GitOpper: GitOps Without Kubernetes
Gitopper is a system administration tool for managing Git operations without Kubernetes, featuring sparse checkouts, SSH authentication, metrics export, and support for canary deployments and rollbacks.
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Gitopper is a tool designed for system administration to manage Git operations without the need for Kubernetes. It monitors a remote Git repository, pulls changes, and reloads server processes accordingly, facilitating GitOps workflows in non-Kubernetes environments. Key features include sparse Git checkouts to limit file visibility for each service, SSH key-based authentication for secure access, metrics export for tracking rollouts, and support for canary deployments and out-of-band rollbacks.
To use Gitopper, the command format is `gitopper [OPTION]... -c CONFIG`, requiring a configuration file that specifies services, SSH keys, and other parameters. Configuration options include specifying hosts, the path to the configuration file, SSH address, HTTP metrics address, enabling debug logging, restarting on configuration changes, requiring root permissions, and setting the duration between pulls.
Service states are categorized as OK (running and tracking upstream), FREEZE (running but not tracking), ROLLBACK (running but pinned to an older commit), BROKEN (service is broken), and DIFF (repository cannot be reconciled with upstream). Metrics are accessible on port 9222, providing insights into service states and Git operation counts. Exit codes indicate the status of the program, with '0' for a normal exit and '2' for a SIGHUP received. For further details, users can refer to the Gitopper GitHub repository.
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- Users share their own deployment solutions and tools, such as GitHub Actions and Ansible, highlighting the variety of approaches available.
- There is a discussion about the complexity of deployment tools, emphasizing that robust solutions require more than simple scripts.
- Some commenters express confusion about the relationship between GitOps and Kubernetes, suggesting that the branding could be clearer.
- Several users mention the appeal of non-containerized deployment solutions, indicating a desire for simpler alternatives.
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12 comments #!/bin/bash
echo -e "\e[1;31mUpdating worktree and fetching remotes\e[m"
git --git-dir="$GIT_DIR" --work-tree="$GIT_DIR/.." reset --hard
git --git-dir="$GIT_DIR" fetch origin master
while read oldref newref refname; do
echo -e "\e[1;32mPushed ${refname##refs/heads/}\t${oldref::7} -> ${newref::7}\e[m"
done
echo -e "\e[1;31mRestarting service\e[m"
# Run whatever command is needed to restart the service
[1] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-pull.htm...
For other stuff I just use another version of the action to deploy files using Tailscale SSH: https://github.com/FarisZR/tailscale-ssh-deploy
Seems like the ArgoCD of non-containerized deployments. Which, ArgoCD has something to do with Kubernetes. So I guess I can sort of link in my head the thought process in branding here. But that requires me to know about ArgoCD and similar continuous deployment tools and link that in between GitOpper, GitOps, and Kubernetes somewhere. A bit too much mental gymnastics for the target audience: someone that doesn't use Kubernetes anyway.
In my opinion, consider changing your branding to something like "GitOps-style continuous deployments to non-containerized environments." A bit less show-y but at least that's more decipherable, just in my opinion.
- GitOps is a fancy word recently created by Gitlab or Github to sound cooler
- It means storing your code / services in git and deploying on push
Am I missing something?
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