Deployment

Plan and execute safe deployments — rollback procedures, verification steps, and monitoring.

When to Use

• •Preparing a production deployment
• •Setting up deployment pipelines
• •Defining rollback procedures
• •Verifying a deployment post-release

Workflow

1. Pre-Deployment Checklist

Before deploying:

• • All tests pass in CI
• • Staging deployment verified
• • Rollback procedure documented
• • Monitoring alerts configured
• • Not deploying on Friday afternoon

2. Choose a Deployment Strategy

3. Deploy

# Example: Kubernetes blue/green
kubectl apply -f deployment-green.yaml
kubectl rollout status deployment/myapp-green

# Verify health
curl -f https://myapp-green.internal/health/ready

# Cut traffic
kubectl patch service myapp -p '{"spec":{"selector":{"version":"green"}}}'

4. Post-Deployment Verification

1. •Health check — /health/ready returns 200
2. •Smoke test — Critical user path works (e.g., login)
3. •Metrics — Error rate and latency within normal range
4. •Logs — No new error patterns in aggregator

5. Rollback (if needed)

# Blue/Green rollback — switch selector back
kubectl patch service myapp -p '{"spec":{"selector":{"version":"blue"}}}'

6. Post-Deploy

• • Confirm metrics stable for 30 minutes
• • Update deployment log/changelog
• • Communicate to team

Red Flags

Related Skills

Backing Guide

• •Deployment Strategies