Google releases open source platform Spinnaker 1.0

Google has released v1.0 of Spinnaker. The new open source tool is designed for the multi-cloud continuous delivery platform.

The search giant started working on Spinnaker back in November

2015 along with Netflix. The tool was aimed at offering large companies fast, secure and repeatable production deployments. It has so far been used by organisations like Microsoft, Netflix, Waze, Target and Oracle.

The Spinnaker version 1.0 comes with a rich UI dashboard and offers users the ability to install the tool on premise, on local infrastructure and the cloud. You can run it from a virtual machine as well as using Kubernetes. The platform can be integrated with workflows like Git, Docker registries, Travis CI and pipelines. It can be used for bestpractice deployment strategies as well. “With Spinnaker, you simply choose the deployment strategy you want to use for each environment, e.g., red/black for staging, rolling red/black for production, and it orchestrates the dozens of steps necessary underthe-hood,” said Christopher Sanson, the product manager for Google Cloud Platform.

Google has optimised Spinnaker 1.0 for Google Compute Engine, Container Engine, App Engine, Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, OpenStack and Microsoft Azure. The company plans to add support for Oracle Bare Metal and DC/OS in upcoming releases.