About Spinnaker
Spinnaker is an open source continuous delivery platform for releasing software across several cloud providers. It was created at Netflix, and the project says hundreds of teams have run it in production.
What it does
Spinnaker builds deployment pipelines that can run tests, create and remove server groups, and watch a rollout as it happens. Pipelines can start from git events, Jenkins, Travis CI, Docker, cron schedules or other pipelines. It supports blue/green and canary deployment strategies, and it deploys to many clouds, including AWS, Kubernetes, Google Cloud and Azure.
Key features
- Pipelines triggered by git, Jenkins or cron
- Blue/green and canary rollouts
- Deploys to AWS, Kubernetes, Google Cloud and Azure
- Role-based access through existing identity systems
- Chaos Monkey integration for failure tests
Who it's for
Platform and release teams at larger companies that deploy to several clouds and want one standard release process for many services.
Pricing and good to know
Spinnaker is free and open source under the Apache License 2.0. You install and operate it yourself, and the project's Slack channel is the main place to get help. Setup and upkeep take planning, because it is a large system made of several components.
Highlights
- Trigger pipelines from git events or cron
- Run blue/green and canary deployments
- Deploy to several cloud providers
- Limit access with role-based rules
- Test that services survive instance failures
