Releases from Git, with rollback built in
Deploy from Git with Argo CD or Flux, add progressive delivery with Argo Rollouts, and make every release traceable, repeatable and easy to roll back.
Overview
When deployments depend on someone running scripts from a laptop, or on a CI job with broad cluster credentials, releases become slow and nervous. Nobody is sure what is actually running, and rolling back means finding the right commit and hoping.
We set up GitOps so the desired state of each environment lives in Git and a controller in the cluster applies it. Promotion between environments is a pull request. For services where a bad release is costly, we add canary or blue-green delivery with Argo Rollouts and automatic rollback based on metrics.
Signs you need this
- What runs in production differs from what is in the repository
- CI pipelines hold cluster-admin credentials
- Rollbacks are manual and take longer than the release did
- Releases are batched weekly because each one feels risky
What you get
- Repository layout
- A structure for application and environment config, using Kustomize or Helm, agreed with your developers.
- GitOps controller setup
- Argo CD or Flux installed through code, with SSO, project boundaries and sync policies per environment.
- Promotion flow
- Image updates and environment promotion through pull requests, with approvals where you need them.
- Progressive delivery
- Argo Rollouts canary or blue-green strategies with analysis templates that check error rate and latency before promoting.
- CI hardening
- CI builds, tests and publishes images but no longer holds cluster credentials.
How the work runs
- 1
Current state review
1 to 2 weeks
Map how code reaches production today, who can deploy, and where config lives.
- 2
Controller and structure
2 to 3 weeks
Install the GitOps controller, set up the repository layout and move one service end to end.
- 3
Service rollout
2 to 6 weeks
Move remaining services, environment by environment, and remove direct deploy access.
- 4
Progressive delivery
1 to 3 weeks
Add canary or blue-green to the services that need it and test an automatic rollback.
Timings depend on the size of your estate. The assessment fixes them before any build starts.
What you can check afterwards
- Every production change can be traced to a commit and pull request
- CI systems no longer hold credentials to change clusters
- A failed canary rolls back without a human running commands
- Environment drift is shown in the GitOps dashboard instead of found by accident
Tools we work with
- Argo CD
- Flux
- Argo Rollouts
- Kustomize
- Helm
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI
- Prometheus
- Renovate
- Kubernetes
From our work
North American client, delivered by the OpsBreak team
Rebuilding a model release pipeline to ship in hours
Model deployments cut from 3 weeks to 4 hours
Questions buyers ask
- Argo CD or Flux?
- Both work well. Argo CD suits teams who want a UI and multi-cluster views. Flux suits teams who prefer a lighter, CLI-driven setup. We recommend one after seeing how your team works.
- Do developers need to learn Kubernetes in depth?
- No. They change a version or a value in a pull request. The platform handles the rest and shows sync status clearly.
- Will this disrupt current releases?
- We move one service at a time and keep the old path available until the new one is proven. Releases continue during the work.
- What access do you need?
- Admin access to the clusters, maintainer access to the relevant repositories and access to your CI system.
Talk to us about GitOps and continuous delivery.
Tell us what you run and where. We reply within one business day with questions or a quote.