Skip to main content

GitOps Principles: Git as Source of Truth

GitOps uses Git as the source of truth. Understanding GitOps is understanding modern infrastructure management.

🎯 The Big Picture​

GitOps stores infrastructure and application code in Git. Git becomes the source of truth. Changes to Git trigger deployments. Everything is version controlled.

Think of it like this: GitOps is like Infrastructure as Code, but Git is the control plane. Git changes trigger infrastructure changes.

GitOps Principles​

  1. Git as Source of Truth - Everything in Git
  2. Declarative Configuration - Describe desired state
  3. Automated Deployment - Git changes trigger deployments
  4. Observable - Monitor and verify

GitOps Workflow​

  1. Developer commits to Git
  2. CI/CD pipeline runs
  3. Infrastructure updated
  4. System converges to desired state

My Take: GitOps Is the Future​

GitOps is the future of infrastructure. Git becomes the control plane. Everything is version controlled.

Key Takeaways​

  1. Git as source of truth - Everything in Git
  2. Declarative - Describe desired state
  3. Automated - Git changes trigger deployments
  4. Observable - Monitor and verify
  5. Version controlled - Full history

What's Next?​

Continue exploring DevOps integration with Git. See Git in CI/CD for more.

Remember: GitOps is the future. Git becomes the control plane for infrastructure.