October 2022 Summaries

Codefresh's GitOps for Argo certification program, which began with the GitOps Fundamentals course, has surpassed expectations by attracting over 13,000 students and producing more than 4,000 graduates within just 10 months. Designed to meet the DevOps community's demand for practical GitOps knowledge, the course offers pre-configured lab environments that enhance the learning experience, enabling students to effectively learn GitOps using Argo CD. The program's popularity is evident on social media, with participants proudly sharing their certificates and skills. The initiative addresses the DevOps community's challenge of achieving continuous delivery by providing the necessary skills and insights for implementing GitOps best practices, particularly beneficial for cloud-native applications. In response to the program's success and community enthusiasm, Codefresh recently introduced a Level 2 course, GitOps at Scale, reinforcing the growing demand for GitOps expertise. The certification program continues to evolve, with Codefresh engaging with the community at events like KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2022 to celebrate achievements and future goals in the realm of GitOps.

Argo CD offers various installation methods, each suited for different needs and organizational sizes, ranging from simple manifest installations to more complex setups like hosted instances and management via a control plane. While manual installation using manifests is quick for prototypes, it poses challenges during upgrades, making it suitable only for demos. A hosted Argo CD instance managed by Codefresh simplifies maintenance and updates, allowing users to focus on deployment, although it may not fit scenarios requiring custom configurations or firewall deployments. Alternatively, organizations can use Argo CD to manage itself, offering customization but lacking established best practices. For those managing multiple instances, Codefresh's GitOps control plane provides a unified interface to streamline management across diverse deployment environments, ensuring a balance between simplicity and control. This approach allows organizations to focus on application deployment rather than managing individual Argo CD instances, aligning with their specific needs for scalability and redundancy.