GitOps - CI/CD Glossary Definition
GitOps is an operating model in which a Git repository holds the declared desired state of infrastructure and applications, and an agent continuously reconciles the live system to match. Git becomes the single source of truth and the audit log.
Pull-based delivery
Tools like Argo CD and Flux run inside the cluster and pull changes from Git, applying them automatically. This pull model avoids handing the cluster credentials to an external CI system.
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