Rollback deployments in Firebase - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Rollback Deployments with Firebase Hosting

📖 Scenario: You are managing a website hosted on Firebase Hosting. Sometimes, after deploying new changes, you realize there is a problem and want to quickly go back to a previous working version.This project will guide you through setting up your Firebase Hosting project and learning how to rollback to a previous deployment.

🎯 Goal: Set up Firebase Hosting for a website and learn how to rollback to a previous deployment version using Firebase CLI commands.

📋 What You'll Learn

Initialize a Firebase Hosting project with a public directory

Deploy the website to Firebase Hosting

List previous deployments

Rollback to a previous deployment version

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Websites often need quick fixes when new deployments cause issues. Rollbacks let you restore a stable version fast.

💼 Career

Knowing how to manage deployments and rollbacks is essential for cloud engineers and web developers working with Firebase Hosting.

1

Initialize Firebase Hosting Project

Create a Firebase Hosting project by running firebase init hosting and set the public directory to public. Then create a simple index.html file inside the public folder with the content <h1>Welcome to Firebase Hosting</h1>.

Firebase

# Run 'firebase init hosting' and create 'public/index.html' with the heading
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the Firebase CLI to initialize hosting and create the public folder with an index.html file.

2

Deploy the Website to Firebase Hosting

Deploy your website by running the command firebase deploy --only hosting. This will upload your public folder content to Firebase Hosting.

Firebase

# Run 'firebase deploy --only hosting' to deploy your site
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the Firebase CLI deploy command to publish your site.

3

List Previous Deployments

Use the command firebase hosting:versions:list to list all previous deployment versions for your Firebase Hosting site. This helps you find the version ID to rollback to.

Firebase

# Run 'firebase hosting:versions:list' to see previous deployment versions
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the Firebase CLI to list deployment versions so you can choose one to rollback to.

4

Rollback to a Previous Deployment Version

Rollback your Firebase Hosting site to a previous deployment version by running firebase hosting:clone VERSION_ID, replacing VERSION_ID with the exact version ID you want to restore from the list.

Firebase

# Run 'firebase hosting:clone VERSION_ID' to rollback to a previous version
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Replace VERSION_ID with the actual version ID from the list to rollback.