Managing Kubernetes the GitOps way with Flux

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Shows a battle‑tested GitOps setup that ties Flux to Kustomize and Helm, with a concrete repo layout (apps, cluster-services, clusters) used across multiple clients and clouds. Demonstrates passing Helm overrides via valuesFrom configMap and overlay patches, using Flux’s image automation commits to git to update image tags, wiring a webhook-triggered sync for instant reconciliation, and bootstrapping clusters with the bootstrap CLI; repo available at github.com/moonswitch-workshops/terraform-eks-flux.

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1. 0:00GitOps with Flux introduction
2. 4:18GitOps foundations for Kubernetes
3. 16:26Helm for Kubernetes packages
4. 24:46What is GitOps?
5. 31:30Introducing Flux toolkit
6. 41:05Flux controllers explained
7. 44:18Flux deployment structure
8. 50:26Demo: Cluster services with Flux
9. 55:04Q&A: Flux, Helm, GitOps
10. 1:00:06Closing remarks

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