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GitOps

/ˈɡɪt ɒps/

Definition

A practice where Git is the single source of truth for declarative infrastructure and application deployments.

Example in context

"GitOps: merge to main → Flux detects the change → pulls the new image → deploys to Kubernetes automatically."

Related terms

  • IaC — Infrastructure as Code — managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-readable configuration files instead of manual processes.
  • CI/CD — Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment — a practice of automatically building, testing, and releasing code on every change.

Practice this term

Master GitOps in context by working through exercises in the Cloud Infrastructure module. You'll see the term used in real engineering scenarios with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching drills.

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