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GitOps Exercises: Intermediate (EN)

These exercises belong to the workshop level Intermediate. Every task requires traceable evidence: source, commit, desired state, rendered state, controller relationship, risk and recovery path.

Submission Format

Do not store production secrets. Document instead:

commands used,
relevant manifest excerpts,
affected GitOps source and target environment,
assessment of drift, promotion, rollback, RBAC and secrets,
recovery or rollback path.

Required Tasks

Task 01: Kustomize

Goal: Examine Kustomize in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 02: Helm

Goal: Examine Helm in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 03: Argo CD Applications

Goal: Examine Argo CD Applications in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 04: Flux Sources

Goal: Examine Flux Sources in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 05: Promotion

Goal: Examine Promotion in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 06: Pull Requests

Goal: Examine Pull Requests in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 07: Rollbacks

Goal: Examine Rollbacks in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 08: Kustomize

Goal: Examine Kustomize in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 09: Helm

Goal: Examine Helm in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 10: Argo CD Applications

Goal: Examine Argo CD Applications in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 11: Flux Sources

Goal: Examine Flux Sources in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 12: Promotion

Goal: Examine Promotion in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 13: Pull Requests

Goal: Examine Pull Requests in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 14: Rollbacks

Goal: Examine Rollbacks in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 15: Kustomize

Goal: Examine Kustomize in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 16: Helm

Goal: Examine Helm in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 17: Argo CD Applications

Goal: Examine Argo CD Applications in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 18: Flux Sources

Goal: Examine Flux Sources in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 19: Promotion

Goal: Examine Promotion in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 20: Pull Requests

Goal: Examine Pull Requests in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 21: Rollbacks

Goal: Examine Rollbacks in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 22: Kustomize

Goal: Examine Kustomize in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 23: Helm

Goal: Examine Helm in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Task 24: Argo CD Applications

Goal: Examine Argo CD Applications in an isolated GitOps lab and document the effect.

Use an example in examples/ or create a local manifest lab.
Record source, commit, path, target namespace and expected controller.
Check YAML structure and rendering boundaries with local commands or static analysis.
Describe how Argo CD or Flux would observe and report the state.
Justify the matching rollback, suspend, revert or rotation path.

Success criterion: Another person can see which desired state is versioned and how it would be reconciled.

Practice Appendix: Intermediate Exercises

This appendix provides a backlog for longer trainings, reviews and repetition. Each task is small enough to verify with local YAML artifacts and a Git repository.

A001. Kustomize

Task: document desired state and explicitly relate the observation to Kustomize.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A002. Helm

Task: identify source and commit and explicitly relate the observation to Helm.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A003. Argo CD Applications

Task: explain reconciliation path and explicitly relate the observation to Argo CD Applications.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A004. Flux Sources

Task: prove drift and explicitly relate the observation to Flux Sources.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A005. Promotion

Task: check Kustomize or Helm rendering and explicitly relate the observation to Promotion.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A006. Pull Requests

Task: read Argo CD or Flux resource and explicitly relate the observation to Pull Requests.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A007. Rollbacks

Task: assess promotion risk and explicitly relate the observation to Rollbacks.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A008. GitOps

Task: write down rollback path and explicitly relate the observation to GitOps.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A009. Desired State

Task: mark secret boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Desired State.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A010. Actual State

Task: check RBAC and tenant boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Actual State.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A011. Reconciliation

Task: name policy impact and explicitly relate the observation to Reconciliation.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A012. Drift

Task: describe feedback loop and explicitly relate the observation to Drift.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A013. Source of Truth

Task: document desired state and explicitly relate the observation to Source of Truth.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A014. Pull Model

Task: identify source and commit and explicitly relate the observation to Pull Model.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A015. Argo CD Application

Task: explain reconciliation path and explicitly relate the observation to Argo CD Application.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A016. Argo CD AppProject

Task: prove drift and explicitly relate the observation to Argo CD AppProject.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A017. Flux Source

Task: check Kustomize or Helm rendering and explicitly relate the observation to Flux Source.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A018. Flux Kustomization

Task: read Argo CD or Flux resource and explicitly relate the observation to Flux Kustomization.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A019. HelmRelease

Task: assess promotion risk and explicitly relate the observation to HelmRelease.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A020. Kustomize Overlay

Task: write down rollback path and explicitly relate the observation to Kustomize Overlay.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A021. Promotion

Task: mark secret boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Promotion.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A022. Progressive Delivery

Task: check RBAC and tenant boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Progressive Delivery.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A023. Secret Management

Task: name policy impact and explicitly relate the observation to Secret Management.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A024. Kustomize

Task: describe feedback loop and explicitly relate the observation to Kustomize.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A025. Helm

Task: document desired state and explicitly relate the observation to Helm.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A026. Argo CD Applications

Task: identify source and commit and explicitly relate the observation to Argo CD Applications.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A027. Flux Sources

Task: explain reconciliation path and explicitly relate the observation to Flux Sources.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A028. Promotion

Task: prove drift and explicitly relate the observation to Promotion.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A029. Pull Requests

Task: check Kustomize or Helm rendering and explicitly relate the observation to Pull Requests.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A030. Rollbacks

Task: read Argo CD or Flux resource and explicitly relate the observation to Rollbacks.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A031. GitOps

Task: assess promotion risk and explicitly relate the observation to GitOps.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A032. Desired State

Task: write down rollback path and explicitly relate the observation to Desired State.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A033. Actual State

Task: mark secret boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Actual State.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A034. Reconciliation

Task: check RBAC and tenant boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Reconciliation.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A035. Drift

Task: name policy impact and explicitly relate the observation to Drift.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A036. Source of Truth

Task: describe feedback loop and explicitly relate the observation to Source of Truth.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A037. Pull Model

Task: document desired state and explicitly relate the observation to Pull Model.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A038. Argo CD Application

Task: identify source and commit and explicitly relate the observation to Argo CD Application.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A039. Argo CD AppProject

Task: explain reconciliation path and explicitly relate the observation to Argo CD AppProject.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A040. Flux Source

Task: prove drift and explicitly relate the observation to Flux Source.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A041. Flux Kustomization

Task: check Kustomize or Helm rendering and explicitly relate the observation to Flux Kustomization.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A042. HelmRelease

Task: read Argo CD or Flux resource and explicitly relate the observation to HelmRelease.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A043. Kustomize Overlay

Task: assess promotion risk and explicitly relate the observation to Kustomize Overlay.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A044. Promotion

Task: write down rollback path and explicitly relate the observation to Promotion.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A045. Progressive Delivery

Task: mark secret boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Progressive Delivery.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A046. Secret Management

Task: check RBAC and tenant boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Secret Management.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A047. Kustomize

Task: name policy impact and explicitly relate the observation to Kustomize.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A048. Helm

Task: describe feedback loop and explicitly relate the observation to Helm.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A049. Argo CD Applications

Task: document desired state and explicitly relate the observation to Argo CD Applications.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A050. Flux Sources

Task: identify source and commit and explicitly relate the observation to Flux Sources.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A051. Promotion

Task: explain reconciliation path and explicitly relate the observation to Promotion.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A052. Pull Requests

Task: prove drift and explicitly relate the observation to Pull Requests.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A053. Rollbacks

Task: check Kustomize or Helm rendering and explicitly relate the observation to Rollbacks.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A054. GitOps

Task: read Argo CD or Flux resource and explicitly relate the observation to GitOps.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A055. Desired State

Task: assess promotion risk and explicitly relate the observation to Desired State.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A056. Actual State

Task: write down rollback path and explicitly relate the observation to Actual State.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A057. Reconciliation

Task: mark secret boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Reconciliation.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A058. Drift

Task: check RBAC and tenant boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Drift.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A059. Source of Truth

Task: name policy impact and explicitly relate the observation to Source of Truth.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A060. Pull Model

Task: describe feedback loop and explicitly relate the observation to Pull Model.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A061. Argo CD Application

Task: document desired state and explicitly relate the observation to Argo CD Application.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A062. Argo CD AppProject

Task: identify source and commit and explicitly relate the observation to Argo CD AppProject.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A063. Flux Source

Task: explain reconciliation path and explicitly relate the observation to Flux Source.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A064. Flux Kustomization

Task: prove drift and explicitly relate the observation to Flux Kustomization.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A065. HelmRelease

Task: check Kustomize or Helm rendering and explicitly relate the observation to HelmRelease.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A066. Kustomize Overlay

Task: read Argo CD or Flux resource and explicitly relate the observation to Kustomize Overlay.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A067. Promotion

Task: assess promotion risk and explicitly relate the observation to Promotion.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A068. Progressive Delivery

Task: write down rollback path and explicitly relate the observation to Progressive Delivery.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A069. Secret Management

Task: mark secret boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Secret Management.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A070. Kustomize

Task: check RBAC and tenant boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Kustomize.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A071. Helm

Task: name policy impact and explicitly relate the observation to Helm.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A072. Argo CD Applications

Task: describe feedback loop and explicitly relate the observation to Argo CD Applications.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A073. Flux Sources

Task: document desired state and explicitly relate the observation to Flux Sources.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A074. Promotion

Task: identify source and commit and explicitly relate the observation to Promotion.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A075. Pull Requests

Task: explain reconciliation path and explicitly relate the observation to Pull Requests.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A076. Rollbacks

Task: prove drift and explicitly relate the observation to Rollbacks.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A077. GitOps

Task: check Kustomize or Helm rendering and explicitly relate the observation to GitOps.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A078. Desired State

Task: read Argo CD or Flux resource and explicitly relate the observation to Desired State.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A079. Actual State

Task: assess promotion risk and explicitly relate the observation to Actual State.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A080. Reconciliation

Task: write down rollback path and explicitly relate the observation to Reconciliation.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A081. Drift

Task: mark secret boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Drift.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A082. Source of Truth

Task: check RBAC and tenant boundary and explicitly relate the observation to Source of Truth.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A083. Pull Model

Task: name policy impact and explicitly relate the observation to Pull Model.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

A084. Argo CD Application

Task: describe feedback loop and explicitly relate the observation to Argo CD Application.
Evidence: Write down at least one GitOps-adjacent command, one expected result and one limit of that evidence.
Operations question: What would a wrong assumption change in dev, staging and prod clusters?
Security question: Which credentials, secrets, roles, signatures or policy rules would be critical?
Recovery: Explain whether Git revert, sync rollback, suspend, manual drift correction or secret rotation is required.

Official Sources and Scope

The material is aligned with public GitOps and Kubernetes documentation. Argo CD, Flux, Kustomize, Helm, policy controllers and secret tools are positioned where they represent common GitOps workflows. An example artifact is not an installation promise for a specific cluster.

OpenGitOps: https://opengitops.dev/
OpenGitOps Principles: https://github.com/open-gitops/documents/blob/main/PRINCIPLES.md
Argo CD Documentation: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
Argo CD Declarative Setup: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/operator-manual/declarative-setup/
Argo CD Project Page: https://argoproj.github.io/cd/
Flux Documentation: https://fluxcd.io/flux/
Flux Core Concepts: https://fluxcd.io/flux/concepts/
CNCF GitOps Certified Associate (CGOA): https://www.cncf.io/training/certification/cgoa/
Linux Foundation Certified GitOps Associate (CGOA): https://training.linuxfoundation.org/certification/certified-gitops-associate-cgoa/

Additional Review Drills

Use these drills when the primary task is complete and the learner needs another pass over operational reasoning. They are intentionally evidence-oriented and can be answered with local GitOps artifacts.

Drill 01: desired state

State which source, controller or environment is affected by desired state.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 02: source commit

State which source, controller or environment is affected by source commit.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 03: reconciliation

State which source, controller or environment is affected by reconciliation.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 04: drift

State which source, controller or environment is affected by drift.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 05: Argo CD Application

State which source, controller or environment is affected by Argo CD Application.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 06: Flux Kustomization

State which source, controller or environment is affected by Flux Kustomization.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 07: Kustomize overlay

State which source, controller or environment is affected by Kustomize overlay.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 08: HelmRelease

State which source, controller or environment is affected by HelmRelease.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 09: secret management

State which source, controller or environment is affected by secret management.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 10: RBAC boundary

State which source, controller or environment is affected by RBAC boundary.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 11: policy gate

State which source, controller or environment is affected by policy gate.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 12: rollback

State which source, controller or environment is affected by rollback.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 13: desired state

State which source, controller or environment is affected by desired state.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 14: source commit

State which source, controller or environment is affected by source commit.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 15: reconciliation

State which source, controller or environment is affected by reconciliation.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

Drill 16: drift

State which source, controller or environment is affected by drift.
Name one command or manifest field that produces evidence.
Explain what can be concluded from that evidence and what cannot be concluded from it.
Describe the safest recovery path for a shared GitOps platform.

GOP · Orthevs Academy

31 modules as one continuous learning path.

The sequence remains unchanged: from the lab skeleton through technical foundations and operating models to final troubleshooting. The technical directory names are deliberately preserved.

Practice modules