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There’s no need for downtime during this phase, as building new servers should in no way interfere with the existing ones. Why?
The
create_kithe
playbook does not affect existing servers or change them. (That is the job of theupdate_kithe
playbook.As long as the new IP settings are not checked into Bitbucket, the automatic updates on Management will not update the existing production servers.
If there’s no rush, consider performing the build and switch phases on consecutive days.
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