GitOps Best Practices Every DevOps Team Should Follow in 2025 [Webinar]

In this expert-led webinar, Christian Hernandez (Argo Project Maintainer, Head of Community at Akuity) walks through GitOps best practices, principles and advanced strategies to optimize your Kubernetes workflows. GitOps has transformed the way Kubernetes deployments are managed, bringing automation, security, and reliability to modern DevOps workflows. But as GitOps adoption grows, many teams struggle with managing application dependencies, handling secrets, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines. What you’ll learn: - GitOps best practices and why they matter - How to manage Kubernetes YAML efficiently - Kustomize vs Helm: Which one should you use? - CI/CD workflows with GitOps - Managing secrets in Argo CD Ready to take your GitOps knowledge to the next level? Explore these resources: Download the GitOps Best Practices E-book: https://landing.akuity.io/gitops-best-practices-whitepaper Christian’s Example Repo: https://github.com/christianh814/example-kubernetes-go-repo Gerald Nunn’s (Red Hat) GitOps Standards: https://github.com/gnunn-gitops/standards Blake’s (Akuity) Blog on Terraform to GitOps: https://akuity.io/blog/yet-another-take-on-integrating-terraform-with-argo-cd Learn about the Akuity platform: https://akuity.io/ Watch more GitOps webinars and on-demand sessions: https://akuity.io/resources Loved this webinar? Don't miss our 2 upcoming webinars on Argo CD and our Continuous Promotion tool, Kargo: - Register Now for Argo CD Up and Running: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-jJh8-KOQSm0k6i-xzmmaQ - Register Now for Kargo Revolutionizing GitOps Promotion Workflows: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wChjKDxCTv6isrJNQIhBpQ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 7:41 Manifest Templating and Patching 24:28 GitOps Repository Directory Structures 33:17 CI/CD with GitOps 38:57 The Rendered Manifests Pattern 56:40 Q&A #gitops #kubernetes #argocd #CI #CD #devops #gitopsbestpractices #kubernetesdeployment #gitopssecrets #argo #argoworkflows #gitopsautomation