Stop using kubectl, and use Git instead! - Hands-on GitOps workshop using Argo CD and Helm

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" summary

Claim: stop running kubectl and make Git the single source of truth, using Argo CD to pull, render Helm charts and enforce desired state. The workshop uses GitHub Codespaces, kind cluster, Argo CD agent, repo-server and application-controller to deploy a Helm guestbook, change an image tag, and auto-sync to scale pods to three. Default reconciliation runs every 3-minute reconciliation, the demo shows Argo CD + Helm rendering manifests and app-of-apps bootstrapping, though the training instance hits rate-limit issues while the production demo completes successfully.

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" chapters (10)

1. 0:00GitOps and Argo CD intro
2. 24:04What is GitOps
3. 35:20Why Kubernetes needs GitOps
4. 58:47Workshop environment setup
5. 1:33:55Connect cluster to Argo CD
6. 1:53:52Create Helm app in Argo CD
7. 2:11:54Autosync and self-healing
8. 2:16:13App of apps pattern
9. 2:26:19Application sets workflows
10. 2:33:13Q&A

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