Deploy

A Deploy stage pre-configures a stage for deploying services to environments.

A Deploy stage is a starting configuration for deploying services to environments, executing rollout strategies, and managing infrastructure. Selecting Deploy when you add a stage pre-populates the Deploy section with fields for your service, environment, and infrastructure definition, so you can connect your deployment target without setting up a blank stage.

The Deploy type is not a restriction. You can run scripts, build artifacts, or trigger notifications from within a Deploy stage. The label describes intent, not capability.

What you will learn

• What a Deploy stage is and when to use one over a blank canvas stage

• What the Deploy configuration section pre-populates when you add a Deploy stage

• How service, environment, infrastructure definition, and execution fields are organized

What deploy stages are used for

• Deploying services to Kubernetes, ECS, Lambda, VMs, and other targets

• Running rolling, blue-green, and canary deployment strategies

• Executing Helm chart deployments and GitOps syncs

• Provisioning infrastructure with Terraform or CloudFormation as part of a deployment

• Running pre-deployment and post-deployment validation steps

Deploy configuration

When you add a Deploy stage, the Deploy section expands automatically. This section contains:

• Service: the Harness service definition describing what is being deployed (artifact, manifests, and config)

• Environment: the target environment (dev, staging, production) and its infrastructure

• Infrastructure definition: the connection details for the deployment target (cluster, namespace, account, region)

• Execution: the deployment strategy (rolling, blue-green, canary) and any pre/post steps

All other stage sections (Inputs & outputs, Execution controls, Runtime Environment) are also available and work the same way as in any other stage type.

Full documentation

For full documentation on services, environments, deployment strategies, rollback, and verification, go to the Continuous Delivery module documentation.

Next steps

• Go to Stage overview to understand how stages work and how to add them to a pipeline.

• Go to Blank canvas to start a stage without any pre-configured sections.

• Go to the Continuous Delivery module documentation for full deployment configuration, strategies, and rollback.