In combination with Kubernetes’ inbuilt automation features and some additional monitoring software, GitOps makes for reduced operational complexity, faster deployment of new features and better security throughout the delivery pipeline. If the worst happens, rolling your application back to a previous version can be achieved in minutes, rather than hours — even if it means destroying the cluster and rebuilding it from scratch.

In part, its success is due to the fact that GitOps is not purely a technology.

So in a sense, GitOps is not a new thing; it is just a new way to do things.

If you want to make the most of GitOps, they will point you in the right direction.

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