When GitOps is done well (or poorly?) it can feel like you’re crossing the streams in Ghostbusters. In this episode we dig into what GitOps means, how we can get there as a community, and how it affects implementing a multi-cluster Kubernetes deployment.

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Links and notes from this episode:

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7 is coming soon.
• Top Gun is a great way to date yourself.
• Star Wars vs. Star Trek is always a touchy subject.

• Kubernetes Cluster API is pretty great tech.
• GitOps is a great way to build out and maintain your IT platforms.
• Google Anthos Configuration Management
• People used to tie off their networking wires with waxed string.
• Google’s 4 golden signals are useful for anyone building large (or even small) systems.
• KubeCon Europe 2019 Panel on GitOps best practices

• Argo and Flux are joining forces to create the GitOps Engine.
• Argo has a Kubernetes Operator.
• Episode 4 is going to be all about Open Policy Agent (OPA), and may have our first guest!

The image for this episode’s page comes from https://whatculture.com/film/10-things-didnt-know-ghostbusters?page=10