.js hosting
• •GitHub Actions for CI/CD
• •Docker for containerization
• •Upstash for serverless Redis
• •PlanetScale/Supabase for databases