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Azure Orkestra
On the record
- ApplicationGroup
- Its ApplicationGroup custom resource groups releases and subcharts into an orchestrated deployment workflow.azure.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Community support
- The project points users to GitHub issues and pull requests and an Azure Orkestra Slack community.azure.github.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Deployment requirements
- Installation requires a Kubernetes cluster, kubectl, Helm, and the Argo CLI; the documentation lists AKS, GKE, EKS, Kind, and Minikube as cluster examples.azure.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Failure recovery
- On failures during in-service upgrades, it can roll back to the last successful spec.azure.github.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- GitOps and CD
- It uses declarative Kubernetes custom resources and supports Kubernetes-compatible deployment frameworks such as FluxCD and ArgoCD.azure.github.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project lists Helm, Argo Workflows, Flux Helm Controller, ChartMuseum, and Keptn among its underlying tools.azure.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Keptn evaluation
- Its Keptn executor can evaluate releases against SLOs and SLIs before deployment or update.azure.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Known issue
- The documentation notes a benign “monitoring failed” issue when an ApplicationGroup is submitted multiple times.azure.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Layer management
- It can deploy and manage layers on Kubernetes, with dependencies between layers.azure.github.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Layers
- It can deploy and manage Kubernetes layers made up of addons, with dependencies between layers.azure.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Orkestra is a cloud-native release orchestration and lifecycle management platform for related Helm releases and their subcharts.azure.github.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Release evaluation
- Its Keptn executor can evaluate releases against SLOs and SLIs before deployment or update.azure.github.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- Installation requires a Kubernetes cluster, kubectl, Helm, and the Argo CLI; documented cluster options include AKS, GKE, EKS, Kind, and Minikube.github.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Security reporting
- The security policy asks users not to report vulnerabilities through public GitHub issues and directs them to MSRC or [email protected].github.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Technology integrations
- The project lists Helm, Argo Workflows, Flux Helm Controller, ChartMuseum, and Keptn among the tools it is built on.azure.github.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Upgrade handling
- During in-service upgrades, it aims to fail fast and limit failures to immediately impacted components.azure.github.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Use case
- The project describes coordinating 5G network functions whose deployment depends on foundational services such as a service mesh, OPA, or Cert Manager.azure.github.io · read 10 Oct 2026
- Workflow engine
- It uses Argo Workflows to build DAG-based workflows that coordinate Helm releases and their dependencies.azure.github.io · read 10 Oct 2026
