By fullammo
Hey!
In the Digital Ocean App Platform docs I was unable to find info about, how the “Job” component could affect my deployment flow on APP_PLATFORM when it is set to PRE_DEPLOY i found in app spec reference, will it cancel the whole deployment process, or will it just happen, and not affect the deployment flow at all?
Thanks for the answers in advance!
Bendeguz
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Hey Bendeguz!
Great question! When you set a Job component to PRE_DEPLOY on DigitalOcean App Platform, it runs before your app deployment starts. If the job fails, the entire deployment process should be canceled, meaning your app won’t be updated to the new version.
If the job succeeds, the deployment continues as usual. This is useful for tasks like database migrations or environment setup steps that need to be completed before the main app is deployed.
If you don’t want the job to block deployments, you can either:
- Run it as a POST_DEPLOY job instead (so it runs after the app is updated) or FAILED_DEPLOY job.
- Handle errors within the job itself and make sure it exits with a success status (
0) even if something minor fails.
You can check out the docs here:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/how-to/manage-jobs/
- Bobby
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