Spinnaker: Continuous Delivery for Enterprise

Spinnaker functions as “an open source, multi-cloud continuous delivery platform for releasing software changes with high velocity and confidence.”

Originally developed at Netflix, this platform has undergone extensive production testing across numerous teams managing millions of deployments. The system integrates a robust pipeline management framework with connectivity to major cloud infrastructure providers.

Key Capabilities

Multi-Cloud Deployment

The platform supports deployment across:

• AWS EC2
• Kubernetes
• Google Compute Engine
• Google Kubernetes Engine
• Google App Engine
• Microsoft Azure
• OpenStack
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Automated Release Management

Users can establish deployment pipelines that execute integration and system tests, manage server group lifecycles, and track rollout progress. Pipeline triggers include git events, Jenkins, Travis CI, Docker, CRON, and other Spinnaker instances.

Deployment Standards

The platform promotes immutable image creation for quicker deployments and simplified rollbacks. Built-in strategies include red/black and canary deployment methodologies.

Community Support

Contributors include Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Veritas, Target, Kenzan, and Schibsted, maintaining active development and improvements.