Symfony Release Checklist

The list of the To-do's we have complete right before the deploy our application to stage or live 🚀

Check dependencies in the composer.json file

Make sure the development and production dependencies are correctly defined and production release does not include development packages

Check the environment variables

Check the environment variables defined in .env file to prevent a leak of any sensitive information and make sure this file only includes example values

Check the logger configuration for the environment Set the correct logging level for the environment and add email notifier for critical logs

Test the Makefile is running as it should for all environment definitions

Once again, make sure the Makefile is running correctly for all the environments defined for the project

Open a pull request to the environment's base branch

Open a pull request from the development branch which contains all the branches that have been completed their coding life-cycle to the environment's base branch

Define environment variables on the server

If any newly defined environment variables exist in .env file, make sure they are defined in the .env.local with correct values on the target server or continuous deployment tool

Merge approved pull request

Then wait for the deployment tool while you enjoy a sip of your ☕️

Test the application to make sure it is deployed successfully

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