Blue-green deployments#
In this tutorial, you setup a deployment with two identical production environments, referred to arbitrarily as Blue and Green. One environment is always live, and the other environment is inactive and available to host an upgraded version.
Learning objectives#
In this tutorial, you learn how to complete these tasks:
- Use tags to design resources for multiple-node environments HCL™ Launch.
- Configure environments for no-downtime deployments.
- Create application processes to deploy multiple components to multiple nodes.
- Configure user approvals for production deployments .
Time required#
2-3 hours
- Introduction
In this tutorial, you setup a deployment with two identical production environments, referred to arbitrarily as Blue and Green. One environment is always live, and the other environment is inactive and available to host an upgraded version. - Configuring the tutorial system
Configure the resources to define the blue and green systems. - Lesson 1 Define resources
Create agent resources for a multi-node deployment. - Lesson 2: Preparing the application
Prepare the application environments for the blue-green deployment. - Lesson 3: Create the application process
Create the application process used by the blue-green deployment. - Lesson 4: Deploying the application
Deploy the blue-green application. - Summary
In this tutorial, you learned a strategy to manage blue-green deployments.
Parent topic: Advanced tutorials