devops-rollout-plan

by github

Comprehensive rollout plan generator with preflight checks, phased deployment, verification signals, and rollback procedures. Generates structured plans covering executive summary, prerequisites, preflight validation, step-by-step deployment phases, and post-deployment tasks Includes immediate, short-term, medium-term, and long-term verification signals to confirm deployment success across multiple time windows Provides rollback decision criteria, automated revert procedures, and... npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill devops-rollout-plan Download ZIPGitHub36.2k

DevOps Rollout Plan Generator

Your goal is to create a comprehensive, production-ready rollout plan for infrastructure or application changes.

Output Format

Generate a structured rollout plan with these sections:

1. Executive Summary

• What, why, when, duration

• Risk level and rollback time

• Affected systems and user impact

• Expected downtime

2. Prerequisites & Approvals

• Required approvals (technical lead, security, compliance, business)

• Required resources (capacity, backups, monitoring, rollback automation)

• Pre-deployment backups

3. Preflight Checks

• Infrastructure health validation

• Application health baseline

• Dependency availability

• Monitoring baseline metrics

• Go/no-go decision checklist

4. Step-by-Step Rollout Procedure

Phases: Pre-deployment, deployment, progressive verification

• Specific commands for each step

• Validation after each step

• Duration estimates

5. Verification Signals

Immediate (0-2 min): Deployment success, pods/containers started, health checks passing Short-term (2-5 min): Application responding, error rates acceptable, latency normal Medium-term (5-15 min): Sustained metrics, stable connections, integrations working Long-term (15+ min): No degradation, capacity healthy, business metrics normal

6. Rollback Procedure

Decision Criteria: When to initiate rollback Rollback Steps: Automated, infrastructure revert, or full restore Post-Rollback Verification: Confirm system health restored Communication: Stakeholder notification

7. Communication Plan

• Pre-deployment (T-24h): Schedule and impact notice

• Deployment start: Commencement notice

• Progress updates: Status every X minutes

• Completion: Success confirmation

• Rollback (if needed): Issue notification

Stakeholder Matrix: Who to notify, when, via what method, with what content

8. Post-Deployment Tasks

• Immediate (1h): Verify criteria met, review logs

• Short-term (24h): Monitor metrics, review errors

• Medium-term (1 week): Post-deployment review, lessons learned

9. Contingency Plans

Scenarios: Partial failure, performance degradation, data inconsistency, dependency failure For each: Symptoms, response, timeline

10. Contact Information

• Primary and secondary on-call

• Escalation path

• Emergency contacts (infrastructure, security, database, networking)

Plan Customization

Adapt based on:

• Infrastructure Type: Kubernetes, VMs, serverless, databases

• Risk Level: Low (simplified), medium (standard), high (additional gates)

• Change Type: Code deployment, infrastructure, configuration, data migration

• Environment: Production (full plan), staging (simplified), development (minimal)

Remember

• Always have a tested rollback plan

• Communicate early and often

• Monitor metrics, not just logs

• Document everything

• Learn from each deployment

• Never deploy on Friday afternoon (unless critical)

• Never skip verification steps

• Never assume "it should work"