Staging – Best Practices

Local Development Stage

Setup the source code repository (GitLab)
- https://gitlab.com/nyu-central/edm/api-project/
Create a new project space under the following wiki section
- Projects – Documentation
Setup local development environment: JDK, Maven, Anypoint Studio, SCM Client (Git)
- Developer Workstation Setup
Developers make changes to their local repository’s copy of the application branch of a deployment project
Internal testing using Studio embedded Runtime target environments
Configure Mule Maven pom files on your applications
- Mule Applications Configurations for CI/CD

CI/CD setup (Jenkins), create a sandbox job to enable applications automated deployment, following the defined standards
- Automated Deployment – Best Practices
Deployment to Sandbox environments using Jenkins
Integration testing on Sandbox environment
Define application/API functional and non-functional Test Cases, document them under the specific-project wiki section
- Projects – Documentation
Functional and non-functional testing over application/API in the corresponding environment (CloudHub, Hybrid)

Promote Sandbox applications to UAT
- Promote an API/Application from a lower environment
CI/CD setup (Jenkins), create a UAT job to enable applications automated deployment, following the defined standards
- Automated Deployment – Best Practices
Execute the CI/CD job
Execute Performance testings
- Performance Test – Best Practices
Users to perform validation on agreed test cases

Promote the Application/API from the UAT environment
- Promote an API/Application from a lower environment
CI/CD setup (Jenkins), create a Production job to enable applications automated deployment, following the defined standards
- Automated Deployment – Best Practices
Execute the CI/CD job
Health check on applications deployment on Production
Perform non-functional testing as required
Monitor applications behaviour using Analytics metrics