Introduction to GitOps principles and benefits
GitOps is a framework that applies familiar DevOps practices—such as version control and CI/CD—to infrastructure automation. These practices include version control, collaboration, compliance, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD). The core principles of GitOps revolve around making infrastructure and application management more predictable, secure, and efficient.
What are the key principles of GitOps?
On the technical interview, your interviewer could ask this question as the first question discussing the GitOps approach. Here is an easy-to-follow list describing the core features and principles of the GitOps approach.
- Declarative descriptions: In GitOps, the entire system—both infrastructure and applications—is described declaratively. This means that you specify the desired state of your system rather than the steps to achieve that state. This approach creates a clear...
