GitOps Cookbook

Why are so many companies adopting GitOps for their DevOps and cloud native strategy? This reliable framework is quickly becoming the standard method for deploying apps to Kubernetes. With this practical, developer-oriented book, DevOps engineers, developers, IT architects, and SREs will learn the most useful recipes and examples for following GitOps practices.

Through their years of experience in application modernization, CI/CD, and automation, authors Alex Soto Bueno and Natale Vinto from Red Hat walk you through all the steps necessary for successful hands-on application development and deployment with GitOps. Once you start using the recipes in this book, you'll have a head start in development cycles on Kubernetes following the GitOps approach.

You'll learn how to:

• Develop and deploy applications on Kubernetes
• Understand the basics of CI/CD and automation on Kubernetes, and apply GitOps practices to
• implement development cycles on the platform
• Prepare the app for deployment on multiple environments and/or multiple Kubernetes clusters
• Deploy apps for either multiple environments using GitOps and Argo CD, or for Kubernetes clusters
• Create Kubernetes-native pipelines with Tekton
• Provide and extend DevOps skills for the team working on Kubernetes
• Use progressive delivery to put your applications into production

About the Author

Natale Vinto is a Software Engineer with more than 10 years of expertise on IT and ICT technologies and a consolidated background on telecommunications and Linux operating systems. As a Solution Architect with a Java development background, he spent some years as EMEA Specialist Solution Architect for OpenShift at Red Hat. Today, Natale is a Developer Advocate for OpenShift at Red Hat, helping people within communities and customers have success with their Kubernetes and cloud native strategy.

Alex Soto Bueno is a Director of Developer Experience at Red Hat. He is passionate about the Java world, software automation, and he believes in the open-source software model. Alex is the co-author of Testing Java Microservices, Quarkus Cookbook, Securing Kubernetes Secrets and contributor to several open-source projects. A Java Champion since 2017, he is also an international speaker and teacher at Salle URL University.