Infrastructure Readiness Checklist
A practical checklist to review before any production launch or infrastructure change.
Reliable infrastructure is rarely one big thing; it is many small ones done consistently. Work through each question honestly to see where your foundations are solid and where a small investment now avoids a costly outage later.
Current State & Documentation
Do you have an up-to-date inventory of your servers and services?
Is your network and system architecture documented?
Do you know which systems are business-critical?
Are configuration changes tracked rather than made ad hoc?
Reliability & Monitoring
Do you get alerted automatically when something goes down?
Do you measure uptime and know your current baseline?
Are there any single points of failure you are aware of?
Do you have a way to see logs across your systems?
Security & Access
Is access granted by role and reviewed regularly?
Is multi-factor authentication enforced for critical systems?
Are your systems and dependencies patched on a schedule?
Do you know where your sensitive data lives and who can reach it?
Backup & Recovery
Are backups automated for everything that matters?
Have you actually tested restoring from a backup?
Do you know your recovery time if a key system fails?
Are backups stored separately from the systems they protect?
Scalability & Cost
Can your infrastructure handle a sudden increase in load?
Do you have visibility into your infrastructure costs?
Are deployments repeatable rather than manual and risky?
Do you have a plan for growth over the next 12 months?
Your readiness score
0 of 20 questions answered. Your score appears when all questions are done.
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