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GitOps Continuous Deployment: FluxCD Advanced CRDs

FluxCD is a powerful ecosystem of GitOps operators that can be enabled on-demand as per the requirement of your environment. It enables you to opt-in for the features you need and to disable the ones you don't.

As the complexity and requirement of your environment grows, so does the need for extra tooling to cover the implementation of the features you need.

FluxCD comes with more than just the support for Kustomization and HelmRelease. With FluxCD, you can also manage your Docker images as new versions get built. You can also get notified of the events that happen on your behalf by the FluxCD operators.

Stick till the end to see how you can take your Kubernetes cluster to the next level using advanced FluxCD CRDs.

External Secrets Operator: Fetching AWS SSM Parameters into Azure AKS

How to pass your secrets to the Kubernetes cluster without hard-coding them into your source code or manually creating the Kubernetes Secret resource.

Grant Kubernetes Pods Access to AWS Services Using OpenID Connect

Learn how to establish a trust relationship between a Kubernetes cluster and AWS IAM to grant cluster generated Service Account tokens access to AWS services using OIDC & without storing long-lived credentials.

How to Install Lightweight Kubernetes on Ubuntu 22.04

Learn how to deploy a lightweight Kubernetes cluster using k3s on Ubuntu 22.04 using OpenTofu & Ansible on Hetzner Cloud with Cilium as the CNI.

Azure Shared Image Gallery

In recent years, Azure Cloud has provided the capability to share the VM images between regions, allowing you to create a Golden Image once and share it, whether publicly for the community, or privately within your organization.

Though, not the AzureRM OpenTofu provider, nor the Azure documentation, has a clear working example you can refer to. This is why I am sharing my struggle, so that you don't have to go through the same.