CGOA Gitops Patterns Practice Question
If you have a multi-cluster setup and you want to ensure that 'production' clusters only pull images from a hardened internal registry, how can you enforce this in GitOps?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Using Admission Controllers to enforce policy.
Using Admission Controllers (e.g., OPA Gatekeeper or Kyverno) triggered by the GitOps deployment ensures that only images from approved registries are admitted into the cluster.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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By changing the Argo CD global settings.
Why it's wrong here
Global settings don't control the image pull source.
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By hardcoding the registry URL in every pod manifest.
Why it's wrong here
This is prone to human error and difficult to enforce.
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By updating the Git repository access permissions.
Why it's wrong here
Git permissions don't control what gets deployed to the cluster.
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Using Admission Controllers to enforce policy.
Why this is correct
This provides automated and consistent enforcement.
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