CDP Release Management & Deployment Pipelines Flashcards

What is 'release orchestration' in a DevOps context?

Answer: Coordinating and managing the end-to-end release process across teams and environments

Release orchestration tools coordinate complex multi-team, multi-environment release workflows including approvals, timing, and dependencies.

What is a 'hotfix' release in software delivery?

Answer: An emergency patch deployed outside the normal release cycle to fix a critical production issue

A hotfix is an urgent, out-of-band release that addresses a critical bug or security vulnerability in production as quickly as possible.

Which deployment approach minimizes downtime by incrementally replacing old instances with new ones?

Answer: Rolling deployment

Rolling deployment replaces instances one at a time (or in batches), keeping the application available throughout the update.

In a GitOps workflow, what serves as the source of truth for the desired production state?

Answer: A Git repository containing declarative configuration

GitOps uses a Git repository as the single source of truth; any change to production must be made via a Git commit.

What is the purpose of a 'dry run' in a deployment pipeline?

Answer: Simulating the deployment steps without making actual changes

A dry run executes pipeline logic and shows what changes would occur without actually applying them, helping catch errors before real deployment.

Change Failure Rate (CFR) is best described as:

Answer: The percentage of deployments that cause a production incident requiring remediation

Change Failure Rate measures the percentage of production deployments that result in degraded service or require a rollback/hotfix.