Canary Deploy

Safe system changes with pre-flight checks, validation, and automatic rollback.

The Problem

System changes can lock you out:

• SSH hardening breaks remote access
• Firewall rules block needed ports
• Kernel parameters cause instability
• Service restarts break dependencies

Recovery without physical access is painful or impossible.

Quick Start

Before any critical change

# Capture baseline (connectivity, services, ports)
bash scripts/canary-test.sh baseline

# Make your change
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

# Validate change didn't break anything
bash scripts/canary-test.sh validate

# If validation fails:
bash scripts/canary-test.sh rollback

For automated changes

# Full pipeline: baseline → apply → validate → rollback-if-failed
bash scripts/critical-update.sh \
  --name "SSH hardening" \
  --backup "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" \
  --command "sudo sed -i 's/PermitRootLogin yes/PermitRootLogin no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config && sudo systemctl reload sshd" \
  --validate "ssh -o ConnectTimeout=5 localhost echo ok"

Protocol A+B (Manual Workflow)

For interactive sessions where you want human-in-the-loop:

Protocol A: Test interactively

1. Tell the human: "Open a second SSH session as backup"
2. Apply change in the first session
3. Ask: "Test connectivity from the second session"
4. If it works → confirm
5. If it fails → rollback from the backup session

Protocol B: Backup first

1. Run bash scripts/canary-test.sh baseline
2. Verify backup is valid
3. Apply change
4. Run bash scripts/canary-test.sh validate

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5. If validation fails → bash scripts/canary-test.sh rollback

Always use both A + B together for maximum safety.

What Gets Checked

Baseline capture

• SSH connectivity (local + remote)
• Open ports (ss -tlnp)
• Running services (systemctl)
• Firewall rules (ufw/iptables)
• Network routes
• DNS resolution
• Config file checksums

Validation

• All baseline checks re-run
• Diff against baseline
• Any regression = FAIL

Critical Change Categories

References

See references/incident-report.md for the real incident that inspired this skill.

這是一款質量可靠的系統安全變更工具，文件清晰易讀，操作流程直觀好記。它能有效防止 SSH 配置、防火牆規則等關鍵變更導致的系統鎖定問題，自動化回滾機制在變更失敗時能快速恢復。主要優點是實用性強、流程完整；不足之處是對特定系統環境的適配性有限，某些邊界情況的處理還可以更細緻。總體來說值得信賴，適合在生產環境中使用。