> ## Documentation Index
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# Deployment and Operations

> Operational guidance for deploying and managing guardrails

## Overview

This guide covers production operations after profile design: deployment strategy, monitoring, and change management.

```mermaid theme={null}
flowchart TD
    A[Deploy Guardrail] --> B[Monitor Status and Events]
    B --> C[Review False Positives/Negatives]
    C --> D[Adjust Rules and Thresholds]
    D --> E[Redeploy]
    E --> B
```

## Deployment Patterns

### Standalone Guardrail Endpoint

Use when guardrail processing is managed as an independent endpoint workflow.

### Add to Existing Deployment

Use when policy enforcement must be attached directly to a live model endpoint.

## Operational Checklist

<Check>Track profile status and deployment health daily.</Check>
<Check>Review top violated probes and categories weekly.</Check>
<Check>Audit project-level guardrail mappings after release changes.</Check>
<Check>Version policy updates and keep rollback-ready profiles.</Check>
<Check>Coordinate with app teams before threshold increases.</Check>

## Change Management Flow

```mermaid theme={null}
flowchart LR
    A[Proposed Policy Change] --> B[Sandbox Validation]
    B --> C[Limited Production Rollout]
    C --> D[Impact Review]
    D --> E{Acceptable?}
    E -->|Yes| F[Promote to Default]
    E -->|No| G[Rollback and Re-tune]
    G --> B
```

## KPIs to Track

| KPI                        | Why It Matters                  |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| Violation rate by category | Detects emerging abuse patterns |
| False-positive rate        | Protects user experience        |
| Deployment health status   | Ensures policy is active        |
| Time-to-mitigate incidents | Measures operational readiness  |