Zan Markan
Practical tips and tricks for CI/CD success
#1about 7 minutes
From imperative commands to declarative configuration
Imperative commands are brittle and hard to manage, leading to a declarative approach where you define the desired state, though manual application still poses risks.
#2about 14 minutes
Understanding GitOps principles and the reconciliation loop
GitOps uses Git as a single source of truth and a continuous reconciliation loop to automatically align the live system state with the desired state defined in code.
#3about 6 minutes
Implementing GitOps with Keptn for lifecycle orchestration
Keptn, a CNCF project for application lifecycle management, adopts a GitOps model using custom resource definitions (CRDs) and an operator to manage deployments declaratively.
#4about 9 minutes
Live demonstration of a Keptn GitOps pipeline
A live demo shows how pointing Keptn to a Git repository automatically creates a project, services, and triggers a multi-stage delivery pipeline with tests and evaluations.
#5about 9 minutes
Q&A on Keptn's advantages and career journey
The speaker answers audience questions about his career path, the advantages of Keptn over tools like Argo CD, and its compatibility with platforms like OpenShift.
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