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# Blue/Green deployment using Manifest

Blue/green strategy is a deployment strategy that is designed to minimize risk by gradually copying the contents of the old server group onto the new before disabling the old server group. 

Using a Blue/Green (AKA a red/black) Deployment strategy is easy, as Spinnaker natively supports a Blue/green strategy.

To use a Blue green Strategy,

1. **Go to** [**Application Dashboard**](https://docs.opsmx.com/user-guide/dashboard/application-dashboard): When you log in to ISD the application dashboard is displayed with the list of applications. You can create a new application also as given in [**create a new application**](https://docs.opsmx.com/release-history/previous-releases/isd-4.0/knowledge-base/manage-application/create-an-application). 
2. Click on the application for which you want to build this pipeline. 

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3. **Pipelines:** Once you click on an application, it will redirect you to the **Pipelines** page. Click **+Create** button to [**create a new pipeline**](https://docs.opsmx.com/release-history/previous-releases/isd-4.0/knowledge-base/manage-pipelines/create-a-pipeline). Users can also view the existing pipelines displayed on the left.
4. **Click on** [**Add stage**](https://docs.opsmx.com/user-guide/manage-pipelines/add-stage)**:** The add stage button is displayed below the diagrammatic representation of the created pipeline. When you click this button, you can select the different types of stages that ISD supports.

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5. **Select Deployment**: You can add a host of different stages from the **Type** drop down menu. They are all alphabetically sorted. Scroll down and select **Deploy(Manifest).**&#x20;

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6. **Select your account**: An account is the name given to a kubernetes cluster.

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7. **Select your namespace**: A namespace is a specific address within a Kubernetes cluster, select the checkbox that says override namespace and you will be able to select the namespace in which your manifest will deploy.
8. **Add your manifest object**: You can add your manifest as a [**text** ](https://docs.opsmx.com/release-history/previous-releases/isd-4.0/knowledge-base/manage-pipelines/execute-pipelines-run-deployments/deployment-to-kubernetes-namespace-with-manifest-file)or an [**artifact**](https://docs.opsmx.com/release-history/previous-releases/isd-4.0/knowledge-base/manage-pipelines/execute-pipelines-run-deployments/deployment-to-kubernetes-namespace-with-git-based-manifest)**.**

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9. **Select rollout strategy options**: Click on the checkbox **Spinnaker manages your traffic based on your selected strategy**. Define the **Service(s) namespace** and **Service(s)** you are applying to this strategy as shown in below screen.

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10. Select your strategy from the drop-down list, you will find the **Red/black strategy**.

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11. **Add additional configurations**: Finalize your configurations and click **Save Changes**.