Is there a way to backup a Liberty server deployment in Bluemix?

Question

I am deploying a packaged liberty server into Bluemix that contains my application.

I want to update my application but before I do so, I'm wondering what's the best way to backup what I have currently up and running? If my update is bad, I would like to restore the previous version of my app.

In other words, what is the best practice or recommended way to update a web application running on a Liberty server in Bluemix. Do I simply keep a backup of the zip I pushed to Bluemix and restore it if something goes wrong? Or is there management capability provided by Bluemix for backup and restore?

Answer 1

It's understood that manual backup of the pushed zip is an acceptable strategy. Additionally, I found the Bluemix documentation Blue-green deployments to be a reasonable solution, as it's a deployment technique that utilizes continuous delivery and allows clients to rollback their app in the case of any issues.

The Cloud Foundry article Using Blue-Green Deployment to Reduce Downtime and Risk succinctly explains the deployment steps (since Bluemix is based on Cloud Foundry, the steps are similar to the Example: Using the cf map-route command steps in the previously cited Bluemix documentation).