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GitOps and Kubernetes: Continuous Deployment with Argo CD, Jenkins X, and Flux
GitOps and Kubernetes teaches you how to use Git and the GitOps methodology to manage a Kubernetes cluster.
Summary
GitOps and Kubernetes introduces a radical idea—managing your infrastructure with the same Git pull requests you use to manage your codebase. In this in-depth tutorial, you’ll learn to operate infrastructures based on powerful-but-complex technologies such as Kubernetes with the same Git version control tools most developers use daily. With these GitOps techniques and best practices, you’ll accelerate application development without compromising on security, easily roll back infrastructure changes, and seamlessly introduce new team members to your automation process.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the technology
With GitOps you use the Git version control system to organize and manage your infrastructure just like any other codebase. It’s an excellent model for applications deployed as containers and pods on Kubernetes.
About the book
GitOps and Kubernetes teaches you how to use Git and the GitOps methodology to manage a Kubernetes cluster. The book interleaves theory with practice, presenting core Ops concepts alongside easy-to-implement techniques so you can put GitOps into action. Learn to develop pipelines that trace changes, roll back mistakes, and audit container deployment.
What's inside
Managing secrets the GitOps way
Controlling access with Git, Kubernetes, and Pipeline
Branching, namespaces, and configuration
About the reader
For developers and operations engineers familiar with continuous delivery, Git, and Kubernetes.
About the author
Billy Yuen, Alexander Matyushentsev, Todd Ekenstam, and Jesse Suen are principal engineers at Intuit. They are widely recognized for their work in GitOps for Kubernetes.
Table of Contents
PART 1 - BACKGROUND
1 Why GitOps?
2 Kubernetes & GitOps
PART 2 - PATTERNS & PROCESSES
3 Environment Management
4 Pipelines
5 Deployment Strategies
6 Access Control & Security
7 Secrets
8 Observability
PART 3 - TOOLS
9 Argo CD
10 Jenkins X
11 Flux
Summary
GitOps and Kubernetes introduces a radical idea—managing your infrastructure with the same Git pull requests you use to manage your codebase. In this in-depth tutorial, you’ll learn to operate infrastructures based on powerful-but-complex technologies such as Kubernetes with the same Git version control tools most developers use daily. With these GitOps techniques and best practices, you’ll accelerate application development without compromising on security, easily roll back infrastructure changes, and seamlessly introduce new team members to your automation process.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the technology
With GitOps you use the Git version control system to organize and manage your infrastructure just like any other codebase. It’s an excellent model for applications deployed as containers and pods on Kubernetes.
About the book
GitOps and Kubernetes teaches you how to use Git and the GitOps methodology to manage a Kubernetes cluster. The book interleaves theory with practice, presenting core Ops concepts alongside easy-to-implement techniques so you can put GitOps into action. Learn to develop pipelines that trace changes, roll back mistakes, and audit container deployment.
What's inside
Managing secrets the GitOps way
Controlling access with Git, Kubernetes, and Pipeline
Branching, namespaces, and configuration
About the reader
For developers and operations engineers familiar with continuous delivery, Git, and Kubernetes.
About the author
Billy Yuen, Alexander Matyushentsev, Todd Ekenstam, and Jesse Suen are principal engineers at Intuit. They are widely recognized for their work in GitOps for Kubernetes.
Table of Contents
PART 1 - BACKGROUND
1 Why GitOps?
2 Kubernetes & GitOps
PART 2 - PATTERNS & PROCESSES
3 Environment Management
4 Pipelines
5 Deployment Strategies
6 Access Control & Security
7 Secrets
8 Observability
PART 3 - TOOLS
9 Argo CD
10 Jenkins X
11 Flux
343 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 25, 2021
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
September 10, 2022
Too shallow, too brief, too hastily written.
It feels like a glide over the topic - enough to get the overall idea, but far from giving you enough information to start with the technologies described: Argo CD, JX, or Flux.
Also, my version of the book (Kindle) could use some more diagrams/visualizations to clarify certain concepts - a good picture is worth 1000 words, and it seems that the author has forgotten that here.
There aren't that many books on GitOps approach, so there's definitely a niche here, but still - it's hard to recommend "GitOps and Kubernetes".
2.5-2.7 stars
It feels like a glide over the topic - enough to get the overall idea, but far from giving you enough information to start with the technologies described: Argo CD, JX, or Flux.
Also, my version of the book (Kindle) could use some more diagrams/visualizations to clarify certain concepts - a good picture is worth 1000 words, and it seems that the author has forgotten that here.
There aren't that many books on GitOps approach, so there's definitely a niche here, but still - it's hard to recommend "GitOps and Kubernetes".
2.5-2.7 stars
March 24, 2021
Definitely not recommended.
This book is at best a waste of time. It offers little value over the online documentation available for all the tools mentioned, but does provide often misleading or flat out incorrect advice.
Manning’s “Kubernetes in Action” and “Securing DevOps” are much better books on related topics. For ArgoCD, Jenkins X, and Flux, just RTFM.
This book is at best a waste of time. It offers little value over the online documentation available for all the tools mentioned, but does provide often misleading or flat out incorrect advice.
Manning’s “Kubernetes in Action” and “Securing DevOps” are much better books on related topics. For ArgoCD, Jenkins X, and Flux, just RTFM.
October 13, 2021
Good book for the beginners, who just start with topics GitOps and Kubernetes.
The author makes good effort to cover many of K8s and GitOps related topics but sacrifices the depth of them. The book feels more like TLDR version of entire K8s and GitOps topic with examples not going deeper than you would find them in documentation of the described technologies. What the book lacks is real life examples or some personal experience or knowledge sharing of the author.
The author makes good effort to cover many of K8s and GitOps related topics but sacrifices the depth of them. The book feels more like TLDR version of entire K8s and GitOps topic with examples not going deeper than you would find them in documentation of the described technologies. What the book lacks is real life examples or some personal experience or knowledge sharing of the author.
February 18, 2023
Good introduction to GitOps and a bit of Kubernetes.
Plenty of concepts explored including the main idea about GitOps, how other aspects of software development work with it (secret management, git branching, tools supporting it) etc.
The best thing about is that the book provides the overall picture with plenty of knowledge nuggets and shows us where GitOps fits in.
Eg: The SRE nugget on alerting (four golden signals) was really good.
Do not go in with expectations of deep dives on tools like ArgoCD or Flux.
Plenty of concepts explored including the main idea about GitOps, how other aspects of software development work with it (secret management, git branching, tools supporting it) etc.
The best thing about is that the book provides the overall picture with plenty of knowledge nuggets and shows us where GitOps fits in.
Eg: The SRE nugget on alerting (four golden signals) was really good.
Do not go in with expectations of deep dives on tools like ArgoCD or Flux.
December 18, 2021
Nothing interested.
February 8, 2022
Good for beginners, but I want to more hands-on practice with ArgoCD or Flux, how to prepare git repository structure and etc.
Topic about Jenkins X is unclear.
Topic about Jenkins X is unclear.
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