Magento Staging & Deployment

Professional Magento Staging & Deployment Services

Deploying changes directly to production is risky. A proper staging environment and deployment pipeline protects your store and enables confident releases. Orange Collar Media implements enterprise-grade deployment workflows for Magento stores of all sizes.

Environment Architecture

We set up proper environment separation:

Development Environment

• Local or cloud-based development instances
• Sample data for testing
• Debug mode and developer tools enabled
• Isolated from customer data

Staging Environment

• Production-mirror configuration
• Sanitized production database copy
• Same hosting infrastructure as production
• Used for QA, UAT, and client preview

Production Environment

• Optimized for performance
• Full caching enabled
• Monitoring and alerting active
• Regular backups

CI/CD Pipeline Implementation

We implement continuous integration and deployment using:

Git Workflows

• GitFlow: Feature branches, release branches, hotfixes
• Trunk-Based: Short-lived branches, frequent merges
• Pull request reviews and approvals
• Branch protection rules

Build Automation

• Jenkins: Self-hosted pipelines with full control
• Bitbucket Pipelines: Cloud-native CI/CD
• GitHub Actions: Integrated with GitHub repositories
• GitLab CI: All-in-one DevOps platform

Pipeline Stages

1. Build: Composer install, asset compilation
2. Test: PHPUnit, PHPCS, static analysis
3. Package: Create deployment artifact
4. Deploy: Push to target environment
5. Verify: Smoke tests and health checks

Zero-Downtime Deployment

For high-traffic stores, downtime isn't an option. We implement:

• Blue-Green Deployment: Switch between identical environments
• Rolling Deployment: Gradual rollout across servers
• Symlink Deployment: Instant cutover with rollback capability

Deployment Tools

• Deployer: PHP-based deployment automation
• Capistrano: Ruby-based with Magento recipes
• Custom Scripts: Tailored to your infrastructure

Database Migration Handling

Database changes require special care:

• Backward-compatible migrations
• Data migration scripts for schema changes
• Rollback procedures for failed migrations
• Large table alterations using pt-online-schema-change

Configuration Management

• Environment-specific configuration files
• Secrets management (credentials, API keys)
• Config.php for system settings
• Environment variables for sensitive data

Rollback Procedures

When deployments go wrong, fast rollback is critical:

• One-command rollback to previous release
• Database snapshot restoration
• Cache and index regeneration
• Post-rollback verification

Deploy with confidence. Contact us to set up your staging and deployment pipeline.