Implementing Blue-Green Deployments in Kubernetes Using Minikube

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One of the main goals of modern deployment strategies is to minimize downtime and reduce the risk of introducing errors into production. Blue-Green Deployments are a proven technique that allows you to run two versions of your application — Blue (current version) and Green (new version) — in parallel and switch traffic between them with zero downtime.

In this article, we’ll explore how to implement Blue-Green deployments using Kubernetes and Minikube. By the end, you’ll understand how to create separate environments for different versions of your application and how to switch traffic seamlessly between them.

What You’ll Learn:

• Understand the concept of Blue-Green deployments and why they are useful.
• Learn how to set up Blue and Green deployments in Kubernetes using Minikube.
• Switch traffic between the Blue and Green environments using Kubernetes services.
• Learn how to rollback easily if the new deployment fails.

What is a Blue-Green Deployment?

A Blue-Green Deployment involves running two versions of your application side-by-side:

• Blue environment: The current version of your application that is…