World Congress 2021 • Jun 28, 2021

GitOps keeps focus on apps, not on infrastructure

Chad Carlson

Are complex infrastructure scripts bottlenecking your product development? Discover how GitOps uses declarative configuration to reduce database upgrades and system rollbacks to a single, intuitive commit.

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#1 about 6 min

The impact of infrastructure on developer onboarding

How abstracting infrastructure components saves time when bringing new developers onto a project.

#2 about 3 min

The bottleneck of specialized traditional DevOps roles

Why relying exclusively on isolated operations teams creates scaling challenges for infrastructure management.

#3 about 5 min

Managing infrastructure declaratively using a GitOps approach

How using version control as a single source of truth simplifies provisioning and rollback processes.

#4 about 7 min

Provisioning isolated environments for new features and upgrades

Using GitOps workflows to spin up independent environments for testing unreleased integrations and dependency updates.

#5 about 5 min

Managing fleets of applications using upstream templates

Leveraging GitOps patterns to deploy and manage infrastructure across multiple downstream client projects automatically.

#6 about 6 min

Demonstrating automated fleet-wide infrastructure updates

A practical walkthrough showing how to add a new frontend service to multiple client deployments simultaneously.

#7 about 5 min

Fostering team collaboration through common infrastructure abstractions

How standardized deployment workflows remove technical barriers and encourage developers to experiment with different stacks.

#8 about 3 min

Platform compliance and security certifications for sensitive data

An overview of supported data handling compliance standards necessary for operating within regulated industries.

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