Shift-Left: Past, Present, and Future of Validation in CI for GitOps Workflows

Explore the evolution and future of validation in Continuous Integration (CI) for GitOps workflows in this informative conference talk. Discover how GitOps has become the standard approach for configuration management, and learn about the critical importance of robust validation mechanisms in preventing unpredictable outcomes and high maintenance costs in automated deployments. Gain insights into common challenges faced by GitOps users, such as CI hooked up to production environments, time-consuming dry-runs, and outdated ObjectReferences. Understand the limitations of current validation methods, including spinning up apiservers with numerous Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) and relying on incomplete JSON schema validations. Learn how to implement reliable, fast, and local validation of Kubernetes manifests using kubectl-validate, enabling you to avoid common mistakes and streamline your GitOps CI system setup. Enhance your understanding of best practices for efficient and effective validation in GitOps workflows.