Release /
Run and manage releases
You can run and manage release flows from the pipeline you created them in.
Select the pipeline that contains the release flows you want to manage from the pipelines list. You can run a release flow for a stage, or click the options button to view runs or edit the release flow.
Pipelines and release flows
The documentation in this section covers the new pipelines and release flows feature, released in February 2023. You can find documentation for the V1 pipelines feature in deploy using a pipeline.
You can run a release flow for a pipeline stage by clicking run in the release header in the pipeline overview.
You can enter a display name and description for the release run to help you track releases, particularly useful if you need to roll back a release. If you do not enter a name for the run it will display the generated UUID, but you can edit the display name of a run afterwards.
If the release flow contains any build deployments from build services or container registries you will be able to override the configured build or image to deploy, if required.
Click run to begin the release flow run and the view of the release flow run will open, showing you the status of each workflow and node as they are executed.
Node statuses
Pending: the node or workflow will run when previous steps are executed successfully
Running: the node or workflow is currently being executed
Waiting: the node is waiting for an action to be completed, will eventually timeout unless it receives a successful response
Retrying: the node has failed on previous runs, but is being executed again (up to 3 attempts)
Success: the node or workflow has completed successfully
Failed: the node or workflow has failed to execute, or exceeded 3 retries
The state of the current or most recent release is indicated in the release header for each pipeline stage. This can be clicked on to view the currently running release, or the list of previous runs.
Release flow run statuses
Pending: the release flow is scheduled to run
Running: the release flow is currently running
Success: all of the nodes within the release flow completed successfully
Failed: some or all of the nodes within the release flow failed to complete successfully
Release flow runs
Click the options button and select view release flow runs.
This displays a list of previous and current release flow runs and their status. You can also see when the release flow was run, when it was completed, and whether it was a release or rollback.
Click on any run in the list to view the status of individual nodes. You can click on an individual node to view its code, as well as the response object which contains the response from the Northflank API and the retries object, which contains information about any attempted retries.
You can roll back to a specific release by opening it from the list of past release flow runs.
Click roll back to this release to return your pipeline stage to the state it was in after the selected release flow run.
Deployments to services, builds, etc, will be reverted to those deployed or promoted in the selected release flow run. This will not undo any changes such as a database migration, which you will need to restore manually.
You can also choose to roll back release flow configuration, which will restore your release flow configuration to the state it was in for the selected run.
Select view rollbacks to see a list of rollbacks to the selected release.
Manage CI/CD
Configure continuous integration and continuous delivery on your Northflank services.
Expose a deployment's port
Configure ports and security for your deployments.
Configure health checks
Monitor the uptime and success of your deployed services and builds to ensure your code runs correctly and is always available.
View logs
View detailed, real-time logs from builds, deployments, and more.