Part 8: Zero-Downtime Map Updates & Multi-Region Kubernetes

← Previous Chapter: Part 7: Load Testing & Production Hardening | Series Index Answer-first: Updating multi-gigabyte OpenStreetMap road network graphs with zero operational downtime mandates decoupling offline graph generation into Kubernetes Jobs, mounting pre-warmed memory segments into POSIX /dev/shm shared memory via atomic generational symlink swaps (osrm_gen_A and osrm_gen_B), synchronizing live traffic through Argo Rollouts Blue/Green progressive delivery, and configuring active-active multi-region GeoDNS routing to sustain 99.999% availability during nationwide map refreshes. ...

Part 8: Phase 3 — Full Cutover & Decommissioning the Monolith

← Previous Chapter: Part 7: Phase 2 — Dual-Write | Series Hub | Next Chapter: Part 9: Transactional Outbox & Sagas → Answer-first: Phase 3 transfers write authority for Orders and Payments to the Go microservices. Once historical orders are reconciled and payment webhooks are repointed, the Magento PHP monolith is placed in read-only maintenance mode and subsequently decommissioned. The Cutover Runbook Checklist: T-24h: Run full data reconciliation audit between MySQL and PostgreSQL. T-2h: Lower DNS TTL to 60 seconds on all retail domains. T-0: Flip Cloudflare routing rule for /checkout to Go order-service. T+1h: Verify zero failed payments in Stripe / PayPal webhooks. T+48h: Terminate legacy Magento EC2 instances.