Migrating Databases in Kubernetes with LaunchDarkly

In this video, Peter from LaunchDarkly talks about how feature flags can be used to make backend changes to an application running in Kubernetes. LaunchDarkly supports both frontend and backend SDKs and in this demonstration, Peter uses the Javascript SDK to migrate a todo application database from Postgres to MongoDB Atlas. He covers additional capabilities such as user targeting, prerequisite flags, and progressive rollouts, all of which can be helpful when making a change to sensitive systems like databases. This video provides a high level overview of database migrations with flags, for a more in depth guide and recommendations for minimizing risk during the migration process, please consult this guide: https://docs.launchdarkly.com/guides/infrastructure/infrastructure-migration?q=datab#migrating-between-databases-with-feature-flags #LaunchDarkly #MongoDBAtlas #FeatureManagement #FeatureFlags #Postgres #DevOps #AppDev #DatabaseMigration #BackendFlags #Kubernetes Subscribe to LaunchDarkly: https://www.youtube.com/c/LaunchDarkly?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about LaunchDarkly: Website: https://launchdarkly.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/launchdarkly Twitter: https://twitter.com/launchdarkly About LaunchDarkly: Feature management allows development teams to innovate faster by fundamentally transforming how software is delivered to customers. With the ability to gradually release new software features to any segment of users on any platform, DevOps teams can standardize safe releases at scale, accelerate their journey to the cloud and collaborate more effectively with business teams. Today, LaunchDarkly deploys peaks of 20 trillion feature flags each day, and that number continues to grow. Founded in 2014 in Oakland, California by Edith Harbaugh and John Kodumal, LaunchDarkly has been named on the Forbes Cloud 100 list, InfoWorld’s 2021 Technology of the Year list, and the Enterprise Tech 30 list.