KCNA Cloud Native Architecture Practice Question
Which GitOps tool is a CNCF graduated project that synchronizes Kubernetes clusters with a Git repository?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Argo CD
Argo CD is a CNCF graduated project for GitOps on Kubernetes.
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Argo CD
Why this is correct
Argo CD is a CNCF graduated project.
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Tekton
Why it's wrong here
Tekton is a CI/CD pipeline framework.
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Jenkins X
Why it's wrong here
Jenkins X is CI/CD, not specifically GitOps and not graduated.
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Flux
Why it's wrong here
Flux is also a GitOps tool, but it is a CNCF incubating project, not graduated.
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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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Variation 1. Which CNCF project is primarily focused on providing a unified way to define and manage cloud-native applications using declarative configuration stored in Git?
easy- A.Helm
- ✓ B.ArgoCD
- C.Prometheus
- D.Envoy
Why B: GitOps uses Git as the single source of truth for declarative infrastructure and application configuration. ArgoCD is a CNCF graduated project that implements GitOps for Kubernetes. Flux is also a GitOps tool but ArgoCD is more widely recognized as the primary GitOps project.
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