Manually-triggered production deploy with approval

Manually-triggered production deploy with approval

Manual approvals before a production deploy are a universal CI need. The four platforms use different mechanisms: environments + reviewers (GitHub), `when: manual` rules (GitLab), `type: approval` workflow nodes (CircleCI), and custom pipelines with `trigger: manual` (Bitbucket).

Conversion notes

  • •On GitHub, configure the deployment environment's required reviewers in repository settings — the workflow YAML alone does not enforce gating.

Side-by-side implementation

GitHub Actions
name: deploy
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: production
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - run: ./scripts/deploy.sh
GitLab CI
deploy:
  rules:
    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"'
      when: manual
  script:
    - ./scripts/deploy.sh
CircleCI
version: 2.1

jobs:
  deploy:
    docker: [{ image: cimg/base:stable }]
    steps:
      - checkout
      - run: ./scripts/deploy.sh

workflows:
  prod:
    jobs:
      - approve:
          type: approval
          filters: { branches: { only: [main] } }
      - deploy:
          requires: [approve]
          filters: { branches: { only: [main] } }
Bitbucket Pipelines
image: ubuntu:22.04

pipelines:
  custom:
    deploy-prod:
      - step:
          name: deploy (manual)
          trigger: manual
          script:
            - ./scripts/deploy.sh

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