Pods & Pixels

Pods & Pixels

Blue-Green Deployments in Kubernetes

Christopher Adamson's avatar
Christopher Adamson
Sep 22, 2025
∙ Paid
Share

Blue-green deployments are a strategy for achieving zero-downtime updates, offering a high level of control and rollback flexibility. This approach involves maintaining two separate environments—one (blue) for the current version and another (green) for the new version—allowing traffic to switch seamlessly between them. In this part, we will explore the concept of blue-green deployments, how to implement them in Kubernetes, and their advantages and best practices.

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Pods & Pixels to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Christopher Adamson
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture