
Discover Flux CD features for automated gitops deployments, including continuous monitoring of git, helm, and S3 sources, pull-based deployment, drift detection, and automated image updates.
Navigate the Flux CD documentation, learn the get started prerequisites, install Flux CLI, bootstrap your cluster, and explore installation, integrations, security considerations, and roadmap.
Discover Flux CD architecture and how its source, customize, helm, image reflector, and image automation controllers coordinate to deliver end to end Git-driven deployment and real time notifications.
Clone the flux demo repo, create Kubernetes manifests for demo one, and push. Flux CD applies customization to deploy namespace, deployment, and service, exposing the app on port 31000.
Explore creating flux cd resources with imperative and declarative approaches, including exporting manifests for git repository and customization resources. The declarative method adds checks, traceability, and version-controlled YAML that’s auditable.
Demonstrates deploying an application declaratively with flux cd using an external git repository, creating a git source and a customization to sync Kubernetes manifests, and validating via a voting app.
Demonstrates integrating a private repository with flux by creating credentials, configuring a secret, and wiring secret references in the git repository source to enable authentication.
Demonstrates integrating S3 object storage with Flux CD by configuring a bucket source, creating a secret, and applying Kubernetes manifest files to a cluster via the source and customization controllers.
Demonstrates deploying a Kubernetes app with a kustomize overlay and Flux CD. A customized repo organizes namespace, deployment, and service YAML, applying a name prefix customize and env: development label.
Flux CD uses a Git repository as the source and Helm files to generate Helm charts. It then uses a Helm release to deploy those charts to a Kubernetes cluster.
Learn to deploy an application from helm charts sourced through artifact hub using flux cd, converting helm files into charts and creating a helm release to deploy to kubernetes.
What’s in this course?
Flux CD for the Absolute Beginners - Hands-On is a comprehensive course, designed to guide you from foundational Flux CD knowledge to production-level skills.
The course starts with foundational topics, perfect for beginners, covering the GitOps Principles, then dive into the necessity and features of Flux CD. You will learn how to set up and manage a Flux CD environments and understand its architecture.
The course will explore Flux CD controllers such as Source, Kustomize and Helm, and you’ll become proficient in deploying Flux CD objects flux CLI in a Declarative Approach. You’ll also learn how to perform advanced tasks like integrating Private Git repositories, working with OCI registries, automating end to end Image Rollouts using Image Reflector and Image Update Automation controllers and working with Notification Controllers for Webhooks and Alerting.
As you progress, you’ll delve into Flux CD monitoring and explore free and opensource User Interface options.
Special Note:
This course is designed to showcase all practical concepts with live demonstrations. Every concept is presented in real-time, and any errors that arise are troubleshooted and addressed as they occur live in the demonstrations.
Legal Notice:
Flux CD or Flux Project is a registered trademarks of The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and/or The Linux Foundation in the United States and other countries. This course is not certified, accredited, affiliated with, nor endorsed by The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and/or The Linux Foundation.
Course Structure:
Lectures
Demos
Quizzes
Assignments
Course Contents:
Course Introduction
Getting Started with GitOps
Flux CD at a Glance
Core Flux CD Terminologies
Overview of flux CLI
Understanding Flux CD Architecture
Installation and Configuration of Flux CD
Source Controller and Kustomize Controller
Declarative way for creating Flux CD resource files
Application Deployment using Private Repositories
Application Deployment using Kustomize Overlays and Helm Charts
Image reflector and automation controllers in Flux CD
Webhooks with Flux CD (Notification Controller)
Integrating MSTeams for Alerting (Notification Controller)
Flux CD Monitoring and Dashboarding
OpenSource UserInterface (UI Options)
All sections of this course are demonstrated live, with the goal of encouraging enrolled users to set up their own environments, complete the exercises, and learn through hands-on experience!