Automated Multi-Environment Deployment Using Docker and Ansible

Design a containerized application deployment system supporting development, staging, and production environments. Use Docker for containerization and Ansible as Infrastructure as Code for automated configuration management, ensuring consistent and repeatable deployments across environments.

Study configuration management concepts.

Develop sample web application.

Create Docker containers for application and database.

Configure environment variables for multi-environment setup.

Install and configure Ansible control node.

Write Ansible playbooks for server provisioning.

Automate Docker installation and container deployment via Ansible.

Implement environment-specific configurations.

Set up inventory files for multiple environments.

Perform automated application updates using playbooks.

Integrate Ansible with CI/CD tool (GitHub Actions).

Test deployment rollback strategies.

Validate consistency across environments.

Perform system performance testing.

Prepare deployment documentation and architecture diagrams.