Require staging verification before production deploy.
Section: Deployment strategy snippets
Staging then production promotion
yaml
yaml
jobs:
deploy_staging:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- run: ./scripts/deploy.sh staging
smoke_test:
needs: deploy_staging
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- run: ./scripts/smoke-test.sh https://staging.example.com
deploy_production:
needs: smoke_test
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- run: ./scripts/deploy.sh productionExplanation
Promotion pipelines reduce risk by proving the same build in staging before releasing to production.
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