SmokeTests - try to burn down your production environment AND Dockerizing CI

Hi folks, Let's have the first DevOps Meetup in 2017

this time we have 2 talks:

"SmokeTests - Why you should try to burn down your productions environment" by Sebastian Thoß, Chapter Lead Backend at kartenmacherei

"Today it's crystal clear why we need unit tests. Even integration and acceptance tests are quite common but who is making sure that your pages are working in production environment? I'd like to show in detail how smoke tests will help achieving this goal and why you should try to burn down your production server."

This is a hands-on talk about how we use excessive smoke tests in our continuous deployment to make sure a freshly rolled-out release can actually go live.

"Dockerizing CI Pipelines" by Paul Dragoonis

This talk is intermediate level and should have a bit of something for everyone whether you’re building a standard pipeline (non-docker) or already have a pipeline and looking to see how docker will make it even stronger. I will demonstrate how building pipelines with Docker differs from traditional pipelines, what steps are involved in migrating from traditional pipelines to docker ones. I will share my experiences, tips & tricks, lessons learned on my journey into docker land."

Entry is from 18:30, the talks will start at 19:00