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More details on Deployment Groups?

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brian.donahue

20 Jul, 2015 09:04 PM

Following up on: http://help.appveyor.com/discussions/questions/485-what-is-an-agent...

I have apps that deploy to multiple servers (e.g. same app, two different web servers in a farm). Would a group be helpful here? How is it used, do you specify to deploy to a group rather than an environment? Or is it just a UI grouping? If it is an Appveyor Agent, do you need to set the group on the server install too, or is setting it in Provider settings enough?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 20 Jul, 2015 11:09 PM

   

   Deployment group works together with "environment access key". Groups are useful when your build produces multiple artifacts which are parts/tiers of a single application and must be deployed together. For example, this can be Web app deployed to front-end (let's say web group) and Windows service deployed to back-end (svc group).

   Environment settings in this case are:

   Environment access key: ABC123
   
   web_app.deploy_website: true
   web_app.group: web
   
   svc_app.deploy_service: true
   svc_app.group: svc
   

   When you install deployment agent you can specify deployment group and use the same environment access key for all machines:

   Web Server 1:
     Access key: ABC123
     Group: web
   
   Web Server 2:
     Access key: ABC123
     Group: web
   
   App Server 1:
     Access key: ABC123
     Group: svc
   
   App Server 2:
     Access key: ABC123
     Group: svc
   

   Hope that helps.

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2. 2 Posted by brian.donahue on 21 Jul, 2015 12:48 AM

   

   I think so... so, in your case there are 4 servers, 2 groups with 2 servers each. In my case where I just need to deploy same app to two servers, should I just give both the same Access Key and no group and that will work?

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 21 Jul, 2015 01:01 AM

   

   Same access key and no group should work as, essentially, you have 1 tier only.

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4. 4 Posted by brian.donahue on 21 Jul, 2015 01:07 AM

   

   Yes, just verified this! Thanks!

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5. 5 Posted by brian.donahue on 21 Jul, 2015 01:19 AM

   

   Is there a way to stagger deployments in same environment? E.g. I have two servers in same environment (same access key) and I'd like to deploy an app to one server first, then the other. Is that possible? I know I can do it with two environments - I had that working before, just wondering what the options are.

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6. Support Staff 6 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 21 Jul, 2015 01:22 AM

   

   Right, having two environments is the only option.

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7. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 01:58 AM.