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Spinnaker uses pipelines to orchestrate deployments, tests, and verification steps for applications.

Supports multi-cloud deployments including AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, and OpenStack.

Provides built-in strategies for rolling, blue/green, and canary deployments.

Integrates with CI systems like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or CircleCI for triggering pipelines.

Enables observability of deployments with monitoring, notifications, and automated rollbacks.

Pipelines - automated deployment workflows

Stages - discrete tasks in pipelines (deploy, bake, manual judgment, etc.)

Clusters - logical groupings of deployed instances

Artifacts - versioned deployment packages

Triggers - events from CI, Git, or cron to start pipelines

Pipeline - automated series of stages for deployment

Stage - a single step in a pipeline

Cluster - logical group of deployed instances

Artifact - versioned build artifact (Docker image, VM, etc.)

Trigger - event that starts a pipeline

Halyard configuration for Spinnaker deployment

Deck UI for managing pipelines

Artifact repositories (Docker, GCS, S3, Git)

Cloud provider account configurations

Documentation for pipelines and strategies

Define pipeline with stages

Add triggers to start pipelines automatically

Configure deployment strategies per stage

Set up notifications and monitoring

Commit pipelines and monitor execution via UI or API

Beginner: Single cloud deployment with manual triggers

Intermediate: Multi-stage pipeline with automated tests

Advanced: Multi-cloud deployment with canary strategy

Expert: Multi-region deployments with approval gates and monitoring

Architect: Enterprise-wide automated delivery pipelines across teams

Spinnaker vs Jenkins -> Jenkins builds artifacts; Spinnaker orchestrates deployments

Spinnaker vs Argo CD -> Multi-cloud vs Kubernetes-native

Spinnaker vs CircleCI -> Focused on CD pipelines vs CI/CD automation

Spinnaker vs GitHub Actions -> Orchestrates complex deployments vs VCS-integrated pipelines

Spinnaker vs Terraform -> Deployment orchestration vs infrastructure provisioning

2015 - Spinnaker open-sourced by Netflix

2016 - Multi-cloud support introduced

2017 - Kubernetes deployment integration

2018 - Canary and blue/green deployment strategies

2020 - Continuous Delivery Foundation stewardship

2023 - Latest release with enhanced pipeline UI and cloud integrations

Pipeline - automated sequence of deployment stages

Stage - a discrete step in a pipeline

Cluster - group of deployed application instances

Artifact - versioned deployment package

Trigger - event initiating a pipeline