CGOA Gitops Principles Practice Question
Which of the following actions best aligns with the GitOps principle of 'Automated Pull-Based Reconciliation'?
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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A cluster-resident controller actively pulling manifests from a Git repository
Pull-based reconciliation involves an agent running inside the cluster that actively fetches the desired state from Git, rather than a CI system pushing changes.
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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A developer manually running Helm upgrade in the production environment
Why it's wrong here
Manual intervention is the antithesis of GitOps automation.
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Using a Git hook to trigger an SSH deployment script on a remote server
Why it's wrong here
This is a push-based mechanism.
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Jenkins triggers a 'kubectl apply' command to push changes from the CI server
Why it's wrong here
This is a push-based model, which is not GitOps.
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A cluster-resident controller actively pulling manifests from a Git repository
Why this is correct
This describes the pull-based model central to GitOps.
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