ContractAI Deployment Guide

Complete guide to deploying and managing ContractAI in production environments

Overview

This guide provides comprehensive instructions for deploying ContractAI across different environments, from development to production. It covers deployment strategies, infrastructure requirements, scaling considerations, and operational best practices.

Deployment Architecture

graph TD
    A[Deployment] --> B[Infrastructure]
    A --> C[Application]
    A --> D[Data]

    B --> B1[Compute]
    B --> B2[Network]
    B --> B3[Storage]

    C --> C1[Services]
    C --> C2[Agents]
    C --> C3[API]

    D --> D1[Database]
    D --> D2[Cache]
    D --> D3[Backup]

Deployment Models

Containerized Deployment

graph TD
    A[Containerized] --> B[Kubernetes]
    A --> C[Docker]
    A --> D[Registry]

    B --> B1[Pods]
    B --> B2[Services]
    B --> B3[Ingress]

    C --> C1[Images]
    C --> C2[Compose]
    C --> C3[Swarm]

    D --> D1[Private]
    D --> D2[Public]
    D --> D3[Hybrid]

Serverless Deployment

graph TD
    A[Serverless] --> B[AWS Lambda]
    A --> C[Azure Functions]
    A --> D[Google Cloud Functions]

    B --> B1[Functions]
    B --> B2[API Gateway]
    B --> B3[EventBridge]

    C --> C1[Functions]
    C --> C2[API Management]
    C --> C3[Event Grid]

    D --> D1[Functions]
    D --> D2[Cloud Run]
    D --> D3[Pub/Sub]

Traditional Deployment

graph TD
    A[Traditional] --> B[Virtual Machines]
    A --> C[Bare Metal]
    A --> D[Hybrid]

    B --> B1[VM Clusters]
    B --> B2[Load Balancers]
    B --> B3[Auto Scaling]

    C --> C1[Servers]
    C --> C2[Storage]
    C --> C3[Network]

    D --> D1[On-Premise]
    D --> D2[Cloud]
    D --> D3[Edge]

Environment Configuration

Environment Structure

graph TD
    A[Environments] --> B[Development]
    A --> C[Staging]
    A --> D[Production]

    B --> B1[Local]
    B --> B2[Dev Cloud]
    B --> B3[Testing]

    C --> C1[Pre-Prod]
    C --> C2[QA]
    C --> C3[Performance]

    D --> D1[Primary]
    D --> D2[DR]
    D --> D3[Edge]

Configuration Management

graph TD
    A[Config Mgmt] --> B[Secrets]
    A --> C[Environment]
    A --> D[Service]

    B --> B1[Vault]
    B --> B2[KMS]
    B --> B3[Secrets Manager]

    C --> C1[Variables]
    C --> C2[Files]
    C --> C3[API]

    D --> D1[Service Config]
    D --> D2[Agent Config]
    D --> D3[System Config]

Deployment Process

Deployment Flow

sequenceDiagram
    participant D as Developer
    participant C as CI/CD
    participant T as Testing
    participant P as Production

    D->>C: Push Code
    C->>T: Build & Test
    T->>C: Test Results
    C->>P: Deploy
    P->>C: Deploy Status
    C->>D: Update Status

Rollout Strategy

graph TD
    A[Rollout] --> B[Blue-Green]
    A --> C[Canary]
    A --> D[Rolling]

    B --> B1[Deploy New]
    B --> B2[Switch Traffic]
    B --> B3[Cleanup Old]

    C --> C1[Deploy %]
    C --> C2[Monitor]
    C --> C3[Scale Up]

    D --> D1[Update Pods]
    D --> D2[Health Check]
    D --> D3[Continue]

Scaling and Performance

Scaling Strategy

graph TD
    A[Scaling] --> B[Horizontal]
    A --> C[Vertical]
    A --> D[Auto]

    B --> B1[Add Nodes]
    B --> B2[Load Balance]
    B --> B3[Distribute]

    C --> C1[CPU]
    C --> C2[Memory]
    C --> C3[Storage]

    D --> D1[Metrics]
    D --> D2[Rules]
    D --> D3[Actions]

Performance Optimization

graph TD
    A[Performance] --> B[Compute]
    A --> C[Network]
    A --> D[Storage]

    B --> B1[CPU]
    B --> B2[Memory]
    B --> B3[Cache]

    C --> C1[Latency]
    C --> C2[Throughput]
    C --> C3[Routing]

    D --> D1[IOPS]
    D --> D2[Capacity]
    D --> D3[Backup]

Monitoring and Logging

Monitoring Setup

graph TD
    A[Monitoring] --> B[Metrics]
    A --> C[Logs]
    A --> D[Traces]

    B --> B1[Prometheus]
    B --> B2[Grafana]
    B --> B3[Alerts]

    C --> C1[ELK Stack]
    C --> C2[Loki]
    C --> C3[Fluentd]

    D --> D1[Jaeger]
    D --> D2[Zipkin]
    D --> D3[OpenTelemetry]

Logging Architecture

sequenceDiagram
    participant A as Application
    participant L as Logger
    participant P as Processor
    participant S as Storage

    A->>L: Generate Log
    L->>P: Forward Log
    P->>S: Store Log
    S->>P: Confirm
    P->>L: Acknowledge
    L->>A: Complete

Backup and Recovery

Backup Strategy

graph TD
    A[Backup] --> B[Full]
    A --> C[Incremental]
    A --> D[Differential]

    B --> B1[Daily]
    B --> B2[Weekly]
    B --> B3[Monthly]

    C --> C1[Hourly]
    C --> C2[Daily]
    C --> C3[Weekly]

    D --> D1[Daily]
    D --> D2[Weekly]
    D --> D3[On-Demand]

Recovery Process

sequenceDiagram
    participant S as System
    participant B as Backup
    participant R as Recovery
    participant V as Verify

    S->>B: Trigger Backup
    B->>R: Store Backup
    S->>R: Request Recovery
    R->>V: Restore
    V->>R: Verify
    R->>S: Complete

Security

Security Architecture

graph TD
    A[Security] --> B[Network]
    A --> C[Application]
    A --> D[Data]

    B --> B1[Firewall]
    B --> B2[VPN]
    B --> B3[WAF]

    C --> C1[Auth]
    C --> C2[RBAC]
    C --> C3[Secrets]

    D --> D1[Encryption]
    D --> D2[Backup]
    D --> D3[Audit]

Security Controls

graph TD
    A[Controls] --> B[Preventive]
    A --> C[Detective]
    A --> D[Corrective]

    B --> B1[WAF]
    B --> B2[Firewall]
    B --> B3[Auth]

    C --> C1[Monitoring]
    C --> C2[Logging]
    C --> C3[Alerts]

    D --> D1[Incident]
    D --> D2[Recovery]
    D --> D3[Update]

Best Practices

Deployment Best Practices

graph TD
    A[Best Practices] --> B[Design]
    A --> C[Implementation]
    A --> D[Operation]

    B --> B1[Architecture]
    B --> B2[Security]
    B --> B3[Scalability]

    C --> C1[Code]
    C --> C2[Testing]
    C --> C3[Documentation]

    D --> D1[Monitoring]
    D --> D2[Maintenance]
    D --> D3[Support]

Maintenance Procedures

graph TD
    A[Maintenance] --> B[Regular]
    A --> C[Emergency]
    A --> D[Planned]

    B --> B1[Updates]
    B --> B2[Backups]
    B --> B3[Checks]

    C --> C1[Incident]
    C --> C2[Recovery]
    C --> C3[Review]

    D --> D1[Upgrade]
    D --> D2[Migration]
    D --> D3[Optimization]

Additional Resources

Deployment Resources

graph TD
    A[Resources] --> B[Documentation]
    A --> C[Tools]
    A --> D[Support]

    B --> B1[Guides]
    B --> B2[Examples]
    B --> B3[Templates]

    C --> C1[CLI]
    T --> T2[API]
    T --> T3[Dashboard]

    D --> D1[Support]
    D --> D2[Community]
    D --> D3[Updates]

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