Polkadot Deployment Portal: June Update
Summary
We’re now 4 months into our monthly PDP updates and we’re incredibly excited to bring you all the latest in this month’s edition. The team took part in the Parity Product Engineering retreat where we discussed everything from beta testing to what’s coming for Q3. If you’ve not read the previous edition, check out last months here.
Beta Testing Results
Beta Testing was an astounding success, and I’d like to start off by saying a huge thank you to all beta testers who took the time to deploy and test the PDP. The data we’ve collected has been crucial to our planning, and you’ve helped shape the future of the PDP and with that, the future of deploying on Polkadot.
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Key Metrics Table
The above table shows the NPS (Net Promoter Score), a metric commonly used to gauge a customer’s loyalty and satisfaction with a product. This data was specifically collected through our post testing form where we managed to collect a range of data alongside the NPS metric.
Besides NPS, there are 2 metrics that really stood out to me, the first being that 100% of our testers gave a 5 / 5 for ‘deploying was easier than the current process’, A huge achievement, showing that the PDP will make a significant difference in how you deploy to Polkadot.
The second was even more exciting, the fact that 100% of testers managed to deploy their own rollup in less than 30 mins, with 40% being able to deploy in less than 5 minutes was a feat that blew us away.
It’s important to note, that our testers were a diverse cohort, with different backgrounds of expertise. Not all were developers, yet all managed to deploy
One of a kind
As a thank you to the beta testers of the PDP, NFT’s were minted which became available for testers to claim at the end of the testing. If you’d like to take part in the next cohort of beta testing, keep an eye out on the PDP X account and this forum thread.
An NFT was given out to all beta testers who took part!
Coretime Renewal Guide
Last month we teased a new way for any Polkadot Rollup to renew their Coretime through the usage of PDPs ‘Auto Renewal UI’. Through the PDP portal, any rollup, whether it’s been deployed through the PDP or not, will be able to set up auto renewal with the help of the UI.
Simply enter the RPC URL of the Parachain and let the UI take care of the rest
Auto Renewal UI
Wen prod?
The feature has been deployed to our staging environments, allowing the team to fully test the UI. We now expect it land on Production on Monday, allowing any rollup within the ecosystem to use it, ensuring no one goes without Coretime again.
Rollup Offboarding
A new feature enters the arena! The team have been working on a simple, yet effective way to offboard rollups from the PDP. Whether you’re done with testing or simply have the need to onboard your Polakdot rollup, the interactive guide will walk you through it.
On Polkadot, there’s a method to the madness, and to ensure this is done safely and effectively PDP Portal will guide you. By implementing an interactive checklist, we can ensure that your funds that were previously used to onboard the rollup are safely and securely returned back to you, preventing them from ever becoming inaccessible.
Rollup Offboarding UI
The right hand column showcases the 4 main stages of offboarding your rollup. From unlocking the rollup to cleanup of resources. Whilst the left hand column will guide you through the more in-depth and detailed step by step.
As you progress through the stages, more of the high level steps will be checked off, showing your progress.
PDP Team Retreat
The team attended the Parity Product Engineering retreat earlier in June, where we got together for an opportunity to look back on the last quarter and plan for the next.
Internal Showcase
During the retreat, the PDP team showcased the portal to the Product Engineering team alongside some lucky members of the ecosystem, giving them the opportunity to deploy their own rollup.
We’re thrilled to say that everyone who gave it a go managed to deploy their own Rollup that day, showing a testament to the fact that anyone can go from zero to hero in a matter of minutes.
Santi presenting the PDP at the Parity Product Engineering retreat
Pushing for Q3
The team locked in and planned for the quarter ahead, through many discussions, debates and taking into consideration feedback from the beta testers we were able to successfully plan our OKRs going forward for this upcoming quarter.
We’ve split our OKRs for this quarter into 5 main distinct categories,
- Deploy: This covers all our infrastructure, and one of our main goals is to move from VMs to K8s in production by the end of the quarter.
- Access: All that has to do with interacting with Polkadot. We’re working on Runtime Upgrades V2, Bridges and some other surprises.
- Build: Runtime templates with functionality that makes it easier for builders. A key feature will be having the ability to open bridges with system chains at genesis for all rollups deployed on the PDP.
- Feedback & Pending tasks: Our tasks and whishlists, combined with all the feedback we got from the beta testers. First step to digest and prioritize; then solve.
- Comms: Managing our X account (follow us @PolkadotDeploy) and overall preaching the PDP word.
But our main goal is unmovable: deploy a rollup on production. So if you are reading this and you are looking forward to launching a rollup on Polkadot or Kusama, please do reach out and let’s chat to explore the possibilities.
Conclusion
Overall it was a very successful month for the PDP, the team managed to get some incredibly useful data from our beta testers and we can’t thank them enough for the help. It shows the need for the PDP and most importantly, that it works. When anyone can spin up a rollup, live on Polkadot in under 5 minutes, it’s proof that the PDP solves one of the largest DevX hurdles facing the ecosystem.
PDP Telegram
PDP - Beta Testers Support Group
Want to chat 1-1?
Email: Remy@Parity.io
TG: @Remy_LeBerre
Check out the PDP X account too! 
https://x.com/PolkadotDeploy
A thank you to the team
This post was a collaborative effort from the Parity PDP, Product Strategy and Data teams, huge kudos to all who contributed their time between development to help write this article, provide updates and add content to this June monthly update.