DevOps & Automation
Automating Kubernetes with GitOps
This course is a hands-on training program designed to teach DevOps engineers, platform teams, SREs, and cloud-native practitioners how to manage Kubernetes clusters using GitOps principles.
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Included with Skilldacity Membership
About This Course
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This course is a hands-on training program designed to teach DevOps engineers, platform teams, SREs, and cloud-native practitioners how to manage Kubernetes clusters using GitOps principles. This course explores how to automate deployments, enforce consistency, improve reliability, and streamline operations through declarative infrastructure and version-controlled workflows. You’ll learn the foundations of GitOps, how it differs from traditional CI/CD practices, and how to use leading GitOps tools—such as Argo CD and Flux—to automate Kubernetes configuration, deployments, rollbacks, and environment management.
The course covers best practices for structuring repositories, managing multi-cluster environments, securing pipelines, and implementing continuous reconciliation patterns. Through guided labs and real-world examples, you’ll gain the practical knowledge required to build scalable, self-healing, and automated Kubernetes platforms powered by GitOps workflows.
What You’ll Learn
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GitOps Core Concepts
Principles of declarative infrastructure and desired state management
How Git becomes the single source of truth for Kubernetes operations
Differences between GitOps, CI/CD, and traditional deployment methods
Kubernetes & GitOps Tooling
Deploying and configuring Argo CD or Flux for GitOps automation
Managing Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, Kustomize, and environments
Automating deployments, sync policies, and rollback strategies
Operational Automation
Continuous reconciliation and cluster drift detection
Git-based rollbacks, promotions, and environment versioning
Multi-tenant and multi-cluster GitOps architecture design
Security & Governance
Securing GitOps workflows with RBAC, SSO, and signed commits
Managing secrets with sealed secrets, SOPS, or external secret managers
Ensuring compliance and auditable change management
Scaling GitOps
Managing microservices and large-scale deployments
Integrating GitOps with CI pipelines and automated testing
Best practices for production-grade GitOps operations
Skills You’ll Gain
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Developer
Kubernetes
Career Path
DevOps & Automation
Provider
Skilldacity
Level
Intermediate
Certification
No certification associated
Access
Included with eligible Skilldacity subscription
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