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Migrate Core Platform to Kubernetes

Migrate our application infrastructure to a modern container platform (Kubernetes). Current deployments take 45 minutes with a 12% failure rate. Target: under 8 minutes per deployment, zero customer-facing downtime during updates, and automatic scaling for traffic spikes (e.g. Black Friday at 4x normal load). Scope: 23 services, 4 databases, 2 message queues.

V212/15/2025, 9:00:00 AM
Decision ID: DEC-2025-0031
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Options

Gradual migration (service by service)
Selected

Migrate one service at a time over 6 months. Start with low-risk services, end with databases. Zero customer downtime.

Stay on current platform + improve automation

Keep existing infrastructure. Invest €80K in better deployment tooling. Improve deploy time to ~15 min. No new technology risk.

Roles

Owner
Alex Richter
DecidersSequential
Architecture Board
Marcus Weber
2/3/2026, 10:00:00 AMStrangler Fig reduces risk. We can pause if issues arise without blocking other teams.
Sarah Kim
2/4/2026, 11:00:00 AMAgreed. Start with auth-service and notification-service as pilot.
AND
Security Review
Peter Schmidt
2/5/2026, 2:20:00 PMSecurity review passed. Network policies and pod security standards defined.
Tania Patel
Informed
Elena Torres

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