#!/usr/bin/env bash # deploy-canary.sh — zero-downtime canary deployment for Docker services. # # Starts the new version alongside the old one, runs health checks, # then cuts traffic over. If health checks fail, the new container # is removed and the old one keeps serving. No load balancer required — # uses Docker's port mapping to swap atomically. # # Usage: ./deploy-canary.sh myapp:v2.1 set -euo pipefail APP_NAME="${1%%:*}" NEW_IMAGE="$1" PORT="${PORT:-3000}" HEALTH_ENDPOINT="${HEALTH_ENDPOINT:-/api/health}" HEALTH_TIMEOUT="${HEALTH_TIMEOUT:-30}" CANARY_PORT=0 # Docker assigns random available port log() { printf "\033[1;34m[canary]\033[0m %s\n" "$*"; } err() { printf "\033[1;31m[canary]\033[0m %s\n" "$*" >&2; } # ── Preflight ─────────────────────────────────────────────── OLD_CONTAINER=$(docker ps -q --filter "name=^${APP_NAME}$") if [ -z "$OLD_CONTAINER" ]; then err "No running container named '$APP_NAME'. Use regular deploy." exit 1 fi OLD_IMAGE=$(docker inspect --format='{{.Config.Image}}' "$OLD_CONTAINER") log "Current: $OLD_IMAGE" log "Canary: $NEW_IMAGE" # ── Pull new image ────────────────────────────────────────── log "Pulling $NEW_IMAGE..." docker pull "$NEW_IMAGE" --quiet # ── Start canary on random port ───────────────────────────── CANARY_NAME="${APP_NAME}-canary-$$" log "Starting canary container: $CANARY_NAME" docker run -d \ --name "$CANARY_NAME" \ -p "${CANARY_PORT}:${PORT}" \ --env-file "${ENV_FILE:-.env}" \ "$NEW_IMAGE" > /dev/null CANARY_MAPPED=$(docker port "$CANARY_NAME" "$PORT" | head -1 | cut -d: -f2) log "Canary running on port $CANARY_MAPPED" # ── Health check loop ─────────────────────────────────────── log "Running health checks (${HEALTH_TIMEOUT}s timeout)..." SECONDS=0 HEALTHY=false while (( SECONDS < HEALTH_TIMEOUT )); do STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \ "http://localhost:${CANARY_MAPPED}${HEALTH_ENDPOINT}" 2>/dev/null || echo "000") if [ "$STATUS" = "200" ]; then HEALTHY=true break fi sleep 1 done if [ "$HEALTHY" = false ]; then err "Health checks failed after ${HEALTH_TIMEOUT}s. Rolling back." docker logs "$CANARY_NAME" --tail 20 docker stop "$CANARY_NAME" > /dev/null && docker rm "$CANARY_NAME" > /dev/null exit 1 fi log "Health checks passed. Swapping traffic..." # ── Atomic swap ───────────────────────────────────────────── docker stop "$APP_NAME" > /dev/null docker rm "$APP_NAME" > /dev/null # Stop canary, restart with production name and port docker stop "$CANARY_NAME" > /dev/null docker rm "$CANARY_NAME" > /dev/null docker run -d \ --name "$APP_NAME" \ -p "${PORT}:${PORT}" \ --env-file "${ENV_FILE:-.env}" \ --restart unless-stopped \ "$NEW_IMAGE" > /dev/null log "Deployed $NEW_IMAGE as $APP_NAME on port $PORT" log "Old image $OLD_IMAGE is still available for manual rollback."

Zero-Downtime Canary Deployment Script

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Bash script that starts a new Docker container alongside the old one, health checks it, then swaps traffic atomically. Rolls back on failure.

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