Deployment workflows for web apps: CI/CD pipelines, Docker containerization, health checks, rollback strategies, and production readiness checklists. USE WHEN shipping a web app, setting up a CI/CD pipeline, containerizing with Docker, or hardening a release for production.
Deployment workflows for web apps: CI/CD pipelines, Docker containerization, health checks, rollback strategies, and production readiness checklists. USE WHEN shipping a web app, setting up a CI/CD pipeline, containerizing with Docker, or hardening a release for production.
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Deployment Patterns
Production deployment workflows and CI/CD best practices.
Zero downtime, gradual rollout
Two versions run simultaneously — requires backward-compatible changes
Standard deployments, backward-compatible changes
Pros:
Cons:
Use when:
Blue-Green Deployment
Run two identical environments. Switch traffic atomically.
Blue (v1) ← traffic
Green (v2) idle, running new version
# After verification:
Blue (v1) idle (becomes standby)
Green (v2) ← traffic
Pros: Instant rollback (switch back to blue), clean cutover
Cons: Requires 2x infrastructure during deployment
Use when: Critical services, zero-tolerance for issues
Canary Deployment
Route a small percentage of traffic to the new version first.
v1: 95% of traffic
v2: 5% of traffic (canary)
# If metrics look good:
v1: 50% of traffic
v2: 50% of traffic
# Final:
v2: 100% of traffic
Pros: Catches issues with real traffic before full rollout
Cons: Requires traffic splitting infrastructure, monitoring
Use when: High-traffic services, risky changes, feature flags
Docker
Multi-Stage Dockerfile (Node.js)
# Stage 1: Install dependencies
FROM node:22-alpine AS deps
WORKDIR /app
COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
RUN npm ci --production=false
# Stage 2: Build
FROM node:22-alpine AS builder
WORKDIR /app
COPY --from=deps /app/node_modules ./node_modules
COPY . .
RUN npm run build
RUN npm prune --production
# Stage 3: Production image
FROM node:22-alpine AS runner
WORKDIR /app
RUN addgroup -g 1001 -S appgroup && adduser -S appuser -u 1001
USER appuser
COPY --from=builder --chown=appuser:appgroup /app/node_modules ./node_modules
COPY --from=builder --chown=appuser:appgroup /app/dist ./dist
COPY --from=builder --chown=appuser:appgroup /app/package.json ./
ENV NODE_ENV=production
EXPOSE 3000
HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
CMD wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:3000/health || exit 1
CMD ["node", "dist/server.js"]
Multi-Stage Dockerfile (Go)
FROM golang:1.22-alpine AS builder
WORKDIR /app
COPY go.mod go.sum ./
RUN go mod download
COPY . .
RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o /server ./cmd/server
FROM alpine:3.19 AS runner
RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates
RUN adduser -D -u 1001 appuser
USER appuser
COPY --from=builder /server /server
EXPOSE 8080
HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s CMD wget -qO- http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
CMD ["/server"]
Multi-Stage Dockerfile (Python/Django)
FROM python:3.12-slim AS builder
WORKDIR /app
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir uv
COPY requirements.txt .
RUN uv pip install --system --no-cache -r requirements.txt
FROM python:3.12-slim AS runner
WORKDIR /app
RUN useradd -r -u 1001 appuser
USER appuser
COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages /usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages
COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin /usr/local/bin
COPY . .
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
EXPOSE 8000
HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s CMD python -c "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:8000/health/')" || exit 1
CMD ["gunicorn", "config.wsgi:application", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000", "--workers", "4"]
Docker Best Practices
# GOOD practices
- Use specific version tags (node:22-alpine, not node:latest)
- Multi-stage builds to minimize image size
- Run as non-root user
- Copy dependency files first (layer caching)
- Use .dockerignore to exclude node_modules, .git, tests
- Add HEALTHCHECK instruction
- Set resource limits in docker-compose or k8s
# BAD practices
- Running as root
- Using :latest tags
- Copying entire repo in one COPY layer
- Installing dev dependencies in production image
- Storing secrets in image (use env vars or secrets manager)
livenessProbe:httpGet:path:/healthport:3000initialDelaySeconds:10periodSeconds:30failureThreshold:3readinessProbe:httpGet:path:/healthport:3000initialDelaySeconds:5periodSeconds:10failureThreshold:2startupProbe:httpGet:path:/healthport:3000initialDelaySeconds:0periodSeconds:5failureThreshold:30# 30 * 5s = 150s max startup time
Environment Configuration
Twelve-Factor App Pattern
# All config via environment variables — never in code
DATABASE_URL=postgres://user:pass@host:5432/db
REDIS_URL=redis://host:6379/0
API_KEY=${API_KEY}# injected by secrets manager
LOG_LEVEL=info
PORT=3000
# Environment-specific behavior
NODE_ENV=production # or staging, development
APP_ENV=production # explicit app environment
Configuration Validation
import { z } from"zod";
const envSchema = z.object({
NODE_ENV: z.enum(["development", "staging", "production"]),
PORT: z.coerce.number().default(3000),
DATABASE_URL: z.string().url(),
REDIS_URL: z.string().url(),
JWT_SECRET: z.string().min(32),
LOG_LEVEL: z.enum(["debug", "info", "warn", "error"]).default("info"),
});
// Validate at startup — fail fast if config is wrongexportconst env = envSchema.parse(process.env);