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Post-Deployment Checklist

Version: 1.8.0-rc1
Last Updated: April 2026
Purpose: Verify successful production deployment of ThemisDB GPU system

Service Validation

Service Status

  • ThemisDB service running (systemctl status themisdb)
  • Service started successfully (no errors in logs)
  • Service auto-start enabled
  • Service PID file created
  • Service uptime > 5 minutes
  • No crash loops detected
  • Memory usage stable
  • CPU usage within expected range

Health Checks

  • HTTP health endpoint responding (/health)
  • Health check returns status: "healthy"
  • API endpoints accessible
  • gRPC service accessible (if enabled)
  • WebSocket connections working (if enabled)
  • Database connections established
  • All required ports listening
  • Internal service discovery working

GPU Validation

GPU Detection

  • All GPUs detected by ThemisDB
  • GPU count matches expected
  • GPU models correct
  • GPU memory capacity correct
  • GPU compute capability verified
  • CUDA version detected correctly
  • GPU persistence mode active
  • No GPU errors in system logs

GPU Performance

  • Test inference completed successfully
  • Test training completed successfully
  • GPU utilization during tests >80%
  • GPU temperature within normal range (<80°C)
  • GPU power usage normal
  • No GPU throttling detected
  • GPU memory allocation working
  • GPU memory deallocation working

Multi-GPU (if applicable)

  • All GPUs participating in training
  • NCCL communication working
  • GPU-to-GPU transfers functioning
  • Load balanced across GPUs
  • No communication timeouts
  • Synchronization working correctly
  • No deadlocks detected

Functional Testing

Basic Operations

  • Database create/read/update/delete working
  • Query execution successful
  • Transaction commit successful
  • Transaction rollback working
  • Index creation successful
  • Index queries working
  • Backup creation successful
  • Backup restore working

AI/ML Operations

  • Model loading successful
  • Inference requests working
  • Training job submission working
  • LoRA adapter loading working
  • Checkpoint saving successful
  • Checkpoint loading successful
  • Gradient computation correct
  • Loss calculation correct

API Testing

  • REST API endpoints responding
  • GraphQL API working (if enabled)
  • Authentication working
  • Authorization working
  • Rate limiting functioning
  • Error responses appropriate
  • Response times acceptable
  • API documentation accessible

Data Validation

Data Integrity

  • Sample data queries returning correct results
  • Data consistency checks passing
  • Checksums verified
  • No corruption detected
  • Transaction isolation working
  • Concurrent access working
  • Foreign key constraints enforced (if applicable)
  • Unique constraints enforced

Data Loading

  • Test dataset loaded successfully
  • Dataset validation passing
  • Data import working
  • Data export working
  • Bulk operations working
  • Streaming ingestion working (if applicable)

Network Validation

Connectivity

  • External clients can connect
  • Internal services can connect
  • DNS resolution working
  • Load balancer routing correctly (if applicable)
  • SSL/TLS handshake successful
  • Certificate validation passing
  • Network latency acceptable
  • No packet loss detected

Firewall

  • Required ports accessible
  • Unauthorized ports blocked
  • Firewall rules logged
  • No connection refused errors
  • No timeout errors
  • DDoS protection active (if applicable)

Multi-Node (if applicable)

  • Coordinator reachable from all nodes
  • All worker nodes registered
  • Inter-node communication working
  • Heartbeat messages exchanged
  • Cluster status healthy
  • No network partitions

Security Validation

Authentication

  • User login working
  • API key authentication working
  • Certificate authentication working (if mTLS)
  • Invalid credentials rejected
  • Account lockout working (after failed attempts)
  • Session management working
  • Token refresh working
  • Password complexity enforced

Authorization

  • RBAC policies enforced
  • Access control lists working
  • Permission checks functioning
  • Unauthorized access denied
  • Privilege escalation prevented
  • Resource quotas enforced

Encryption

  • TLS 1.3 enforced
  • Weak ciphers disabled
  • Certificate validation working
  • Data-at-rest encryption active
  • Encrypted connections verified
  • Key rotation working
  • No plaintext sensitive data in logs

Audit Logging

  • Audit logs being generated
  • Login events logged
  • Data access logged
  • Admin actions logged
  • Security events logged
  • Logs being forwarded (if applicable)
  • Log retention working
  • No sensitive data in logs

Monitoring Validation

Metrics Collection

  • Prometheus scraping metrics
  • All expected metrics present
  • Metric values reasonable
  • GPU metrics available
  • Training metrics available (if training)
  • Inference metrics available (if inference)
  • System metrics available
  • Custom metrics working (if any)

Dashboards

  • Grafana accessible
  • GPU dashboard displaying data
  • Training dashboard displaying data (if applicable)
  • Inference dashboard displaying data (if applicable)
  • System dashboard displaying data
  • Dashboards auto-refreshing
  • No data gaps in graphs
  • Time range selection working

Alerting

  • Alertmanager configured
  • Test alert triggered successfully
  • Alert received via email
  • Alert received via Slack/Teams (if configured)
  • Alert routed to correct team
  • Alert resolved automatically
  • Alert escalation working (if configured)
  • On-call schedule loaded

Logging

  • Application logs accessible
  • Log aggregation working (if configured)
  • Log search working
  • Log filtering working
  • Log levels appropriate
  • No excessive logging
  • Log rotation working
  • Old logs archived/deleted

Performance Validation

Baseline Benchmarks

  • Inference latency benchmark completed
  • Inference throughput benchmark completed
  • Training throughput benchmark completed
  • Query performance benchmark completed
  • Write performance benchmark completed
  • Read performance benchmark completed
  • Results documented
  • Results meet requirements

Resource Utilization

  • GPU utilization: >85% during training
  • GPU memory usage: <90%
  • CPU usage: <70% average
  • RAM usage: <80%
  • Disk I/O: acceptable
  • Network bandwidth: sufficient
  • No resource exhaustion
  • No memory leaks detected

Stress Testing

  • High load test completed
  • System stable under load
  • No crashes under load
  • No memory leaks under load
  • Performance degradation acceptable
  • Recovery after load normal
  • Concurrent user test passed
  • Sustained load test passed (24h recommended)

Backup & Recovery Validation

Backup

  • Manual backup successful
  • Automated backup scheduled
  • Backup size reasonable
  • Backup completion time acceptable
  • Backup stored in correct location
  • Backup accessible
  • Backup integrity verified
  • Off-site backup working (if configured)

Recovery

  • Test restore successful
  • Restored data verified
  • Restore time acceptable
  • Point-in-time recovery working (if applicable)
  • Incremental restore working (if applicable)
  • Recovery documented
  • Recovery tested from off-site backup

Documentation Validation

System Documentation

  • Architecture diagram up-to-date
  • Network diagram up-to-date
  • Configuration documented
  • Deployment notes documented
  • Known issues documented
  • Workarounds documented

Operational Documentation

  • Runbooks accessible
  • Troubleshooting guide accessible
  • Monitoring guide accessible
  • Maintenance procedures documented
  • Emergency procedures documented
  • Contact information up-to-date

User Documentation

  • API documentation accessible
  • User guides available
  • Examples available
  • FAQ up-to-date
  • Release notes published

Training & Handoff

Team Training

  • Operations team trained
  • Support team trained
  • Development team briefed
  • Security team briefed
  • Documentation reviewed with team
  • Tools demonstrated
  • Access granted to team members
  • Knowledge transfer sessions completed

Handoff

  • Production credentials transferred securely
  • Admin access documented
  • Escalation procedures reviewed
  • On-call schedule established
  • Communication channels confirmed
  • Transition plan completed
  • Support plan confirmed

Compliance & Governance

Compliance

  • Compliance requirements reviewed
  • Audit trail functional
  • Data retention configured
  • Privacy controls active
  • Regulatory requirements met
  • Compliance reports generated
  • Evidence collected

Change Management

  • Deployment recorded in change log
  • Change approval documented
  • Rollback plan documented
  • Post-deployment review scheduled
  • Lessons learned documented

Load Testing Results

Performance Metrics

Metric                     Target      Actual      Status
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Inference P95 latency      < 100ms     ___ ms      [ ]
Inference throughput       > 100 rps   ___ rps     [ ]
Training throughput        > 1000 s/s  ___ s/s     [ ]
GPU utilization            > 85%       ___ %       [ ]
API response time          < 200ms     ___ ms      [ ]
Concurrent users           > 100       ___         [ ]
Uptime                     99.9%       ___ %       [ ]

Issue Tracking

Issues Found

Document any issues discovered during post-deployment validation:

Issue #1:
Description: _______________________________________________
Severity: [ ] Critical  [ ] High  [ ] Medium  [ ] Low
Status: [ ] Open  [ ] Resolved  [ ] Workaround
Resolution: _______________________________________________

Issue #2:
Description: _______________________________________________
Severity: [ ] Critical  [ ] High  [ ] Medium  [ ] Low
Status: [ ] Open  [ ] Resolved  [ ] Workaround
Resolution: _______________________________________________

Go-Live Decision

Readiness Assessment

  • All critical checks passed
  • High-priority checks passed
  • Medium-priority issues acceptable
  • Known issues documented
  • Workarounds in place
  • Team ready to support
  • Monitoring active
  • Backup verified

Risk Assessment

  • Technical risks: Acceptable
  • Security risks: Acceptable
  • Operational risks: Acceptable
  • Business risks: Acceptable
  • Mitigation plans in place
  • Rollback plan ready

Final Approval

  • Technical approval obtained
  • Security approval obtained
  • Operations approval obtained
  • Business approval obtained
  • DECISION: APPROVE / REJECT PRODUCTION

Sign-Off

Deployment Engineer: _________________ Date: _______

QA Engineer: _________________ Date: _______

Security Engineer: _________________ Date: _______

Operations Manager: _________________ Date: _______

Product Owner: _________________ Date: _______

Post-Go-Live Actions

Immediate (First 24 Hours)

  • Monitor system continuously
  • Watch for alerts
  • Track user feedback
  • Log any issues
  • Have team on standby
  • Prepare for hotfix if needed

Short-term (First Week)

  • Daily health checks
  • Review monitoring data
  • Analyze performance trends
  • Address any issues
  • Collect user feedback
  • Tune configuration if needed
  • Update documentation
  • Conduct post-deployment review

Medium-term (First Month)

  • Weekly performance reviews
  • Optimize configurations
  • Review and update documentation
  • Conduct training sessions
  • Evaluate against success criteria
  • Plan improvements
  • Update runbooks based on experience

Notes

Document any observations, concerns, or recommendations:

[Notes here]

Next Steps

  1. Continue monitoring (MONITORING.md)
  2. Use incident response checklist if issues arise (incident_response.md)
  3. Schedule regular maintenance (RUNBOOKS.md)
  4. Conduct post-deployment review meeting
  5. Update documentation based on learnings

Checklist Version: 1.0
Last Updated: April 2026