KCNA Cloud Native Architecture Practice Question
A company wants to adopt a GitOps workflow for managing their Kubernetes clusters. Which two tools are specifically designed for implementing GitOps on Kubernetes?
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Why each option matters
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Flux
ArgoCD and Flux are both CNCF projects that implement GitOps principles, synchronizing cluster state with a Git repository. Helm is a package manager, Terraform is for infrastructure provisioning (not strictly GitOps for Kubernetes), and Jenkins is a CI/CD tool that can be used with GitOps but is not purpose-built for it.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Flux
Why this is correct
Flux is a CNCF incubating project for GitOps.
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ArgoCD
Why this is correct
ArgoCD is a declarative GitOps CD tool for Kubernetes.
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Terraform
Why it's wrong here
Terraform is an IaC tool, not specifically a GitOps tool for Kubernetes.
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Jenkins
Why it's wrong here
Jenkins is a CI/CD server, not purpose-built for GitOps on Kubernetes.
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Helm
Why it's wrong here
Helm is a package manager, not a GitOps tool.
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Kubernetes Overview and Core Components
Key term
ReplicaSet and Replication
A ReplicaSet ensures a specified number of identical pod instances are running at all times in Kubernetes, using replication to maintain availability and stability.
Key term
GitOps
GitOps is a way to manage and automate cloud infrastructure and applications by using a Git repository as the single source of truth, where all changes are made through pull requests and automatically applied by a software agent.
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