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Mastering GitOps with Argo CD

4h 53m 33s
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Welcome to "Mastering GitOps with Argo CD," a comprehensive guide to implementing modern GitOps practices and accelerating your continuous delivery pipeline using Argo CD. You will learn the fundamentals of GitOps, explore Argo CD's powerful features, and dive deep into advanced deployment strategies and integrations.

This course is designed for DevOps engineers, developers, and IT professionals who want to improve their skills in managing Kubernetes-based applications using GitOps methodologies. By the end of the course, you will have a solid understanding of GitOps principles and be able to confidently use Argo CD to deploy, manage, and monitor your applications.

Course Highlights

Key takeaways from this course include:

  • Grasping the concepts and benefits of GitOps for managing application infrastructure
  • Familiarizing yourself with Argo CD, its architecture, and components
  • Setting up your environment, including Git, Kubernetes, and Argo CD
  • Designing and managing Git repositories for GitOps workflows
  • Deploying applications with Argo CD and understanding synchronization and rollback processes
  • Implementing advanced deployment strategies, such as multi-cluster deployments, canary, and blue-green deployments

Course Structure

With hands-on examples and practical demonstrations, this course will equip you with the skills and knowledge to streamline your application delivery process, reduce deployment risks, and embrace the full potential of GitOps with Argo CD.

Who Should Enroll?

Join us in "Mastering GitOps with Argo CD" as we guide you step by step through this exciting journey into the world of GitOps and Kubernetes application management. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career in the DevOps field, this course will provide you with the skills and confidence to excel in managing complex Kubernetes deployments using GitOps methodologies and Argo CD.

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Because Udemy is a marketplace rather than a single editorial publisher, the catalog is uneven by design. The strongest material lives in the long-form, project-based courses authored by working engineers — full-stack JavaScript, React, Node.js, Python data science, AWS, Docker and Kubernetes, mobile development with Flutter and React Native, and cloud certification preparation. The CourseFlix listing under this source is the slice of that catalog that has been mirrored here for offline-friendly viewing, organized by topic and updated as new releases land. Pricing on Udemy itself swings dramatically with the site's near-permanent sales, which is why the platform is best treated as a deep reference catalog: pick instructors with strong reviews and a track record of updating their material rather than buying on the headline price alone.

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#1: 1.1. Welcome and Course Overview
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1.1. Welcome and Course Overview Demo
02:21
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1.2. Understanding GitOps
04:55
3
1.3. Introduction to Argo CD
04:46
4
1.4. Why GitOps with Argo CD
03:04
5
2.1. Installing and Configuring Git
05:46
6
2.2. Kubernetes Cluster Setup
05:16
7
2.3. Installing Argo CD on Your Cluster
08:17
8
3.1. Git Repository Structure for GitOps
06:32
9
3.2. Manifests, Helm Charts, and Kustomize
11:16
10
3.3. GitOps Best Practices
02:35
11
4.1. Argo CD Architecture
04:10
12
4.2. Deploying a sample application to Argo CD
09:16
13
4.3. Deploying Helm charts to Argo CD
20:12
14
4.4. Deploying applications to Argo CD using Kustomize
08:50
15
4.5. Managing Secrets in GitOps
08:13
16
4.6. Synchronization and Rollbacks
07:31
17
5.1. Multi-Cluster Deployment with Argo CD
10:58
18
5.2. Introducing Argo CD ApplictionSets
07:00
19
5.3. Implementing Blue-Green Deployments
05:55
20
5.4. Implementing Canary Deployments
09:10
21
6.1. Section Introduction
02:25
22
6.2. Preparing our sample application (the currency converter)
12:14
23
6.3. Connecting Argo CD to GitHub
06:34
24
6.4. Setting up the CI pipeline using GitHub Actions
11:56
25
6.5. Using Argo CD for the Continous Deployment (CD) part
16:01
26
7.1. What are Argo CD plugins and why we may need them
05:06
27
7.2. Creating an Argo CD plugin for envsubst
16:23
28
7.3. Introducing Terraform and our sample project
17:36
29
7.4. Using an Argo CD dynamic plugin with Terraform for a zero-touch workflow
16:12
30
8.1. Introducing Resource Hooks and their need
08:54
31
8.2. Using PreSync Hook for performing database migrations
11:43
32
8.3. Using Sync Hook for clearing cache
10:38
33
8.4. Using PostSync and SyncFail for sending Slack notifications
06:00
34
8.5. Using the PostDelete hook for database backup and deletion
05:48
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What is Mastering GitOps with Argo CD about?
Welcome to "Mastering GitOps with Argo CD," a comprehensive guide to implementing modern GitOps practices and accelerating your continuous delivery pipeline using Argo CD. You will learn the fundamentals of GitOps, explore Argo CD's…
Who teaches this course?
It is taught by Udemy. You can find more courses by this instructor on the corresponding source page.
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It contains 34 lessons with a total runtime of 4 hours 53 minutes. Every lesson is available to watch online at your own pace.
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