deployment-aws-canary-setup

What problem does it solve?

This skill provides a practical blueprint for safely deploying AWS Lambda functions using progressive canary deployments with CDK, CloudWatch alarms, and CodeDeploy, reducing risk during releases.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Canary and linear deployment strategies for Lambda functions to manage traffic during upgrades.
• Automated rollback via CloudWatch alarms and CodeDeploy deployment groups to preserve service availability.
• End-to-end CDK stack including versioned Lambda, alias management, deployment alarms, and a canary deployment group for production-grade workflows.
• Use case: when releasing a new Lambda version, you can gradually shift traffic and automatically rollback on detected issues.

Quick Start

Create a CDK app that provisions a Versioned Lambda, a live alias, deployment alarms, and a CanaryDeployment; then trigger a canary deployment to a test stage and monitor CloudWatch metrics to verify safe rollout.