Neil CraigJul 4, 2024
Here's a few of the prep tasks we've done for the UK General Election in/around our team:
- Add extra CDN/peering capacity
- Ensure personal & machine credentials & TLS cert work & won't expire
- Raise service quotas for safety
- Check that deployment pipeline are clean/deployable
- Ask 3rd parties to be extra-vigilant on change requests
- Rehearse failovers to backup systems
- Make sure all logging/metrics are working correctly
Probably mainly/all pretty obvious but maybe useful.
#BBC #GE2024
Show threadNeil CraigJul 4, 2024
We're expecting a spike on the web and media streams at 10pm BST when the exit poll results are communicated.
Unsure quite how large the spikes will be...that'll depend very much on how close to expectation/prediction the exit polls results are.
There's a good number of us working to cover regular ops but also being available for additional checks/monitoring and escalation paths if needed.
I hope everyone who's working on #GE2024 (and anything else this evening/today) is doing well. 🙌🏻
Show threadJames Seward
@tdp_org Hope you have an uneventful night :)
Jul 4, 2024 at 8:42pmWeb
Show threadNeil CraigJul 4, 2024
@jamesoff Thank you. Those are definitely the best kind of nights...tech should be boring for events like this eh? 🤣
Show threadJames SewardJul 4, 2024
@tdp_org definitely, events should be non-events! Sounds like you’ve got your bases covered though :)
Show threadNeil CraigJul 4, 2024
@jamesoff 🤞🏻we've remembered everything!
Events like this really remind you how much of what goes on relies on networking/internet these days...
Show threadJames SewardJul 4, 2024
@tdp_org sometimes miss stuff like this… but I don’t miss holding the pager ;)