Understanding the principles of immutable infrastructure

The principles of immutable infrastructure, combined with the GitOps approach, offer a transformative way of managing infrastructure and deployments in modern software development environments. Immutable infrastructure refers to a model where servers, once deployed, are never directly modified. Instead, changes require the server to be replaced with a new instance. This model drastically reduces issues caused by configuration drift and enhances the reliability of systems by treating servers as disposable units that can be replaced quickly, offering greater scalability and efficiency in deployment processes.

Incorporating GitOps into this model amplifies these benefits. GitOps leverages Git as the central source of truth for managing both software applications and infrastructure. It applies cloud-native patterns to deployments, often associated with Kubernetes but also applicable to various platforms. The core principles of...