Blue/Green Deployments
Set up Blue/Green deployment strategies with GitHub Actions to minimize downtime and facilitate quick rollbacks.
What is Blue/Green Deployment?
Welcome! In this lesson, we'll dive into Blue/Green deployments, a powerful strategy for releasing new software.
It's designed to minimize downtime and risk during deployments, ensuring your users always have a smooth experience.
Understanding Blue & Green
Imagine you have two identical production environments: one called "Blue" and another called "Green".
- Blue: This is your current live environment, serving all user traffic.
- Green: This is an inactive, identical environment used for deploying and testing new versions.