Deployment
April 20, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
Status:
type: deployment
Description: The software deployment.
Warning
This entity definition contains attributes without a role. Stable Entities MUST NOT have attributes without a defined role.
Attributes:
| Role | Key | Stability | Requirement Level | Value Type | Description | Example Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | deployment.environment.name |  | Recommended | string | Name of the deployment environment (aka deployment tier). [1] | staging; production |
[1] deployment.environment.name: deployment.environment.name does not affect the uniqueness constraints defined through
the service.namespace, service.name and service.instance.id resource attributes.
This implies that resources carrying the following attribute combinations MUST be
considered to be identifying the same service:
service.name=frontend,deployment.environment.name=productionservice.name=frontend,deployment.environment.name=staging.
deployment.environment.name has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used.
| Value | Description | Stability |
|---|---|---|
development | Development environment | |
production | Production environment | |
staging | Staging environment | |
test | Testing environment | |