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Deploy To Ephemeral by dmzoneill — Agent Skill

Name: Deploy To Ephemeral
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: dmzoneill

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Deploy to Ephemeral

Full ephemeral deployment from scratch. Uses devops persona (bonfire, k8s tools).

CRITICAL DevOps Rules

Image tags: MUST be FULL 40-char git SHA, not short (8 chars). Quay only has full SHA tags.
Kubeconfig: NEVER copy kubeconfig. Use --kubeconfig=~/.kube/config.e for ephemeral.
ClowdApps: Main = tower-analytics-clowdapp, Billing = tower-analytics-billing-clowdapp.
Only release YOUR namespaces: bonfire_namespace_list(mine=true) first.

Inputs

Input	Type	Default	Purpose
`app`	string	tower-analytics	Application name
`image_tag`	string	""	Full 40-char git SHA (empty = latest)
`duration`	string	2h	Namespace reservation duration
`pool`	string	default	Namespace pool
`component`	string	main	main or billing

Workflow

1. Load Persona

persona_load("devops")

2. Check Known Issues

check_known_issues("bonfire", "")
check_known_issues("deploy", "")

3. Pre-Deployment

bonfire_pool_list() — list available pools
bonfire_namespace_reserve(duration="{{ duration }}", pool="{{ pool }}") — reserve namespace
Parse output for ephemeral-xxxxx pattern

4. Dependencies (optional)

bonfire_apps_dependencies(component="{{ app }}")

5. Deploy

If image_tag: bonfire_deploy(namespace="{{ namespace }}", app="{{ app }}", set_image_tag="{{ image_tag }}")
For billing: use --set-parameter tower-analytics-billing-clowdapp/IMAGE_TAG={{ image_tag }}
For main: use --set-parameter tower-analytics-clowdapp/IMAGE_TAG={{ image_tag }}

6. Verify

kubectl_rollout_status(deployment="{{ app }}", namespace="{{ namespace }}", environment="ephemeral")
kubectl_get_pods(namespace="{{ namespace }}", environment="ephemeral")

7. Error Recovery

"no route to host" → vpn_connect()
"unauthorized" → kube_login("ephemeral")
"manifest unknown" → verify image in Quay with full 40-char SHA

8. Memory

memory_session_log("Deployed {{ app }} to {{ namespace }}", "Duration: {{ duration }}")

Output

Report namespace, deployment status, pod health (running/pending/failed), and quick commands for extend/release.

---name: deploy-to-ephemeraldescription: Deploy application to an ephemeral environment. Use when spinning up env, deploying to ephemeral, or testing in ephemeral. Handles pool check, namespace reserve, deploy, rollout verify, and pod health.---# Deploy to EphemeralFull ephemeral deployment from scratch. Uses devops persona (bonfire, k8s tools).## CRITICAL DevOps Rules- **Image tags**: MUST be FULL 40-char git SHA, not short (8 chars). Quay only has full SHA tags.- **Kubeconfig**: NEVER copy kubeconfig. Use `--kubeconfig=~/.kube/config.e` for ephemeral.- **ClowdApps**: Main = `tower-analytics-clowdapp`, Billing = `tower-analytics-billing-clowdapp`.- **Only release YOUR namespaces**: `bonfire_namespace_list(mine=true)` first.## Inputs| Input | Type | Default | Purpose ||-------|------|---------|---------|| `app` | string | tower-analytics | Application name || `image_tag` | string | "" | Full 40-char git SHA (empty = latest) || `duration` | string | 2h | Namespace reservation duration || `pool` | string | default | Namespace pool || `component` | string | main | main or billing |## Workflow### 1. Load Persona- `persona_load("devops")`### 2. Check Known Issues- `check_known_issues("bonfire", "")`- `check_known_issues("deploy", "")`### 3. Pre-Deployment- `bonfire_pool_list()` — list available pools- `bonfire_namespace_reserve(duration="{{ duration }}", pool="{{ pool }}")` — reserve namespace- Parse output for `ephemeral-xxxxx` pattern### 4. Dependencies (optional)- `bonfire_apps_dependencies(component="{{ app }}")`### 5. Deploy- If `image_tag`: `bonfire_deploy(namespace="{{ namespace }}", app="{{ app }}", set_image_tag="{{ image_tag }}")`- For billing: use `--set-parameter tower-analytics-billing-clowdapp/IMAGE_TAG={{ image_tag }}`- For main: use `--set-parameter tower-analytics-clowdapp/IMAGE_TAG={{ image_tag }}`### 6. Verify- `kubectl_rollout_status(deployment="{{ app }}", namespace="{{ namespace }}", environment="ephemeral")`- `kubectl_get_pods(namespace="{{ namespace }}", environment="ephemeral")`### 7. Error Recovery- "no route to host" → `vpn_connect()`- "unauthorized" → `kube_login("ephemeral")`- "manifest unknown" → verify image in Quay with full 40-char SHA### 8. Memory- `memory_session_log("Deployed {{ app }} to {{ namespace }}", "Duration: {{ duration }}")`## OutputReport namespace, deployment status, pod health (running/pending/failed), and quick commands for extend/release.

Frequently asked questions

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