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# deployment-pipeline-design — detailed patterns and worked examples
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## Pipeline Stages
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### Standard Pipeline Flow
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```
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┌─────────┐ ┌──────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌────────┐ ┌──────────┐
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│ Build │ → │ Test │ → │ Staging │ → │ Approve│ → │Production│
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└─────────┘ └──────┘ └─────────┘ └────────┘ └──────────┘
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```
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### Detailed Stage Breakdown
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1. **Source** - Code checkout, dependency graph resolution
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2. **Build** - Compile, package, containerize, sign artifacts
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3. **Test** - Unit, integration, SAST/SCA security scans
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4. **Staging Deploy** - Deploy to staging environment with smoke tests
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5. **Integration Tests** - E2E, contract tests, performance baselines
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6. **Approval Gate** - Manual or automated metric-based gate
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7. **Production Deploy** - Canary, blue-green, or rolling strategy
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8. **Verification** - Deep health checks, synthetic monitoring
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9. **Rollback** - Automated rollback on failure signals
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## Approval Gate Patterns
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### Pattern 1: Manual Approval (GitHub Actions)
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```yaml
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production-deploy:
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needs: staging-deploy
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environment:
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name: production
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url: https://app.example.com
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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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steps:
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- name: Deploy to production
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run: kubectl apply -f k8s/production/
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```
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Environment protection rules in GitHub enforce required reviewers before this job starts. Configure reviewers at **Settings → Environments → production → Required reviewers**.
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### Pattern 2: Time-Based Approval (GitLab CI)
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```yaml
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deploy:production:
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stage: deploy
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script:
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- deploy.sh production
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environment:
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name: production
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when: delayed
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start_in: 30 minutes
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only:
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- main
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```
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### Pattern 3: Multi-Approver (Azure Pipelines)
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```yaml
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stages:
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- stage: Production
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dependsOn: Staging
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jobs:
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- deployment: Deploy
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environment:
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name: production
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resourceType: Kubernetes
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strategy:
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runOnce:
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preDeploy:
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steps:
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- task: ManualValidation@0
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inputs:
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notifyUsers: "team-leads@example.com"
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instructions: "Review staging metrics before approving"
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```
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### Pattern 4: Automated Metric Gate
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Use an AnalysisTemplate (Argo Rollouts) or a custom gate script to block promotion when error rates exceed a threshold:
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```yaml
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# Argo Rollouts AnalysisTemplate — blocks canary promotion automatically
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apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
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kind: AnalysisTemplate
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metadata:
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name: success-rate
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spec:
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metrics:
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- name: success-rate
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interval: 60s
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successCondition: "result[0] >= 0.95"
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failureCondition: "result[0] < 0.90"
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inconclusiveLimit: 3
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provider:
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prometheus:
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address: http://prometheus:9090
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query: |
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sum(rate(http_requests_total{status!~"5..",job="my-app"}[2m]))
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/ sum(rate(http_requests_total{job="my-app"}[2m]))
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```
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## Deployment Strategies
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### Decision Table
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| Strategy | Downtime | Rollback Speed | Cost Impact | Best For |
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|-------------|----------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
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| Rolling | None | ~minutes | None | Most stateless services |
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| Blue-Green | None | Instant | 2x infra (temp) | High-risk or database migrations |
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| Canary | None | Instant | Minimal | High-traffic, metric-driven |
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| Recreate | Yes | Fast | None | Dev/test, batch jobs |
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| Feature Flag | None | Instant | None | Gradual feature exposure |
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### 1. Rolling Deployment
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```yaml
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apiVersion: apps/v1
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kind: Deployment
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metadata:
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name: my-app
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spec:
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replicas: 10
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strategy:
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type: RollingUpdate
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rollingUpdate:
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maxSurge: 2 # at most 12 pods during rollout
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maxUnavailable: 1 # at least 9 pods always serving
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```
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Characteristics: gradual rollout, zero downtime, easy rollback, best for most applications.
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### 2. Blue-Green Deployment
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```bash
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# Switch traffic from blue to green
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kubectl apply -f k8s/green-deployment.yaml
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kubectl rollout status deployment/my-app-green
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# Flip the service selector
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kubectl patch service my-app -p '{"spec":{"selector":{"version":"green"}}}'
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# Rollback instantly if needed
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kubectl patch service my-app -p '{"spec":{"selector":{"version":"blue"}}}'
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```
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Characteristics: instant switchover, easy rollback, doubles infrastructure cost temporarily, good for high-risk deployments with long warm-up times.
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### 3. Canary Deployment (Argo Rollouts)
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```yaml
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apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
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kind: Rollout
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metadata:
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name: my-app
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spec:
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replicas: 10
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strategy:
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canary:
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analysis:
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templates:
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- templateName: success-rate
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startingStep: 2
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steps:
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- setWeight: 10
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- pause: { duration: 5m }
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- setWeight: 25
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- pause: { duration: 5m }
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- setWeight: 50
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- pause: { duration: 10m }
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- setWeight: 100
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```
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Characteristics: gradual traffic shift, real-user metric validation, automated promotion or rollback, requires Argo Rollouts or a service mesh.
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### 4. Feature Flags
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```python
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from flagsmith import Flagsmith
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flagsmith = Flagsmith(environment_key="API_KEY")
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if flagsmith.has_feature("new_checkout_flow"):
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process_checkout_v2()
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else:
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process_checkout_v1()
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```
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Characteristics: deploy without releasing, A/B testing, instant rollback per user segment, granular control independent of deployment.
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## Pipeline Orchestration
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### Multi-Stage Pipeline Example (GitHub Actions)
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```yaml
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name: Production Pipeline
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on:
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push:
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branches: [main]
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jobs:
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build:
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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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outputs:
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image: ${{ steps.build.outputs.image }}
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steps:
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- uses: actions/checkout@v4
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- name: Build and push Docker image
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id: build
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run: |
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IMAGE=myapp:${{ github.sha }}
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docker build -t $IMAGE .
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docker push $IMAGE
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echo "image=$IMAGE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
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test:
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needs: build
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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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steps:
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- name: Unit tests
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run: make test
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- name: Security scan
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run: trivy image ${{ needs.build.outputs.image }}
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deploy-staging:
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needs: test
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environment:
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name: staging
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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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steps:
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- name: Deploy to staging
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run: kubectl apply -f k8s/staging/
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integration-test:
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needs: deploy-staging
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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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steps:
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- name: Run E2E tests
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run: npm run test:e2e
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deploy-production:
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needs: integration-test
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environment:
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name: production # blocks here until required reviewers approve
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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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steps:
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- name: Canary deployment
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run: |
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kubectl apply -f k8s/production/
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kubectl argo rollouts promote my-app
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verify:
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needs: deploy-production
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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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steps:
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- name: Deep health check
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run: |
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for i in {1..12}; do
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STATUS=$(curl -sf https://app.example.com/health/ready | jq -r '.status')
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[ "$STATUS" = "ok" ] && exit 0
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sleep 10
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done
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exit 1
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- name: Notify on success
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run: |
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curl -X POST ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }} \
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-d '{"text":"Production deployment successful: ${{ github.sha }}"}'
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```
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## Health Checks
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### Shallow vs Deep Health Endpoints
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A shallow `/ping` returns 200 even when downstream dependencies are broken. Use a deep readiness endpoint that verifies actual dependencies before promoting traffic.
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```python
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# /health/ready — checks real dependencies, used by pipeline gate
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@app.get("/health/ready")
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async def readiness():
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checks = {
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"database": await check_db_connection(),
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"cache": await check_redis_connection(),
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"queue": await check_queue_connection(),
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}
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status = "ok" if all(checks.values()) else "degraded"
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code = 200 if status == "ok" else 503
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return JSONResponse({"status": status, "checks": checks}, status_code=code)
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```
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### Post-Deployment Verification Script
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```bash
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
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# verify-deployment.sh — run after every production deploy
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set -euo pipefail
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ENDPOINT="${1:?usage: verify-deployment.sh <base-url>}"
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MAX_ATTEMPTS=12
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SLEEP_SECONDS=10
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for i in $(seq 1 $MAX_ATTEMPTS); do
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STATUS=$(curl -sf "$ENDPOINT/health/ready" | jq -r '.status' 2>/dev/null || echo "unreachable")
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if [ "$STATUS" = "ok" ]; then
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echo "Health check passed after $((i * SLEEP_SECONDS))s"
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exit 0
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fi
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echo "Attempt $i/$MAX_ATTEMPTS: status=$STATUS — retrying in ${SLEEP_SECONDS}s"
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sleep "$SLEEP_SECONDS"
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done
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echo "Health check failed after $((MAX_ATTEMPTS * SLEEP_SECONDS))s"
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exit 1
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```
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## Rollback Strategies
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### Automated Rollback in Pipeline
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```yaml
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deploy-and-verify:
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steps:
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- name: Deploy new version
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run: kubectl apply -f k8s/
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- name: Wait for rollout
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run: kubectl rollout status deployment/my-app --timeout=5m
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- name: Post-deployment health check
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id: health
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run: ./scripts/verify-deployment.sh https://app.example.com
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- name: Rollback on failure
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if: failure()
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run: |
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kubectl rollout undo deployment/my-app
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echo "Rolled back to previous revision"
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```
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### Manual Rollback Commands
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```bash
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# List revision history with change-cause annotations
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kubectl rollout history deployment/my-app
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# Rollback to previous version
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kubectl rollout undo deployment/my-app
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# Rollback to a specific revision
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kubectl rollout undo deployment/my-app --to-revision=3
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# Verify rollback completed
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kubectl rollout status deployment/my-app
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```
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For advanced rollback strategies including database migration rollbacks and Argo Rollouts abort flows, see [`references/advanced-strategies.md`](references/advanced-strategies.md).
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## Monitoring and Metrics
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### Key DORA Metrics to Track
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| Metric | Target (Elite) | How to Measure |
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| Deployment Frequency | Multiple/day | Pipeline run count per day |
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| Lead Time for Changes | < 1 hour | Commit timestamp → production deploy |
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| Change Failure Rate | < 5% | Failed deploys / total deploys |
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| Mean Time to Recovery | < 1 hour | Incident open → service restored |
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### Post-Deployment Metric Verification
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```yaml
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- name: Verify error rate post-deployment
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run: |
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sleep 60 # allow metrics to accumulate
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ERROR_RATE=$(curl -sf "$PROMETHEUS_URL/api/v1/query" \
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--data-urlencode 'query=sum(rate(http_requests_total{status=~"5.."}[5m])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total[5m]))' \
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| jq '.data.result[0].value[1]')
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echo "Current error rate: $ERROR_RATE"
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if (( $(echo "$ERROR_RATE > 0.01" | bc -l) )); then
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echo "Error rate $ERROR_RATE exceeds 1% threshold — triggering rollback"
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exit 1
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fi
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```
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## Pipeline Best Practices
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1. **Fail fast** — Run quick checks (lint, unit tests) before slow ones (E2E, security scans)
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2. **Parallel execution** — Run independent jobs concurrently to minimize total pipeline time
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3. **Caching** — Cache dependency layers and build artifacts between runs
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4. **Artifact promotion** — Build once, promote the same artifact through all environments
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5. **Environment parity** — Keep staging infrastructure as close to production as possible
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6. **Secrets management** — Use secret stores (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, GitHub encrypted secrets) — never hardcode
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7. **Deployment windows** — Prefer low-traffic windows; enforce change freeze periods via gate policies
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8. **Idempotent deploys** — Ensure re-running a deploy produces the same result
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9. **Rollback automation** — Trigger rollback automatically on health check or metric threshold failure
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10. **Annotate deployments** — Send deployment markers to monitoring tools (Datadog, Grafana) for correlation
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