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Orbit gives you zero-downtime Magento deployments without the $100k Adobe Commerce Cloud contract. Atomic symlink swaps, smart skip detection, cutover hold, and auto-rollback — built in Rust.
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What is zero-downtime Magento deployment?
Zero-downtime Magento deployment means shipping new code to a live Magento 2 or Adobe Commerce store without ever showing a 503 maintenance page. Instead of building in place, each release is prepared in its own directory and made live with an instantaneous atomic symlink swap — so customers keep shopping straight through the deploy.
Orbit does this with a single Rust agent you install in one command. It prepares the release, holds the 1–3 second cutover instant with an nginx 503 + Retry-After contract so no request hits a half-warm release, runs Magento-aware smart build-skip to land a typical deploy in about 75 seconds (and a no-op redeploy in about 30), and automatically rolls back to the previous release if post-deploy health checks fail. It is self-hostable and runs on any host — a zero-downtime alternative to PHP Deployer, Capistrano, and the Adobe Commerce Cloud pipeline, without a six-figure contract.
Atomic Symlink Deploys
Capistrano-style release structure with atomic symlink swaps. Your new code is fully prepared in a release directory — only the final symlink switch is instantaneous. Zero gap between old and new.
Smart Skip Build Phases
Composer, di:compile, and static-content each get an input fingerprint that includes file content plus committed vendor patches. A CSS-only change skips di:compile and hardlink-copies the previous build; a PHP-only change skips static-content. Typical deploys land in ~75 seconds instead of ~3 minutes — and no-op redeploys finish in ~30s.
Auto-Rollback on Failure
Health checks run automatically after every deploy. If anything fails — HTTP errors, memory spikes, or a shell command exiting non-zero after the symlink already swapped — Orbit reverts to the previous release in seconds, clears any leftover maintenance flag, and surfaces the failing line in the dashboard. No manual intervention.
Cutover Hold + Honest Maintenance Windows
A flag-file + nginx 503 + Retry-After contract holds traffic for the 1–3 second cutover instant so opcache catches up cleanly. Schema-disruptive deploys flip maintenance only for the setup:upgrade window — code-only deploys never touch it. Every deployment carries a “Zero-downtime ✓” or precise “N-second window” chip so the promise is auditable.
One-Command Onboarding
`curl https://get.byte8.io/orbit-agent | sh` installs the agent. `orbit-agent init --magento-source=…` migrates a traditional single-directory Magento install into a Capistrano release tree in ~24 seconds, with the site live the moment init returns. PHP Deployer users can pipe their existing `deploy.php` through `orbit-agent import-deployer` and skip the typing.
Real-Time Deploy Dashboard
Watch deployments in real time — step progress, log output, deployment history, and environment status. Team logs with full audit trail for every deploy across all your environments. Personal Access Tokens let GitHub Actions / GitLab CI fire deploys against the same GraphQL endpoint the dashboard uses.
Orbit vs PHP Deployer, Capistrano & Adobe Commerce Cloud
There are four common ways to deploy Magento 2 with minimal downtime: a generic deploy tool like PHP Deployer or Capistrano, the managed Adobe Commerce Cloud pipeline, a hand-rolled bash script, or a Magento-aware deployer like Orbit. Here's how they compare on the things that actually cause 2 AM deploys.
| Capability | OrbitMagento-aware deployer | PHP DeployerGeneric PHP tool | CapistranoGeneric Ruby tool | Adobe Commerce CloudManaged platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Where it runs | Rust agent · any host | PHP CLI | Ruby CLI | Adobe-managed only |
Traffic-holding cutover | Platform-managed | |||
Magento-aware smart build-skip | Per-phase fingerprint | Partial | ||
Skips static-content build when assets are unchanged | Detects unchanged assets | Rebuilds every deploy | ||
Automatic health-checked rollback | Automatic | On step failure | On step failure | |
Magento-aware (setup:upgrade, MSI, indexers) | Manual hooks | Manual hooks | ||
Real-time dashboard + team audit log | ||||
CI/CD trigger via scoped token | Personal Access Token | Scriptable | Scriptable | |
Self-hostable · no vendor lock-in | ||||
Migrate from an existing deploy.php | One-command import | It is Deployer | Manual rewrite | Re-platform |
Typical Magento deploy time | ~75s (no-op ~30s) | ~3 min | ~3 min | Several minutes |
Cost model | Flat monthly | Free (DIY) | Free (DIY) | Enterprise contract |
Up and running in 2 minutes
Your next deploy will have zero downtime.
From PHP Deployer to CI/CD — no rewrites
Import an existing deploy.php in one command, then fire deploys from GitHub Actions, GitLab, or any CI runner using Personal Access Tokens.
One command, your config preserved
Repository URL, deploy path, branch, keep_releases, locales, hooks — all preserved. Unmapped keys surface as warnings. · bash
GitHub Actions, GitLab, Buildkite — same recipe
Personal Access Tokens are scoped, expirable, and revocable — same auth path as the dashboard, no session cookie needed. · yaml
Deploy-time downtime on code pushes
Typical deploy with skip detection
Rollback to any prior release
Solo plan starting price
How it works
Install the agent
One curl command installs the Orbit agent on your server. It connects to the Orbit API securely.
Configure your environment
Set your deploy path, repository, shared files, and any pre/post-deploy hooks in the dashboard.
Deploy
Hit deploy from the dashboard or CLI. Orbit handles the rest — build, swap, verify, done.
Pair with other Byte8 products
Orbit Pricing
Monthly pricing shown. Billed monthly or save with annual.
Agency
/mo
20 environments
Central dashboard + multi-site + team logs
Frequently asked questions
How is Orbit different from PHP Deployer or Capistrano?
How does Orbit decide what to rebuild on each deploy?
I commit vendor/ to my repo for predictable deploys — does Orbit work?
What happens when I add a new module or theme?
Can I disable the skip detection if I don't trust it?
Does Orbit work with Adobe Commerce Cloud?
What happens if a database migration fails?
Can I self-host Orbit?
Can I trigger deploys from CI (GitHub Actions, GitLab)?
Can I build the release once and deploy to many hosts?
How do I know a given deploy was actually zero-downtime?
I'm coming from PHP Deployer — what's the migration story?
How does pricing work for agencies?
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