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Deployment automation best practices
Deployment automation best practices enable teams to release software frequently and reliably. GitScrum provides deployment tracking and release management to support automated deployment workflows.
Deployment pipeline stages
Source ──► Build ──► Test ──► Deploy Staging ──► Deploy Production ──► Monitor
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Git Push Automated Quality Gates Smoke Tests Blue-Green Alerting
Build & Security & Integration Deployment & Rollback
Automation strategies
- Blue-green deployments: Zero-downtime releases with instant rollback
- Canary releases: Gradual rollout to subset of users for testing
- Feature flags: Enable/disable features without redeployment
- Rolling updates: Update instances incrementally across the fleet
Deployment safety measures
Automated Testing ──► Manual Approval ──► Gradual Rollout ──► Monitoring ──► Rollback Plan
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Unit & Integration Stakeholder Review Percentage-based Real-time Automated
Tests & Business Approval Deployment Metrics Recovery