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GitOps Implementation with ArgoCD

Established GitOps practices using ArgoCD for Kubernetes deployments, bringing infrastructure and application deployment under version control with automated rollback capabilities.

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Presented publicly at the DevOps Meetup Zürich, 2023.

SaaS Platform
Client Type
4 months
Project Duration
Technology
Industry

The Challenge

A SaaS platform running on Kubernetes had inconsistent deployment processes across teams, lack of deployment visibility, and manual rollback procedures that were error-prone during incidents.

  • Inconsistent deployment practices across 15+ development teams
  • No single source of truth for production state
  • Manual kubectl commands leading to configuration drift
  • Rollbacks taking 30+ minutes with manual intervention
  • Difficulty tracking who changed what and when in production

Our Solution

We implemented GitOps principles using ArgoCD, making Git the single source of truth for all Kubernetes resources and establishing automated, declarative deployment workflows.

ArgoCD Multi-Cluster Setup

Deployed ArgoCD with app-of-apps pattern to manage multiple environments and clusters from a central control plane.

Kustomize & Helm Integration

Standardized on Kustomize for environment-specific overlays and Helm for complex application packaging with ArgoCD integration.

RBAC & Security Policies

Implemented fine-grained RBAC in both Git and ArgoCD to control who can deploy what to which environments.

Automated Sync & Self-Healing

Configured automatic synchronization with self-healing to detect and remediate configuration drift in real-time.

Technologies Used

ArgoCDKubernetesKustomizeHelmGitLab CIPrometheusGrafanaSealed Secrets

Results & Impact

GitOps adoption brought unprecedented visibility, consistency, and reliability to the deployment process, while significantly reducing deployment-related incidents.

< 5 min
Average deployment time
< 1 min
Automated rollback time
95%
Reduction in deployment failures
100%
Deployment auditability

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