Azure Orkestra

Spec sheet

Purpose

Orkestra is a cloud-native release orchestration and lifecycle management platform for related Helm releases and their subcharts.Read 10 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Integrations

The project lists Helm, Argo Workflows, Flux Helm Controller, ChartMuseum, and Keptn among its underlying tools.Read 9 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

ApplicationGroup

Its ApplicationGroup custom resource groups releases and subcharts into an orchestrated deployment workflow.Read 9 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Community support

The project points users to GitHub issues and pull requests and an Azure Orkestra Slack community.Read 10 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Deployment requirements

Installation requires a Kubernetes cluster, kubectl, Helm, and the Argo CLI; the documentation lists AKS, GKE, EKS, Kind, and Minikube as cluster examples.Read 9 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Failure recovery

On failures during in-service upgrades, it can roll back to the last successful spec.Read 10 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

GitOps and CD

It uses declarative Kubernetes custom resources and supports Kubernetes-compatible deployment frameworks such as FluxCD and ArgoCD.Read 10 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Keptn evaluation

Its Keptn executor can evaluate releases against SLOs and SLIs before deployment or update.Read 9 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Known issue

The documentation notes a benign “monitoring failed” issue when an ApplicationGroup is submitted multiple times.Read 9 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Layer management

It can deploy and manage layers on Kubernetes, with dependencies between layers.Read 10 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Layers

It can deploy and manage Kubernetes layers made up of addons, with dependencies between layers.Read 9 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Release evaluation

Its Keptn executor can evaluate releases against SLOs and SLIs before deployment or update.Read 10 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Requirements

Installation requires a Kubernetes cluster, kubectl, Helm, and the Argo CLI; documented cluster options include AKS, GKE, EKS, Kind, and Minikube.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security reporting

The security policy asks users not to report vulnerabilities through public GitHub issues and directs them to MSRC or [email protected].Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

Technology integrations

The project lists Helm, Argo Workflows, Flux Helm Controller, ChartMuseum, and Keptn among the tools it is built on.Read 10 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Upgrade handling

During in-service upgrades, it aims to fail fast and limit failures to immediately impacted components.Read 10 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Use case

The project describes coordinating 5G network functions whose deployment depends on foundational services such as a service mesh, OPA, or Cert Manager.Read 10 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Workflow engine

It uses Argo Workflows to build DAG-based workflows that coordinate Helm releases and their dependencies.Read 10 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Workflow orchestration

It uses Argo Workflows to build DAG-based workflows that define dependencies and conditions between Helm releases.Read 9 Oct 2026 · azure.github.io

Where Specifiction places it

• Application Lifecycle & Release Management#5 of 217.3
• IT Release Management Software#22 of 427.3
• Release Orchestration Software#18 of 297.3