Blue-Green Deployment

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Definition

Deployment strategy using two identical environments where you switch traffic from old version to new version instantly. Like having two identical stages where you prepare the new show while the old one is running.

Real-World Example

You deploy the new version to the 'green' environment, test it thoroughly, then instantly switch all users from 'blue' to 'green' with zero downtime.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

These services facilitate Blue-Green Deployment by providing infrastructure and tools to manage and switch between environments seamlessly.

AWS
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AZ
Azure DevOps
GCP
Google Kubernetes Engine
OCI
OCI Resource Manager

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