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What is GitOps?

A practice where Git repositories serve as the single source of truth for both application code and infrastructure configuration.

GitOps extends Infrastructure as Code by using Git as the operational mechanism. All changes to infrastructure and applications go through Git pull requests. Automated agents (ArgoCD, Flux) ensure the live system matches the Git repository.

Benefits include audit trail (Git history), rollback (git revert), collaboration (pull requests), and consistency (single source of truth). GitOps is the dominant deployment pattern for Kubernetes-based environments.

Related Terms

Service Discovery
A mechanism that automatically detects and tracks the network locations of service instances in distributed systems.
Continuous Deployment
A practice where every code change that passes automated tests is automatically deployed to production.
ArgoCD
A declarative GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes that automatically syncs cluster state with Git repositories.
Docker
A platform for building, shipping, and running applications in lightweight, isolated containers.
Monitoring
The practice of collecting, analyzing, and alerting on system metrics and logs to ensure application health and performance.
ELK Stack
A popular log management platform combining Elasticsearch (search), Logstash (processing), and Kibana (visualization).
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