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Deployment Checklist

Comprehensive deployment checklist with pre-flight, deployment, and post-deployment verification steps.

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VerseKit Team
@versekit
Published January 8, 2026

Available Variables

Use these variables with Handlebars syntax {{variableName}} in your content.

{{version}}

v2.5.0

{{deployDate}}

January 20, 2025

{{qaLeadName}}

Maria Garcia

{{environment}}

Production

{{metricsDesc}}

Response time p99 < 200ms, Error rate < 0.1%

{{projectName}}

E-Commerce Platform

{{testCommand}}

npm run test:all

{{slackChannel}}

#deployments

{{techLeadName}}

Alex Chen

{{deployCommand}}

kubectl apply -f k8s/production/

{{rollbackStep1}}

Run: kubectl rollout undo deployment/api

{{rollbackStep2}}

Verify rollback with: kubectl rollout status deployment/api

{{rollbackStep3}}

Notify team in #incidents channel

{{monitoringTool}}

Datadog

{{dbMigrationDesc}}

3 pending migrations for user preferences table

{{healthCheckDesc}}

Verify /health and /ready endpoints return 200

{{migrationCommand}}

npm run db:migrate

{{smokeTestCommand}}

npm run test:smoke:prod

{{maintenanceCommand}}

./scripts/maintenance.sh enable

{{maintenanceModeDesc}}

Display maintenance page to users

{{preDeploymentReminder}}

Ensure all stakeholders have been notified and the deployment window has been approved.