Operations and governance for managed mode

Managed operations and governance

Managed documentation is only valuable when daily operations and governance are clearly defined. This page defines who changes what, what to validate, and how to handle incidents without ad-hoc procedures.

Purpose and audience

For teams using managed mode, it helps to:

• keep deployment execution repeatable,
• reduce operational drift and avoid unsafe changes,
• quickly audit who launched what and when.

Prerequisites

• Completed onboarding and at least one validated run,
• configured workspaces and roles,
• ready values for deployment and valid server access,
• basic familiarity with the runbook.

Step-by-step operation

1. Confirm scope: define what is being changed, the owner who starts it, template stack, and target.
2. Pre-check approvals: confirm who approves, maintenance window, and rollback option.
3. Run the guided flow: choose template, fill values, pass preflight.
4. Monitor execution: watch logs and state in real time.
5. Validate outcome: check functionality and deployment record.
6. Close run: adjust templates/templates workflow if needed for next execution.

Execution checklist

• Is the correct target/workspace selected?
• All required values and secrets context prepared?
• Did preflight complete successfully?
• Is there a maintenance window and communication plan?
• Is the completion evidence captured in workspace history?

Common issues

• Execution outside process (outside approved window, no approval).
• Ignoring preflight warnings and postponing fixes.
• Unclear role ownership: someone executes but no one reviews.
• Incomplete run logging, weak audit trace.

Next steps

• If you are starting managed operations, continue with first deployment and production checklist.
• For workflow details review guided deployment and preflight.
• For access and workspace controls use workspaces.

Cross-track decision

If your team needs more infrastructure ownership, compare self-hosted mode and evaluate mode migration.

Next step: Review detailed rollout steps in first deployment or align access in workspaces.