A GitOps workflow using Kubernetes and Tyk

The article by Jennifer Craig explains how GitOps and Kubernetes can be integrated to automate infrastructure and application updates, emphasizing the use of Argo CD and Tyk for a complete GitOps workflow. GitOps applies software development best practices to DevOps, using version control and declarative configuration to automate updates, with Kubernetes orchestrating container deployment and scaling. The article provides a detailed tutorial on setting up a Kubernetes cluster on Amazon EKS, implementing a GitOps workflow using Argo CD to automate continuous delivery, and managing APIs with Tyk, an API management platform. Tyk, integrated with Kubernetes via the Tyk Operator, enables API management with features like authentication, IP whitelisting, and rate limiting, ensuring secure, efficient API operations while leveraging GitOps principles for infrastructure management.