GitOps Principles and Implementation
Explore GitOps as an operational framework, using Git as the single source of truth for declarative infrastructure and applications.
What is GitOps?
Welcome to GitOps! This lesson explores a powerful way to manage your infrastructure and applications.
GitOps is an operational framework that uses Git as the single source of truth for defining the desired state of your systems.
Think of it as 'Infrastructure as Code' (IaC) taken a step further, where Git is central to deployment and management.
The Four Pillars of GitOps
GitOps stands on four key principles:
- Declarative: Systems are described using declarative configurations.
- Versioned & Immutable: The desired state is stored in Git, fully versioned.
- Pulled: Changes are 'pulled' by agents, not 'pushed' by CI.
- Continuously Reconciled: Agents continuously ensure the live state matches the desired state.
These principles ensure consistency, reliability, and auditability.
All lessons in this course
- GitOps Principles and Implementation
- Automating Git Tasks with Scripts
- Git Integration with CI/CD
- Securing Git in DevOps: Secrets, Signing, and Hooks