
Worked on the ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments repository to upgrade and standardize RDS configurations across multiple cloud environments. Focused on consolidating upgrade logic by introducing variable-driven RDS version management, unifying db_engine handling, and ensuring unique module naming for maintainability. Removed legacy RDS version references and secret resource usage to streamline configuration and strengthen security. Orchestrated sequential upgrades, advancing environments to RDS versions 17.6 and 18.1, while implementing flow controls such as prepare_for_major_upgrade flag management and namespace skipping in pipelines. Leveraged Terraform, HCL, and AWS to deliver infrastructure as code solutions that improve upgrade readiness, configuration consistency, and release safety.
December 2025 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments focused on upgrading and stabilizing RDS configurations across environments, alongside security simplifications and upgrade orchestration. Delivered consolidated upgrade configuration with variable-driven RDS versions (baseline up to 16.10), unified db_engine handling, and unique module naming. Removed secret resource usage to reduce configuration surface area and risk. Eliminated legacy RDS v14 references to enable a clean upgrade path to newer versions. Executed sequential RDS upgrades across environments: 17.6 across environments, with preprod court-probation upgraded to 17.6 and court-probation-dev advanced to 18.1. Implemented upgrade flow controls, including management of the prepare_for_major_upgrade flag in preprod and introduced a new APPLY_PIPELINE_SKIP_THIS_NAMESPACE constant to support safe namespace skipping during pipelines. These changes improve upgrade readiness, standardize configurations, strengthen security posture, and accelerate safe release cycles.
December 2025 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments focused on upgrading and stabilizing RDS configurations across environments, alongside security simplifications and upgrade orchestration. Delivered consolidated upgrade configuration with variable-driven RDS versions (baseline up to 16.10), unified db_engine handling, and unique module naming. Removed secret resource usage to reduce configuration surface area and risk. Eliminated legacy RDS v14 references to enable a clean upgrade path to newer versions. Executed sequential RDS upgrades across environments: 17.6 across environments, with preprod court-probation upgraded to 17.6 and court-probation-dev advanced to 18.1. Implemented upgrade flow controls, including management of the prepare_for_major_upgrade flag in preprod and introduced a new APPLY_PIPELINE_SKIP_THIS_NAMESPACE constant to support safe namespace skipping during pipelines. These changes improve upgrade readiness, standardize configurations, strengthen security posture, and accelerate safe release cycles.

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