Building an End-to-End GitOps CI/CD Pipeline: From Docker to Flux
A detailed account of building a production-ready GitOps workflow - from containerizing apps to automated deployments with Flux CD, including all the debugging, fixes, and lessons learned. This article documents the complete journey of setting up an automated GitOps pipeline, including every roadblock encountered and how they were resolved. Table of Contents Introduction The Architecture Phase 1: App Containerization Phase 2: Setting Up the GitOps Repo Phase 3: Building the CI/CD Pipeline Phase 4: Debugging and Fixing Phase 5: Flux CD Integration The Complete Workflow Lessons Learned Resources Introduction Modern app deployment requires automation, reliability, and declarative config. GitOps provides all three by treating Git as the single source of truth for infrastructure and app state. This post documents building a complete GitOps pipeline from scratch for a Python study app. ...