In deploying a system in a computing environment, before deployment, a deployment engine performs a pre-deployment validation of the system using pre-determined system requirements. When the pre-deployment validation of the system fails, the deployment of the system is terminated. When the pre-deployment validation of the system succeeds, the deployment engine performs the following for each artifact of the system. Before deployment of a given artifact of the system, a pre-deployment validation of the given artifact is performed using pre-determined artifact properties. When the pre-deployment validation of the given artifact fails, the deployment of the system is terminated. When the pre-deployment validation of the given artifact succeeds, the given artifact is deployed. After the deployment of the given artifact, a post-deployment validation of the given artifact is performed using deployment data for the given artifact.