Run the Canary Deployment pattern on Kubernetes

Learning path | 3 resources | 1 hr | Published on March 27, 2024
Don Schenck

One of the benefits of using containers to develop applications is the ease and speed with which you can deploy new versions. In this learning path, you will use basic Kubernetes skills to understand and implement the Canary Deployment.

Access the Developer Sandbox

  1. Overview: Run the Canary Deployment pattern on Kubernetes
  2. Create a host service using the Developer Sandbox Page | 30 mins
  3. Spin up Version 2 and scale the pods Page | 30 mins

Overview: Run the Canary Deployment pattern on Kubernetes

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One of the benefits of using containers to develop applications is the ease and speed with which you can deploy new versions. A rolling update can be performed in seconds, after which your new version will be available.

The downside is that it’s quite easy to quickly introduce a buggy version of your application. This double-edged sword can be threatening, but there are deployment methodologies that can help mitigate the danger. One such deployment pattern is called the Canary Deployment.

In this learning path, you will use basic Kubernetes skills to understand and implement the Canary Deployment.

Prerequisites

In this learning path, you will:

  • Log into your Developer Sandbox at the command line
  • Spin up a host service
  • Run a curl command loop
  • Set a pod count
  • Spin up a different version
  • Patch both versions to use the same route  
  • Change the pod counts
  • Observe the results