GitOps Foundations

Learn the basics of using GitOps, a Git-centric approach to DevOps that allows organizations to deliver software faster without sacrificing the stability of their system.

Introduction

• An enhanced approach to DevOps
• Exercise file setup

1. GitOps Basics

• What is GitOps?
• Evolution to GitOps
• How GitOps works
• GitOps benefits

2. The Building Blocks of GitOps

• GitOps principles
• Declarative configuration
• Git as the source of truth
• Automated change delivery
• Automated state control
• Desired state in Argo CD
• Automated change delivery in Argo CD
• Automated state control in Argo CD

3. GitOps in Practice

• GitOps use cases
• Cloud native
• Containers
• GitOps on Kubernetes
• Infrastructure as code (IaC)
• CICD with GitOps
• Container platforms
• GitOps practices in action: IaC and continuous deployment
• GitOps practices in action: End-to-end workflow

4. GitOps Tools

• Tools for GitOps
• Terraform overview
• Provisioning Kubernetes clusters with Terraform
• Flux overview
• Bootstrapping Flux in Kubernetes
• Flux controllers
• Continuous delivery with Flux
• Flagger overview
• Installing Flagger with Helm
• Progressive deliver with Flagger

Conclusion

• Next steps