Posts in 2022
Flux proudly representing at KubeCon 2022 NA
2022-10-19 in Blog
tl;dr: We are going to be present at KubeCon 2022 North America! Find out in this post what's happening and how best to stay up to date on all things Flux!
Everybody in Team Flux is busy with the run-up to Flux GA, but – with the help of the great folks in our Community and Ecosystem – we also managed to put together quite a number of talks, tutorials and sessions for you at KubeCon / CloudNativeCon! We are happy to announce that we will be at GitOpsCon and KubeCon. We are only a few days away from the event and we look forward to …
Prove the Authenticity of OCI Artifacts
2022-10-17 in Blog
tl;dr: We'll talk about integration of the cosign tool, which is a tool for signing and verifying the given container images, blobs, etc, that we used to prove the authenticity of the OCI Artifacts we manage through the OCIRepository resources.
Software supply chain attacks are one of the most critical risks threatening today’s software and have begun to collapse like a dark cloud over the software industry. For the Flux family of projects we are taking precautions against these threats. Apart from implementing security features and best practices, it is important to us to educate our users. You can find all Flux’s security …
September 2022 Update
2022-10-04 in Blog
tl;dr: Flux is moving closer to GA, adds tons of new improvements, most notably in the area of OCI. Flux Legacy Retirement plans. Flux at KubeCon and lots of Ecosystem updates!
As the Flux family of projects and its communities are growing, we strive to inform you each month about what has already landed, new possibilities which are available for integration, and where you can get involved. Read our last update here. It’s the beginning of October 2022 - let’s recap together what happened in September - it has been a lot! News in the Flux family Flux v0.34.0 …
GitOps Without Leaving your IDE
2022-09-28 in Blog
tl;dr: Are you a fan of VS Code and would love to use all standard GitOps feature without ever changing windows. This one is for you. Access all Flux's goodness through the UI of your IDE!
Welcome to the second blog post in our Flux Ecosystem category! This time we are talking about one of the Flux UIs: it’s the VS Code GitOps Extension. If you already use VS Code, this extension will be straight up your alley: it provides an intuitive way to manage, troubleshoot and operate your Kubernetes environment following the GitOps operating model, accelerating your development …
How to GitOps Your Terraform
2022-09-14 in Blog
tl;dr: Thinking of 'Infrastructure as Code' and GitOps as two separate worlds that can't be reconciled? Check out this blog post, especially if you are a Terraform user. Move it to GitOps without changing any of your code!
This is the first blog post in a series where we want to shine a light on projects in the Flux Ecosystem. This time it’s going to be the Terraform Controller. If you use Terraform, you might think of it as “Infrastructure as Code” and to be separate from the concept of GitOps. Quite often we have seen debates about “Infrastructure as Code vs. GitOps”. The Terraform …
August 2022 Update
2022-09-05 in Blog
tl;dr: Flux added OCI support and better integration with cloud services. Lots of updates from our ecosystem. Resources and upcoming events on how to benefit from OCI support. We welcome Leigh Capili as Flux Project member and lots more news from our community!
As the Flux family of projects and its communities are growing, we strive to inform you each month about what has already landed, new possibilities which are available for integration, and where you can get involved. Read our last update here. It’s the beginning of September 2022 - let’s recap together what happened in August - it has been a lot! News in the Flux family New Flux …
Managing Kyverno Policies as OCI Artifacts with OCIRepository Sources
2022-09-01 in Blog
tl;dr: We will give you a real-world example of the newest feature in Flux v0.32 called OCIRepository sources to show you how you can leverage this feature to manage Kyverno policies as OCI Artifacts.
The Flux team has released a new version of Flux v0.32 that includes fantastic features. One of them is OCI Repositories feature that allows us to store and distribute a wide variety of sources such as Kubernetes manifests, Kustomize overlays, and Terraform modules as OCI (Open Container Initiative) artifacts. Furthermore, the Flux team got us even more excited because they are planning to verify …
July 2022 Update
2022-08-02 in Blog
tl;dr: Flux's upcoming release will bring improved OCI support and more stability. Flagger adds KEDA support. We celebrated out ever increasing ecosystem. On top of that: security best-practices, more docs, videos and contributor news!
As the Flux family of projects and its communities are growing, we strive to inform you each month about what has already landed, new possibilities which are available for integration, and where you can get involved. Read our last update here. It’s the beginning of August 2022 - let’s recap together what happened in July - it has been a lot! News in the Flux family Next Flux release: …
GitOps Days - VSCode Extension Demo
2022-07-11 in Blog
tl;dr: If you want GitOps in your IDE, check out this post and video from Kingdon who presented the GitOps VSCode Extension at the recent GitOps Days event.
Helping to close out GitOps Days 2022, Kingdon Barrett, OSS Engineer at Weaveworks, Flux Maintainer, and maintainer of the Weaveworks GitOps Tools extension for VSCode presented the new Flux extension. Kingdon showed the new extension and how it helps minimize context switching, keeping you in your editor where you can be most productive! The presentation starts down in the trenches after Kingdon …
June 2022 Update
2022-07-04 in Blog
tl;dr: Flux v0.31 brings support for Helm charts from OCI container registries and lots more! Updates from Flux Ecosystem, Website, Docs and Events space. Big shout-out to everyone who contributed to Flux this month!
As the Flux family of projects and its communities are growing, we strive to inform you each month about what has already landed, new possibilities which are available for integration, and where you can get involved. Read our last update here. It’s the beginning of July 2022 - let’s recap together what happened in June - it has been a lot! News in the Flux family A lot of work …