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
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. 🙌🏻
@janl Cheers! I think we're firmly in the "enthusiasts zone" now...given the exit poll results were largely as expected. Assuming no major surprises in the morning, I'm hoping for an uneventful day! 🤞🏻