GitOps Workflows
GitOps is a deployment approach where the desired state of your application and infrastructure lives in a Git repository, and automated tooling continuously reconciles the live environment against that declared state. Changes go through Git — reviewed, approved, audited — and the environment updates to match without manual intervention.
GitOps tools we use
GitOps · Kubernetes
ArgoCD
Declarative GitOps CD for Kubernetes. Application definitions in Git, automatically reconciled to the cluster by ArgoCD.
View service →CI/CD
GitHub Actions
Automated workflows for build, test, and deployment that commit to the GitOps repository when a release is ready.
View service →CI/CD
GitLab CI/CD
Pipeline configuration for teams using GitLab, integrated with a GitOps deployment workflow.
View service →Git is the source of truth
In a GitOps model, the state of every deployed application is described in a Git repository. If it is not in Git, it does not belong in the cluster. This makes the desired state explicit, auditable, and reproducible — and it makes drift immediately visible because ArgoCD continuously compares the live state to what is declared.
Pull versus push
Traditional CI/CD pipelines push changes from the pipeline to the deployment environment. GitOps reverses this: the deployment tool (ArgoCD or Flux) pulls the desired state from Git and applies it to the cluster. The cluster is never directly accessible to the CI pipeline, which reduces the attack surface and makes credentials easier to manage.
Rollback is a git revert
Because the desired state is in Git, rolling back a deployment is as simple as reverting a commit. The reconciliation loop detects the state change and reconciles the cluster to the previous version automatically. Compare that to manually redeploying the previous artifact from a CI pipeline and understanding why GitOps teams deploy more frequently with less anxiety.
Audit trail built in
Every deployment is a commit with an author, a timestamp, a message, and a diff. For teams with compliance requirements or regulated environments, this audit trail is not a bolt-on — it is how the system works by default.
Common questions
Implementing GitOps?
If you are setting up a GitOps workflow or need help improving your current deployment process, reach out and we will discuss the approach.
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