deployment_architecture

ContractAI Deployment Architecture

Complete guide to deployment architecture, patterns, and infrastructure components

Overview

This document outlines the deployment architecture for ContractAI, including deployment patterns, infrastructure components, and deployment workflows across different environments.

Deployment Architecture Overview

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

    B --> B1[Cloud Providers]
    B --> B2[Container Platform]
    B --> B3[Networking]

    C --> C1[Services]
    C --> C2[APIs]
    C --> C3[Frontend]

    D --> D1[Databases]
    D --> D2[Cache]
    D --> D3[Storage]

    E --> E1[Access Control]
    E --> E2[Network Security]
    E --> E3[Data Protection]

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Deployment Patterns

Multi-Environment Deployment

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 Site]
    D --> D3[Edge]

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Deployment Models

graph TD
    A[Models] --> B[Containerized]
    A --> C[Serverless]
    A --> D[Hybrid]

    B --> B1[Kubernetes]
    B --> B2[Docker Swarm]
    B --> B3[ECS]

    C --> C1[AWS Lambda]
    C --> C2[Azure Functions]
    C --> C3[Google Cloud Functions]

    D --> D1[VM + Containers]
    D --> D2[Serverless + Containers]
    D --> D3[Multi-Cloud]

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Infrastructure Components

Cloud Infrastructure

graph TD
    A[Cloud] --> B[AWS]
    A --> C[Azure]
    A --> D[GCP]

    B --> B1[EC2/EKS]
    B --> B2[RDS/ElastiCache]
    B --> B3[S3/EFS]

    C --> C1[AKS/VM]
    C --> C2[Azure SQL/Cache]
    C --> C3[Blob Storage]

    D --> D1[GKE/GCE]
    D --> D2[Cloud SQL/Memorystore]
    D --> D3[Cloud Storage]

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Container Platform

graph TD
    A[Platform] --> B[Orchestration]
    A --> C[Registry]
    A --> D[Networking]

    B --> B1[Kubernetes]
    B --> B2[Helm]
    B --> B3[Operators]

    C --> C1[ECR]
    C --> C2[ACR]
    C --> C3[GCR]

    D --> D1[Service Mesh]
    D --> D2[Ingress]
    D --> D3[CNI]

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Application Deployment

Service Architecture

graph TD
    A[Services] --> B[Frontend]
    A --> C[Backend]
    A --> D[Data]

    B --> B1[Web UI]
    B --> B2[API Gateway]
    B --> B3[CDN]

    C --> C1[API Services]
    C --> C2[Agent Services]
    C --> C3[Integration]

    D --> D1[Databases]
    D --> D2[Cache]
    D --> D3[Message Queue]

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Deployment Flow

sequenceDiagram
    participant Dev as Developer
    participant CI as CI/CD
    participant Reg as Registry
    participant K8s as Kubernetes
    participant App as Application

    Dev->>CI: Push Code
    CI->>CI: Build & Test
    CI->>Reg: Build Image
    CI->>Reg: Push Image
    CI->>K8s: Deploy
    K8s->>App: Update
    App->>App: Health Check
    App->>K8s: Status
    K8s->>CI: Result
    CI->>Dev: Notification

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Data Architecture

Database Deployment

graph TD
    A[Databases] --> B[Primary]
    A --> C[Replica]
    A --> D[Backup]

    B --> B1[PostgreSQL]
    B --> B2[MongoDB]
    B --> B3[Redis]

    C --> C1[Read Replicas]
    C --> C2[Failover]
    C --> C3[Sharding]

    D --> D1[Snapshots]
    D --> D2[Point-in-Time]
    D --> D3[Archive]

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Data Flow

sequenceDiagram
    participant App as Application
    participant Cache as Cache
    participant DB as Database
    participant Backup as Backup

    App->>Cache: Read Request
    alt Cache Hit
        Cache->>App: Return Data
    else Cache Miss
        Cache->>DB: Query
        DB->>Cache: Return Data
        Cache->>App: Return Data
    end
    App->>DB: Write Request
    DB->>Backup: Replicate
    Backup->>DB: Acknowledge
    DB->>App: Confirm

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Security Architecture

Security Layers

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

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

    C --> C1[Auth]
    C --> C2[RBAC]
    C --> C3[API Security]

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

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Security Flow

sequenceDiagram
    participant User as User
    participant WAF as WAF
    participant Auth as Auth
    participant App as Application
    participant DB as Database

    User->>WAF: Request
    WAF->>Auth: Validate
    Auth->>User: Challenge
    User->>Auth: Credentials
    Auth->>App: Token
    App->>DB: Query
    DB->>App: Data
    App->>User: Response

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Monitoring Architecture

Monitoring Stack

graph TD
    A[Monitoring] --> B[Metrics]
    A --> C[Logging]
    A --> D[Tracing]

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

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

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

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Monitoring Flow

sequenceDiagram
    participant App as Application
    participant Metrics as Metrics
    participant Logs as Logs
    participant Traces as Traces
    participant Alert as AlertManager

    App->>Metrics: Collect Metrics
    App->>Logs: Send Logs
    App->>Traces: Generate Traces
    Metrics->>Alert: Check Thresholds
    Logs->>Alert: Check Patterns
    Traces->>Alert: Check Latency
    Alert->>Alert: Evaluate
    Alert->>App: Trigger Action

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Deployment Strategies

Deployment Methods

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

    B --> B1[Switch]
    B --> B2[Rollback]
    B --> B3[Validation]

    C --> C1[Traffic Split]
    C --> C2[Monitoring]
    C --> C3[Promotion]

    D --> D1[Gradual]
    D --> D2[Health Check]
    D --> D3[Auto-Rollback]

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Strategy Flow

sequenceDiagram
    participant Dev as Developer
    participant CI as CI/CD
    participant LB as Load Balancer
    participant New as New Version
    participant Old as Old Version

    Dev->>CI: Deploy
    CI->>New: Deploy New
    New->>New: Health Check
    alt Blue-Green
        New->>LB: Ready
        LB->>New: Switch Traffic
        Old->>Old: Drain
    else Canary
        LB->>New: 10% Traffic
        New->>LB: Monitor
        LB->>New: Increase
    else Rolling
        LB->>New: Update Pods
        New->>LB: Verify
        LB->>Old: Remove
    end

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Disaster Recovery

Recovery Architecture

graph TD
    A[DR] --> B[Backup]
    A --> C[Replication]
    A --> D[Recovery]

    B --> B1[Full]
    B --> B2[Incremental]
    B --> B3[Point-in-Time]

    C --> C1[Sync]
    C --> C2[Async]
    C --> C3[Multi-Region]

    D --> D1[RTO]
    D --> D2[RPO]
    D --> D3[Failover]

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Recovery Flow

sequenceDiagram
    participant Primary as Primary
    participant Backup as Backup
    participant DR as DR Site
    participant App as Application

    Primary->>Backup: Replicate
    Backup->>DR: Sync
    alt Failure
        Primary->>App: Down
        App->>DR: Failover
        DR->>App: Serve
    else Recovery
        DR->>Primary: Restore
        Primary->>App: Switch
        App->>Primary: Normal
    end

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Need help with deployment architecture? Contact our infrastructure team at infrastructure@contractai.com or visit our Infrastructure Portal

Next Steps

1. Review deployment requirements
2. Choose deployment pattern
3. Set up infrastructure
4. Configure deployment pipeline
5. Implement monitoring
6. Test deployment process

Additional Resources

• System Requirements
• Security Guide
• Monitoring Guide
• Scaling Guide
• Infrastructure Portal