Progressive Delivery

Ring-Based Deployment Strategy

Production Ring Deployment:
Ring 0 (Canaries) → Ring 1 (Early) → Ring 2 (Default) → Ring 3 (Late)
     [1% users]       [5% users]        [84% users]       [10% users]
        ↓                ↓                  ↓                 ↓
    DevTeam       Early Adopters      Main Users        Conservative

Implementation Examples

AWS Implementation

  • Route53 weighted routing

  • AppMesh traffic shifting

  • EKS with Flagger

  • CloudWatch metrics validation

Azure Implementation

  • Front Door traffic steering

  • AKS with KEDA

  • Application Insights monitoring

  • Azure Load Testing

GCP Implementation

  • Cloud Load Balancing

  • GKE with Traffic Director

  • Cloud Monitoring metrics

  • Cloud Build triggers

Feature Flag Management

  • LaunchDarkly integration

  • Environment-based toggles

  • User segment targeting

  • Automatic rollback rules

Observability Integration

  • Real-time metrics

  • User session tracking

  • Error rate monitoring

  • Performance baselines

Risk Mitigation

  • Automated rollback triggers

  • Health check verification

  • Load testing gates

  • Security scan requirements

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