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Production deployment patterns

Graceful shutdown, prod config, rollouts, readiness probes, and ship-with-confidence checks.

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How to Mock a SIGTERM Handler in Python

Create a graceful shutdown handler for SIGTERM and SIGINT signals, then test it by simulating a signal delivery without terminating the process.

signals graceful-shutdown sigterm
Python 
import signal
import time

class Service:
    def __init__(self):
        self.running = True

    def shutdown(self, signum, frame):
        print(f"Received signal {signum}, shutting down gracefully...")
        self.running = False

    def run(self):
        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.shutdown)
        sig…
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