Best of GitOps — August 2024

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   ITNEXT·2y

   GitOps: How We Integrate a New Service in Under 1 Hour for 25 Clusters!

   Integrating a new service at scale can be challenging, but using GitOps methodology with Argo CD simplifies the process. This comprehensive guide covers setting up an organization, inviting users, creating environments, integrating with Kubernetes, securing credentials with Azure Key Vault, and deploying through Helm charts. The automation minimizes errors and ensures a smooth integration of Otterize into your tech stack.

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   Hacker News·2y

   miekg/gitopper: Gitops for non-Kubernetes folks

   Gitopper is a tool designed for non-Kubernetes environments to implement GitOps by monitoring a git repository, pulling changes, and reloading server processes. It supports sparse checkouts, SSH key authentication, and features such as metrics, diff detection, out-of-band rollbacks, and canary deployments. Gitopper does not handle package upgrades or downgrades, focusing instead on configuration and service management through git.

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   DigitalOcean Community·2y

   DigitalOcean Kubernetes: Infrastructure Best Practices

   This post explores essential factors for bringing DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) to production readiness, including infrastructure planning, VPC isolation, high availability control planes, node configuration, and automation best practices with GitOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). It also provides practical examples and guides to help users enhance their DOKS deployments.

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