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Repeatability, Reliability, and Scalability through GitOps

You're reading from   Repeatability, Reliability, and Scalability through GitOps Continuous delivery and deployment codified

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801077798
Length 292 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Fundamentals of GitOps
2. Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of Delivery and Deployment FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Exploring Common Industry Delivery and Deployment Practices 4. Chapter 3: The "What" and "Why" of GitOps 5. Section 2: GitOps Types, Benefits, and Drawbacks
6. Chapter 4: The Original GitOps – Continuous Deployment in Kubernetes 7. Chapter 5: The Purist GitOps – Continuous Deployment Everywhere 8. Chapter 6: Verified GitOps – Continuous Delivery Declaratively Defined 9. Chapter 7: Best Practices for Delivery, Deployment, and GitOps 10. Section 3: Hands-On Practical GitOps
11. Chapter 8: Practicing the Basics – Declarative Language File Building 12. Chapter 9: Originalist Gitops in Practice – Continuous Deployment 13. Chapter 10: Verified GitOps Setup – Continuous Delivery GitOps with Harness 14. Chapter 11: Pitfall Examples – Experiencing Issues with GitOps 15. Chapter 12: What's Next? 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 3: The "What" and "Why" of GitOps

The last two chapters covered the basics of delivery and deployment. But, more importantly, they provided a brief overview of how most teams in the industry used to operate and why they moved to a continuous practice.

This chapter covers why delivering and deploying continuously is so important. Additionally, the chapter will cover how teams use declarative process to achieve a desired deplyment frequency while reducing risk.

This chapter covers the following main topics:

  • Why does a continuous process matter?
  • What is GitOps?
  • Declarative execution and declarative state
  • To push it or pull it ?
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