The Journey from ClickOps to GitOps at Ford with Red Hat

Explore Ford Motor Company's transition from manual operations to GitOps in this 25-minute conference talk. Learn how the automotive giant tackled the challenges of managing nearly 100 clusters, addressing human error, and preventing configuration drift. Discover the implementation of continuous deployment using Argo CD, and gain insights into risk management through decentralization and zero-trust secrets management with GCP's Workload Identity. Understand the complexities faced by Ford's platform engineering team, including historical constraints, scale issues, and diverse business requirements. Examine the decision-making process behind automation investments and the ongoing challenges in maintaining consistency across the cluster fleet while accommodating individual team needs. Gain valuable lessons from Ford's experience in modernizing their infrastructure and implementing GitOps practices in a large-scale enterprise environment.