The pains of GitOps 1.0
Blog post from Codefresh
The text discusses the limitations and challenges of implementing GitOps in software release processes, highlighting that while GitOps offers advantages in aligning the cluster state with the Git repository, it primarily focuses on deployment, missing other critical aspects of the software lifecycle. It points out that GitOps tools do not address the full spectrum of software development, such as promotion between environments, handling secrets, or facilitating rollbacks and smoke tests effectively. Additionally, GitOps struggles with managing dynamic resources and auto-scaling, lacks standard practices for multienvironment configurations, and presents challenges in integrating with Helm and practicing Continuous Deployment. Despite these drawbacks, the text suggests that the future iteration, termed GitOps 2.0, aims to address these issues, offering hope for a more comprehensive solution.