Kubernetes Native Continuous Deployment with FluxCD, Flagger, and Linkerd

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StackPulse describes a Kubernetes-native CD pipeline that wires FluxCD, Flagger, Linkerd together to run frequent canary rollouts: CircleCI builds images to Google Container Registry, Flux detects new images and Git changes, Flagger increments traffic (10%→+5–10% steps) while scraping Prometheus metrics and Linkerd provides per-pod splits; failures trigger instant rollback to zero canary replicas. The pipeline adds webhooks for pre/post rollout tests and uses feature flags (flipt) to disable faulty code without full rollbacks.

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1. 0:00Introduction to talk
2. 1:29Business need for CD
3. 3:35Canary deployment strategy
4. 13:50FluxCD deep dive
5. 24:10Flagger progressive delivery
6. 31:02Service mesh role in CD
7. 37:48Feature flags and dark launching
8. 42:50Key takeaways summary

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