Managing your web host can get complicated. You make a change to your website, adjusted your server settings, or integrated new features into your website, and nothing works on the website. That's where GitOps comes into play. GitOps enables easier, safer, and simpler management of your hosting, by taking advantage of the Git hosting paradigm used by software developers for Git code.
In short, your hosting environment operates like your application code, and is completely trackable, reversible, and easily updated. Pretty cool right?
• Everything is audited with a history of who made changes and what the modifications were.
• Problems can more easily be remediated with GitOps. If something breaks, simply roll back the commit.
• Automation, such as through Argo CD or Flux, saves lots of time as changes made in git also apply the changes on the server automatically.
• All servers or containers are consistently configured, resulting in no surprises.
Have you ever had a website crash late at night? GitOps allows the engineer to recover faster than making a cup of coffee.
This is the main points of it:
1. Your hosting setup (e.g. Docker or Kubernetes files) is in Git.
2. You have a GitOps tool that is watching that repository.
3. When you push an update, the GitOps tool pushes the update to your hosting setup.
No more logging into servers or clicking in a dashboard.
• Provide access controls to limit who can make changes to trusted individuals.
• Keep secrets safe (passwords, keys, etc.) in tools like Vault.
• If you have a team that will be responsible for following the Git habits, make sure they also learn the workflow.
When you get it all set up and GistoOps, it's much easier to manage hosting for your websites.
If you are looking for an easier and more reliable way to manage your websites, I suggest that you give GitOps a shot. After all, would you rather push a commit in your version control system, or push a bunch of buttons all day?
What is GitOps?
GitOps means you manage your hosting environment in a similar fashion to how you manage software code. You move all the configurations and settings related to your app and server into a Git repository. When you make a change in Git you are effectively updating the hosting system.In short, your hosting environment operates like your application code, and is completely trackable, reversible, and easily updated. Pretty cool right?
The Benefits of GitOps for Hosting
Before GitOps was available, many hosting setups were ultimately messy. The administrators made changes directly, and nobody could ever remember who made what changes. GitOps fundamentally changes how the environment is handled:• Everything is audited with a history of who made changes and what the modifications were.
• Problems can more easily be remediated with GitOps. If something breaks, simply roll back the commit.
• Automation, such as through Argo CD or Flux, saves lots of time as changes made in git also apply the changes on the server automatically.
• All servers or containers are consistently configured, resulting in no surprises.
Have you ever had a website crash late at night? GitOps allows the engineer to recover faster than making a cup of coffee.
How GitOps Works
GitOps works in several hosting setups including; Kubernetes, Docker, or cloud services such as AWS or DigitalOcean. GitOps is perfect to use if an engineer is creating or maintaining a large quantity of websites or apps.This is the main points of it:
1. Your hosting setup (e.g. Docker or Kubernetes files) is in Git.
2. You have a GitOps tool that is watching that repository.
3. When you push an update, the GitOps tool pushes the update to your hosting setup.
No more logging into servers or clicking in a dashboard.
Some Final Thoughts
GitOps is powerful, but still requires some caution:• Provide access controls to limit who can make changes to trusted individuals.
• Keep secrets safe (passwords, keys, etc.) in tools like Vault.
• If you have a team that will be responsible for following the Git habits, make sure they also learn the workflow.
When you get it all set up and GistoOps, it's much easier to manage hosting for your websites.
To Conclude,
GitOps changes how you manage hosting. It makes things faster, safer, and more organized. Once you make the switch, things like one-off server access and manually accessing configuration dashboards will feel archaic.If you are looking for an easier and more reliable way to manage your websites, I suggest that you give GitOps a shot. After all, would you rather push a commit in your version control system, or push a bunch of buttons all day?
