KCNA Cloud Native Architecture Practice Question
What is GitOps?
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Why each option matters
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A methodology that uses Git as the single source of truth for declarative infrastructure and applications
GitOps uses a Git repository as the single source of truth for declarative infrastructure and application configurations, with automated sync to the cluster.
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A methodology that uses Git as the single source of truth for declarative infrastructure and applications
Why this is correct
GitOps declares desired state in Git and automates reconciliation.
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A CI/CD pipeline tool
Why it's wrong here
GitOps includes CI/CD but is a broader operational model.
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A version control system for code
Why it's wrong here
GitOps uses Git for operations, not just version control for code.
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A tool for monitoring Git repositories
Why it's wrong here
Monitoring is not the primary purpose of GitOps.
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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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