A deployment approval system receives, from a deployment tool, a deployment request for performing a deployment to a particular resource. The deployment approval system can identify at least one rule for approving or rejecting the deployment request based on one or more criteria. The deployment approval system can determine whether the deployment request satisfies the one or more criteria in the at least one rule to approve or reject the request. If the deployment request is approved, the deployment approval system sends an approval to the deployment tool to perform the deployment. The deployment tool can then perform the deployment and, once the deployment is complete, the deployment approval system can receive a confirmation of the deployment. The deployment approval system can then store data describing the deployment in an audit repository.