GitOps and Kubernetes: Continuous Deployment with Argo CD, Jenkins X, and Flux

GitOps and Kubernetes teaches you how to use Git and the GitOps methodology to manage a Kubernetes cluster.

Summary
GitOps and Kubernetes introduces a radical idea—managing your infrastructure with the same Git pull requests you use to manage your codebase. In this in-depth tutorial, you’ll learn to operate infrastructures based on powerful-but-complex technologies such as Kubernetes with the same Git version control tools most developers use daily. With these GitOps techniques and best practices, you’ll accelerate application development without compromising on security, easily roll back infrastructure changes, and seamlessly introduce new team members to your automation process.

About the technology
With GitOps you use the Git version control system to organize and manage your infrastructure just like any other codebase. It’s an excellent model for applications deployed as containers and pods on Kubernetes.

About the book
GitOps and Kubernetes teaches you how to use Git and the GitOps methodology to manage a Kubernetes cluster. The book interleaves theory with practice, presenting core Ops concepts alongside easy-to-implement techniques so you can put GitOps into action. Learn to develop pipelines that trace changes, roll back mistakes, and audit container deployment.

What's inside

Managing secrets the GitOps way
Controlling access with Git, Kubernetes, and Pipeline
Branching, namespaces, and configuration

About the reader
For developers and operations engineers familiar with continuous delivery, Git, and Kubernetes.

About the author
Billy Yuen, Alexander Matyushentsev, Todd Ekenstam, and Jesse Suen are principal engineers at Intuit. They are widely recognized for their work in GitOps for Kubernetes.

Table of Contents

PART 1 - BACKGROUND

1 Why GitOps?

2 Kubernetes & GitOps

PART 2 - PATTERNS & PROCESSES

3 Environment Management

4 Pipelines

5 Deployment Strategies

6 Access Control & Security

7 Secrets

8 Observability

PART 3 - TOOLS

9 Argo CD

10 Jenkins X

11 Flux

Billy Yuen, Alexander Matyushentsev, Todd Ekenstam, and Jesse Suen are principal engineers for the Intuit platform. They are widely recognized as industry leads in GitOps for Kubernetes, having presented numerous related talks at industry conferences.