Operations → Deployment
Software Deployment
The process of releasing software into an environment where it can run and serve users or systems.
Motivation
Deployment moves software from code into a running environment. It solves the problem of safely turning a change into a live system users can depend on.
Mental model
Without deployment discipline, releases are risky manual events. Good deployment makes releases repeatable, observable, and reversible.
Where it fits
Software Deployment belongs to the Operations track, inside Deployment. It connects to nearby concepts through the graph relationships on this page and in the graph explorer.
Common mistakes
- Confusing deployment with delivery: delivery prepares a change; deployment makes it run.
- Skipping rollback or recovery plans.
- Treating production configuration as an afterthought.
Related concepts
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Rollback
A Rollback returns an environment to a previously known-good release or configuration after a harmful deployment. Reliable rollback depends on versioned artifacts, backward-compatible data changes, clear health signals, and rehearsed procedures. Some changes, especially destructive database migrations or external side effects, require roll-forward remediation instead.