Sprint: Infrastructure (10 infra issues) #531
Description
Infrastructure Sprint - Future Work
This issue groups infrastructure-related issues for a dedicated ops sprint.
Infrastructure Issues
Azure/Cloud
- Upgrade to Node.js 24 by April 2026 #285: Upgrade to Node.js 24 by April 2026
- Move to the Defender for Storage per-storage-account pricing plan by 5 February 2025 #277: Defender for Storage pricing plan
- Implement disaster recovery strategies for our Azure App Service web apps by 31 March 2025 #280: Disaster recovery strategies
- Stop Azure resources when not using them #127: Stop unused Azure resources
- Production deployment: Figure out how to dynamically update our app's environment vars #166: Dynamic environment vars
Database
- Automate and document database migration process #227: Automate database migrations
- Do offline backups of PostgreSQL DB and increase retention period #228: PostgreSQL backups + retention
- Remove
DEFAULT ''from digital safe sql table once everyone is running this version #120: Remove DEFAULT '' from SQL
CI/CD
- Set up Continuous Integration #224: Set up Continuous Integration
- Specify dependency updating policy #111: Dependency updating policy
Bugs
- Don't keep unused containers in Blob Storage #271: Unused containers in Blob Storage
- Using the URL shortening service leads to wrong domain #276: URL shortening domain issue
Monitoring
- Consider using app monitoring software to be notified of exceptions thrown #181: App monitoring software (Sentry etc.)
Process
- Schedule infrastructure day
- Group related tasks together
- Test in staging before prod
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Keep them open for tracking. This is a meta-issue.