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GitOps Best Practices

Building reliable, scalable infrastructure with code-driven operations

What is GitOps?

GitOps is a modern DevOps practice that leverages Git as a single source of truth for declarative infrastructure and application deployment. By combining Git workflows with CI/CD automation, teams achieve faster, more consistent, and auditable deployments.

Core Principles

  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) managed via version control
  • Declarative system state with automatic reconciliation
  • Immutable infrastructure patterns
  • Event-driven CI/CD pipelines
  • Git-based collaboration & audit trail

Key Benefits

Automation

Eliminate manual configuration drift with automated deployment pipelines.

Collaboration

Unify development and operations teams on a shared, version-controlled system of record.

Security

Enforce audit trails and role-based access control for all configuration changes.

Resilience

Automatic rollback and canary deployments reduce risk in complex systems.

Getting Started Guide

1

Establish Git Workflow

Standardize pull request processes for all infrastructure and application changes.

2

Implement Declarative Configuration

Move to Kubernetes YAML, Terraform, and other declarative resource definitions.

3

Automate Continuous Delivery

Build CI pipelines that automatically apply approved changes to production environments.

4

Monitor and Reconcile

Configure automated alerts and remediation for infrastructure drift using tools like Flux or ArgoCD.

GitOps Workflow Visualization

Git Repository Source of truth for all configurations CI/CD Pipeline Automates testing and validation Infrastructure Production environments

Start Your GitOps Journey

Ready to implement GitOps in your organization? Begin with a single service and gradually expand to your entire infrastructure.

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