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Overview

Blue Green Deployments are a strategy for releasing software that reduces downtime and risk. In this approach, two identical environments, Blue and Green, are used. One environment runs the current version of the application, while the other is updated with the new version. Once the new version is ready and tested, traffic is switched to the updated environment, ensuring a smooth transition without service interruptions.

📚 Key Learning Objectives

  • ✓ Define Blue Green Deployments and their purpose.
  • ✓ Identify the benefits of using Blue Green Deployments.
  • ✓ Explain the process of switching between environments.
  • ✓ Describe potential challenges of Blue Green Deployments.
  • ✓ Implement a simple Blue Green Deployment in a test environment.