Lian Li
GitOps for the people
#1about 3 minutes
Introducing MoneyBank's enterprise engineering challenges
A highly regulated fintech enterprise with 200 engineers struggled with unclear responsibilities and strict compliance requirements.
#2about 3 minutes
Identifying manual processes and proposing automated solutions
Manual QA, environment configuration drift, and compliance by committee were addressed by introducing automated testing, Kubernetes, and GitOps.
#3about 2 minutes
Understanding the fundamental principles of GitOps
GitOps uses a Git repository as the single source of truth to declaratively manage the state of an application's infrastructure.
#4about 4 minutes
Analyzing the legacy manual deployment process
The original workflow involved long-lived release branches, a manual release manager role, and multiple handoffs between teams for deployment.
#5about 3 minutes
Implementing a new CI/CD architecture with GitOps
The new architecture used separate app and configuration repositories, with Jenkins and Argo CD automating deployments up to a manual pull request approval for production.
#6about 4 minutes
Introducing ReleaseOps to bridge the technical gap
ReleaseOps was created to involve non-technical stakeholders by using Jira ticket statuses to trigger automated CI/CD events, replacing pull request approvals.
#7about 2 minutes
Architecting the complete ReleaseOps workflow
The final architecture integrated Jira, Bitbucket, Tecton pipelines, and Argo CD to create a fully automated, ticket-driven release process.
#8about 3 minutes
Key principles for building an internal developer platform
Building a successful internal developer platform requires treating it like a product with a focus on user experience, self-service, and optional adoption.
#9about 4 minutes
Answering questions on ReleaseOps and process philosophy
The discussion clarifies that testing happens on deployed environments and emphasizes focusing on processes that unite technical and non-technical teams over rigid methodologies.
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