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GitOps: Reconciling Desired State with a Runtime Environment

Posted by Everett Toews on 10 February 2020

DevOps, Technology, platform, gitops

I recently did an Ignite talk at DevOpsDays Auckland 2019 about GitOps. While preparing the deck for the talk, I had a chance to really reflect on the question “What is GitOps?”.

Definition

GitOps is reconciling a desired state in Git with a runtime environment.

“But this is what we’ve always done!” you say. You’re...

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GitOps Driven Deployments on OpenShift

Posted by Everett Toews on 16 July 2019

CICD, DevOps, platform, openshift, gitops

Our industry is determined to deliver value ever more rapidly, safely, and securely across software development lifecycle environments. One way to achieve this is through GitOps. In broad terms, GitOps is about applying the Git feature workflow to operations. I took this idea and narrowed it down to exactly one use...

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Mule on OpenShift: Part 2 - Build & Deploy

Posted by Sohrab Hosseini on 15 March 2019

docker, kubernetes, tech, mule, platform, openshift, container, anypoint

Since the publication of this blog post, MuleSoft has released Mule 4.2. In this version, they have introduced a "start-up performance improvement" that effectively causes a tight coupling between the wrapper and the runtime container. As such, the Unwrapped approach outlined in this post will not work in Mule...

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Mule on OpenShift: Part 1 - Deployment Models

Posted by Sohrab Hosseini on 28 February 2019

kubernetes, tech, mule, platform, openshift, container, anypoint

At Deloitte Platform Engineering, we have been building containerised platforms for a few years now. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform has been our weapon of choice in many of these instances, complementing a solid Kubernetes foundation.

A significant part of this work also consists of building and deploying...

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OpenShift 3 Demystified. For Developers.

Posted by Sohrab Hosseini on 30 October 2017

tech, developer, platform, openshift, container

Container orchestrators are the next big thing in the modern containerisation movement. And unless you have painted your career into a legacy corner, you will encounter these technologies sooner or later.

OpenShift was my introduction to this space. At that time, I was not able to find suitable online resources that...

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