Below are the results to date for the 2023 State of the CF Union survey. This is the seventh part of the Survey, about how you deploy, host, containizer, build and secure your CF apps.
For those of you who don’t have time to read it now, here is a link to Download the PDF and read it later.
If you want to see the other 7 parts, just click on the part below.
1. Server Environment | 2. Your Environment | 3. Frameworks and Methodology | 4. Tools | 5. Your Programming Background | 6. ColdFusion Community | 7. Deployment | 8. Wrap up
Contents
- 7. Deployment
- 35. What types of DEVELOPMENT setups do you use? (Check all that apply)
- 36. What types of PRODUCTION deployments do you use? (Check all that apply)
- 37. What hosting services do you use for your PRODUCTION deployments? (Check all that apply)
- 38. What Docker Image(s) are you using, if applicable? (Check all that apply)
- 39. What deployment/build tools do you use? (Check all that apply)
- 40. What monitoring tools are you using? (Check all that apply)
- 41. How do you lock down your servers for security? (Check all that apply)
- 42. Have your CF servers suffered from a hacking exploit in the last 2 years due to a CF-based vector? (Remember, this is anonymous) (Check all that apply)
- 43. Are you using or planning to use AWS Lambda (serverless) (Check all that apply)
7. Deployment
35. What types of DEVELOPMENT setups do you use? (Check all that apply)
Others
No entries match your request. |
36. What types of PRODUCTION deployments do you use? (Check all that apply)
Others
No entries match your request. |
37. What hosting services do you use for your PRODUCTION deployments? (Check all that apply)
Others
Google Cloud |
IBM Cloud, LiquidWeb, Angry Sam Productions |
CenturyLink/Lumen |
Interlake |
none |
NewTek |
Hyve, Host Media |
Transip.nl |
Local company call Netsource |
Hostwinds, AIT |
Angry Sam Productions |
Oracle Cloud |
Site4u |
self managed server |
LightEdge |
google compute engine |
Google Cloud Platform |
private hosting Elmec in Italy |
Hetzner |
Google Cloud |
homegrown services |
NorthC Datacenters |
none |
none |
Hetzner |
38. What Docker Image(s) are you using, if applicable? (Check all that apply)
Others
No entries match your request. |
39. What deployment/build tools do you use? (Check all that apply)
Others
TeamCity |
Google Cloud Platform |
Capistrano |
AWS CodeCommit |
TeamCity |
Custom scripts |
springloops |
deploy via source control promotes and manually run sql scripts |
None for CF |
homegrown |
https://buddy.works |
Deploybot |
40. What monitoring tools are you using? (Check all that apply)
Others
Logstash, Grafana, Zabbix |
Glow worm |
uptime monitoring |
siteimprove |
uptime robot |
Splunk |
Azure |
Raygun |
Better Uptime |
AppDynamics |
AppDynamics |
Logic monitor |
Pingdom for external, PRTG for internal |
PRTG |
Alertra |
zabbix |
Don't know |
Site 24x7 |
Monastic, Uptime Robot |
41. How do you lock down your servers for security? (Check all that apply)
Others
No entries match your request. |
42. Have your CF servers suffered from a hacking exploit in the last 2 years due to a CF-based vector? (Remember, this is anonymous) (Check all that apply)
Others
No entries match your request. |
43. Are you using or planning to use AWS Lambda (serverless) (Check all that apply)
Others
No entries match your request. |
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Michaela Light is the host of the CF Alive Podcast and has interviewed more than 100 ColdFusion experts. In each interview, she asks "What Would It Take to make CF more alive this year?" The answers still inspire her to continue to write and interview new speakers.
Michaela has been programming in ColdFusion for more than 20 years. She founded TeraTech in 1989. The company specializes in ColdFusion application development, security and optimization. She has also founded the CFUnited Conference and runs the annual State of the CF Union Survey.