Extending Observability to the Application Lifecycle with ArgoCD, Flux and Keptn

Explore how to extend observability to the application lifecycle using ArgoCD, Flux, and Keptn in this informative conference talk. Discover how GitOps has become the default method for managing configuration in cloud-native environments, with a focus on Argo and Flux as popular tools for synchronizing Git and Kubernetes. Learn about the challenges of standardized end-to-end traceability in GitOps and Kubernetes' lack of application awareness. Delve into how the CNCF Incubating project Keptn addresses these issues by providing end-to-end observability through OpenTelemetry, exposing deployment metrics via Prometheus, and triggering application-aware deployment lifecycle hooks. Gain insights on how Keptn extends observability into GitOps-deployed applications, enabling traces and metrics through a simple operator installation.