You're reading from Repeatability, Reliability, and Scalability through GitOps Continuous delivery and deployment codified

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801077798

Length 292 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

GitOps

Concepts

Cloud Native

Author (1):

Bryan Feuling

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Fundamentals of GitOps

2. Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of Delivery and Deployment FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Exploring Common Industry Delivery and Deployment Practices

4. Chapter 3: The "What" and "Why" of GitOps

5. Section 2: GitOps Types, Benefits, and Drawbacks

6. Chapter 4: The Original GitOps – Continuous Deployment in Kubernetes

7. Chapter 5: The Purist GitOps – Continuous Deployment Everywhere

8. Chapter 6: Verified GitOps – Continuous Delivery Declaratively Defined

9. Chapter 7: Best Practices for Delivery, Deployment, and GitOps

10. Section 3: Hands-On Practical GitOps

11. Chapter 8: Practicing the Basics – Declarative Language File Building

12. Chapter 9: Originalist Gitops in Practice – Continuous Deployment

13. Chapter 10: Verified GitOps Setup – Continuous Delivery GitOps with Harness

14. Chapter 11: Pitfall Examples – Experiencing Issues with GitOps

15. Chapter 12: What's Next?

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