How Deployments to Physical Branches Would Look Without Automation
Continuous integration and continuous delivery’s recommendation of deployment automation is hugely important for large organizations with complex software. That’s especially true for multi-tenancy software delivered with tenanted deployments.
But what if we didn’t have deployment automation? How would tenanted deployments even work?
In this article, we ask what tenanted deployments to physical branches look like using manual processes.
A Common Tenanted Deployment Scenario for Physical Locations
You work for a large financial institution in the United Kingdom that has over 200 branches all over the country. Each branch has its own server and several computers that tellers use to help customers.
You must regularly deploy updates to local servers at all branches for the company’s bespoke finance software.