Commit 51214bf0 authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Add docs for incremental rollouts

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| `POSTGRES_DB` | The PostgreSQL database name; defaults to the value of [`$CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG`](../../ci/variables/README.md#predefined-variables-environment-variables). Set it to use a custom database name. |
| `BUILDPACK_URL` | The buildpack's full URL. It can point to either Git repositories or a tarball URL. For Git repositories, it is possible to point to a specific `ref`, for example `https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ruby.git#v142` |
| `STAGING_ENABLED` | From GitLab 10.8, this variable can be used to define a [deploy policy for staging and production environments](#deploy-policy-for-staging-and-production-environments). |
| `INCREMENTAL_ROLLOUT_ENABLED`| From GitLab 10.8, this variable can be used to enable an [incremental rollout](#incremental-rollout-to-production) of your application for the production environment. |
TIP: **Tip:**
Set up the replica variables using a
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to a `staging` environment, and a `production_manual` job will be created for
you when you're ready to manually deploy to production.
#### Incremental rollout to production **[PREMIUM]**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/5415) in GitLab 10.8.
When you have a new version of your app to deploy in production, you may want
to use an incremental rollout to replace just a few pods with the latest code.
This will allow you to first check how the app is behaving, and later manually
increasing the rollout up to 100%.
If `INCREMENTAL_ROLLOUT_ENABLED` is defined in your project (e.g., set
`INCREMENTAL_ROLLOUT_ENABLED` to `1` as a secret variable), then instead of the
standard `production` job, 4 different
[manual jobs](../../ci/pipelines.md#manual-actions-from-the-pipeline-graph)
will be created:
1. `rollout 10%`
1. `rollout 25%`
1. `rollout 50%`
1. `rollout 100%`
The percentage is based on the `REPLICAS` variable and defines the number of
pods you want to have for your deployment. If you say `10`, and then you run
the `10%` rollout job, there will be `1` new pod + `9` old ones.
To start a job, click on the play icon next to the job's name. You are not
required to go from `10%` to `100%`, you can jump to whatever job you want.
You can also scale down by running a lower percentage job, just before hitting
`100%`. Once you get to `100%`, you cannot scale down, and you'd have to roll
back by redeploying the old version using the
[rollback button](../../ci/environments.md#rolling-back-changes) in the
environment page.
Below, you can see how the pipeline will look if the rollout or staging
variables are defined.
- **Without `INCREMENTAL_ROLLOUT_ENABLED` and without `STAGING_ENABLED`**
![Staging and rollout disabled](img/rollout_staging_disabled.png)
- **Without `INCREMENTAL_ROLLOUT_ENABLED` and with `STAGING_ENABLED`**
![Staging enabled](img/staging_enabled.png)
- **With `INCREMENTAL_ROLLOUT_ENABLED` and without `STAGING_ENABLED`**
![Rollout enabled](img/rollout_enabled.png)
- **With `INCREMENTAL_ROLLOUT_ENABLED` and with `STAGING_ENABLED`**
![Rollout and staging enabled](img/rollout_staging_enabled.png)
## Currently supported languages
NOTE: **Note:**
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