Integrating GitOps Tools Into Delivery Pipelines - Challenges and Future Outlook

Explore the challenges and insights gained from integrating GitOps tools into delivery pipelines in this 30-minute conference talk presented by Brad McCoy from Basiq and Thomas Schuetz at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023. Discover how the journey into GitOps revealed the need for deployment validation, observability, and testing capabilities beyond traditional GitOps toolsets. Learn about the importance of integrating load testing and integration testing to ensure accurate canary analysis, especially during off-peak deployment times. Gain valuable insights into the process of building integrations between ArgoCD/Flux and the Keptn Project, and understand the obstacles encountered along the way. Conclude with a forward-looking perspective on the future of GitOps integration in delivery pipelines.