Cloud Deployment Manager will reach end of support on December 31, 2025. If you currently use Deployment Manager, please migrate to Infrastructure Manager or an alternative deployment technology by December 31, 2025 to ensure your services continue without interruption.
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The Actions feature for Google Cloud Deployment Manager is an alpha feature that extends the
range of API methods that Deployment Manager can call. The following is an
example of what an Action looks like in a configuration:
Because this feature is unsupported, we recommend that you don't use it in
your configurations. We also recommend that you migrate your existing usage of
Actions to the following supported alternatives.
Migrating
The following table lists the recommended steps for replacing Actions, based on
the type of Actions you are using:
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