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Deployment knowledge base. Provides zero-downtime strategies, blue-green deployment, canary releases, rolling updates, rollback procedures, feature flags, and health check patterns.

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Deployment Knowledge Base

Quick reference for deployment strategies, zero-downtime patterns, and release management.

Deployment Strategies

Strategy Comparison
StrategyDowntimeRollback SpeedRiskResource Usage
RecreateYesSlowHigh1x
RollingNoMediumMedium1.25x
Blue-GreenNoInstantLow2x
CanaryNoFastVery Low1.1x
A/B TestingNoFastLowVariable
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIES │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ RECREATE ROLLING BLUE-GREEN CANARY │
│ ┌───┐ ┌───┬───┐ ┌───┐ ┌───┐ ┌───┐ │
│ │ v1│ │v1 │v1 │ │ v1│ │ v2│ │v1 │ 90% │
│ └───┘ └───┴───┘ └───┘ └───┘ └───┘ │
│ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↕ ┌───┐ │
│ ┌───┐ ┌───┬───┐ Traffic │v2 │ 10% │
│ │ v2│ │v2 │v1 │ Switch └───┘ │
│ └───┘ └───┴───┘ │
│ ↓ ↓ │
│ ┌───┬───┐ │
│ │v2 │v2 │ │
│ └───┴───┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Blue-Green Deployment

Overview

Two identical environments (Blue = current, Green = new). Traffic switches instantly.

yaml
# Environment structure
environments:
blue:
url: blue.example.com
version: v1.2.3
active: true
green:
url: green.example.com
version: v1.2.4
active: false
# Load balancer config
upstream backend {
server blue.example.com weight=100;
server green.example.com weight=0;
}
Deployment Steps
bash
#!/bin/bash
# blue-green-deploy.sh
ACTIVE=$(get_active_environment)
INACTIVE=$(get_inactive_environment)
# 1. Deploy to inactive environment
deploy_to_environment $INACTIVE $VERSION
# 2. Run health checks
if ! health_check $INACTIVE; then
echo "Health check failed, aborting"
exit 1
fi
# 3. Run smoke tests
if ! smoke_tests $INACTIVE; then
echo "Smoke tests failed, aborting"
exit 1
fi
# 4. Switch traffic
switch_traffic_to $INACTIVE
# 5. Verify
if ! verify_deployment $INACTIVE; then
echo "Verification failed, rolling back"
switch_traffic_to $ACTIVE
exit 1
fi
# 6. Mark as active
set_active_environment $INACTIVE
Rollback
bash
# Instant rollback - just switch traffic back
switch_traffic_to $PREVIOUS_ACTIVE

Canary Deployment

Traffic Distribution
yaml
# Canary stages
stages:
- name: canary-5
traffic: 5%
duration: 10m
- name: canary-25
traffic: 25%
duration: 30m
- name: canary-50
traffic: 50%
duration: 1h
- name: full-rollout
traffic: 100%
Implementation
yaml
# nginx canary config
upstream backend {
server stable.example.com weight=95;
server canary.example.com weight=5;
}
# Or with cookie-based routing
map $cookie_canary $backend {
"true" canary.example.com;
default stable.example.com;
}
Canary Analysis
yaml
# Automated canary analysis
analysis:
metrics:
- name: error_rate
threshold: 1%
comparison: less_than
- name: latency_p99
threshold: 500ms
comparison: less_than
- name: success_rate
threshold: 99%
comparison: greater_than
duration: 10m
interval: 1m
on_failure: rollback
on_success: promote

Rolling Deployment

Configuration
yaml
# Kubernetes-style rolling update
deployment:
replicas: 4
strategy:
type: RollingUpdate
rollingUpdate:
maxUnavailable: 1
maxSurge: 1
Sequence
Time →
Pod 1: [v1][v1][v1][v2][v2][v2][v2]
Pod 2: [v1][v1][v1][v1][v2][v2][v2]
Pod 3: [v1][v1][v1][v1][v1][v2][v2]
Pod 4: [v1][v1][v1][v1][v1][v1][v2]

Zero-Downtime Checklist

Database Migrations
php
// WRONG: Destructive migration
Schema::dropColumn('users', 'old_field');
// RIGHT: Backward-compatible migration
// Step 1: Add new column (deploy #1)
Schema::addColumn('users', 'new_field');
// Step 2: Migrate data (deploy #2)
DB::statement('UPDATE users SET new_field = old_field');
// Step 3: Switch code to use new_field (deploy #3)
// Step 4: Drop old column (deploy #4, weeks later)
Schema::dropColumn('users', 'old_field');
Migration Strategies
ChangeStrategy
Add columnAdd with default, deploy, backfill
Remove columnStop using, deploy, wait, remove
Rename columnAdd new, migrate, switch, remove old
Change typeAdd new column, migrate, switch
Add indexOnline DDL, low-traffic window
Health Checks
php
// Readiness probe - can accept traffic?
public function ready(): JsonResponse
{
return response()->json([
'database' => $this->checkDatabase(),
'cache' => $this->checkCache(),
'queue' => $this->checkQueue(),
]);
}
// Liveness probe - is the app running?
public function live(): JsonResponse
{
return response()->json(['status' => 'ok']);
}

Feature Flags

Implementation Patterns
php
// Simple feature flag
if (Feature::enabled('new-checkout')) {
return $this->newCheckout();
}
return $this->oldCheckout();
// User-based rollout
if (Feature::enabledForUser('new-checkout', $user)) {
return $this->newCheckout();
}
// Percentage rollout
if (Feature::enabledForPercentage('new-checkout', 10)) {
return $this->newCheckout();
}
Feature Flag Service
php
interface FeatureFlagService
{
public function isEnabled(string $feature): bool;
public function isEnabledForUser(string $feature, User $user): bool;
public function isEnabledForPercentage(string $feature, int $percent): bool;
public function getVariant(string $feature): string;
}
Configuration
yaml
# features.yaml
features:
new-checkout:
enabled: true
rollout:
type: percentage
value: 25
users:
- user-123 # Beta testers
- user-456
dark-mode:
enabled: true
rollout:
type: user_attribute
attribute: plan
values: [premium, enterprise]
Best Practices
Feature Flag Lifecycle:
┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐
│ Create │───▶│ Rollout │───▶│ Full On │───▶│ Remove │
│ Flag │ │ 0-100% │ │ 100% │ │ Flag │
└──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘
1 day 1-2 weeks 2 weeks Sprint

Rollback Procedures

Automated Rollback Triggers
yaml
rollback:
triggers:
- metric: error_rate
threshold: 5%
window: 5m
- metric: latency_p95
threshold: 2s
window: 5m
- metric: health_check_failures
threshold: 3
window: 1m
actions:
- switch_traffic_to_previous
- notify_oncall
- create_incident
Manual Rollback
bash
#!/bin/bash
# rollback.sh
# 1. Get previous version
PREVIOUS=$(get_previous_version)
# 2. Switch traffic immediately (blue-green)
switch_traffic_to $PREVIOUS_ENV
# Or redeploy previous version (rolling)
deploy_version $PREVIOUS
# 3. Verify
health_check_all
# 4. Notify
notify_team "Rolled back to $PREVIOUS"
Database Rollback
php
// Always have down() migration
public function down(): void
{
Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->dropColumn('new_field');
});
}

Environment Configuration

Environment Matrix
yaml
environments:
development:
replicas: 1
resources: minimal
auto_deploy: true
staging:
replicas: 2
resources: medium
auto_deploy: true
feature_flags: all_enabled
production:
replicas: 4+
resources: full
auto_deploy: false
requires_approval: true
deployment_window: "Mon-Thu 09:00-16:00"
Secrets Management
yaml
# DO NOT: Hardcode secrets
database_password: "secret123"
# DO: Use environment variables
database_password: ${DATABASE_PASSWORD}
# DO: Use secret managers
database_password:
vault: production/database
key: password

Deployment Checklist

Pre-Deployment
  • [ ] All tests passing
  • [ ] Code review approved
  • [ ] Database migrations tested
  • [ ] Rollback plan documented
  • [ ] Monitoring alerts configured
  • [ ] Stakeholders notified
During Deployment
  • [ ] Health checks passing
  • [ ] No error spike in metrics
  • [ ] Latency within SLA
  • [ ] Smoke tests passing
  • [ ] Feature flags working
Post-Deployment
  • [ ] Verify functionality
  • [ ] Check error rates
  • [ ] Monitor performance
  • [ ] Update documentation
  • [ ] Clean up old versions

References

For detailed information, load these reference files:

  • references/blue-green.md — Blue-green implementation details
  • references/canary.md — Canary release patterns
  • references/feature-flags.md — Feature flag best practices

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