anchor.diff:  title: Rolling App Deployments
   owner: CAPI
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   <strong>Note:</strong>
  
positive.code: 
  1. Create an empty app with `POST /v3/apps`. Record the app guid from the output.
  
      ```bash
      curl /v3/apps \
        -X POST \
        -H "Content-type: application/json" \
        -d '{
  
negative.code: 
  For information about the traditional method for addressing app downtime while pushing app updates, see [Using Blue-Green Deployment to Reduce Downtime and Risk](./blue-green.html).   
  
  For more information about CAPI, see the [Cloud Controller API Reference](https://v3-apidocs.cloudfoundry.org/).
  
  
  ## <a id="prerequisites"></a> Prerequisites
  
  