gitops-principles-skill

Features and purpose

Comprehensive GitOps methodology and principles skill for cloud-native operations. Use when (1) Designing GitOps architecture for Kubernetes deployments, (2) Implementing declarative infrastructure with Git as single source of truth, (3) Setting up continuous deployment pipelines with ArgoCD/Flux/Kargo, (4) Establishing branching strategies and repository structures, (5) Troubleshooting drift, sync failures, or reconciliation issues, (6) Evaluating GitOps tooling decisions, (7) Teaching or explaining GitOps concepts and best practices, (8) Deploying ArgoCD on Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes or AKS with workload identity. Covers the 4 pillars of GitOps (OpenGitOps), patterns, anti-patterns, tooling ecosystem, Azure Arc integration, and operational guidance.

Quick start

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