GitOps & CICD

In modern cloud-native environments, delivering software quickly and reliably is a critical competitive advantage. Ananta Cloud’s GitOps & CI/CD foundation provides a streamlined approach to infrastructure and application delivery using Git-based workflows and automated pipelines.

This component enables teams to adopt automation-first practices, enforce consistency across environments, and maintain full traceability for every change—whether it’s deploying a microservice or provisioning cloud infrastructure.

What is GitOps?

GitOps is an operational model that uses Git as the single source of truth for managing both infrastructure and application deployments. It applies DevOps principles using Git pull requests, version control, and automated reconciliation to manage changes in declarative systems such as Kubernetes and Terraform.

Core Principles of GitOps

Principle	Description
Declarative Configuration	All infrastructure and applications are defined in code (YAML, HCL, etc.)
Version Control as Source of Truth	Git tracks every change, enabling auditability and rollback
Automated Reconciliation	Tools like ArgoCD or Flux continuously sync the desired and actual state
Approval Workflows	Changes are reviewed and approved through pull requests (PRs)

What is CI/CD?

CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery) refers to the automation of the software build, test, and deployment lifecycle. It ensures that changes are validated early and often, leading to faster, safer software releases.

Ananta Cloud enables teams to establish mature CI/CD pipelines that:

• Validate code and configurations with every commit.
• Build and publish secure, versioned artifacts.
• Deploy automatically to dev, staging, and production environments.
• Integrate tightly with GitOps for controlled, auditable deployments.

Key Features of GitOps & CI/CD in Ananta Cloud

1. Declarative Infrastructure & App Deployments

• Infrastructure and applications are managed through declarative code stored in Git repositories.
• Support for Terraform, OpenTofu, and Kubernetes manifests.
• Automatic sync and drift detection powered by tools like ArgoCD or Flux.

2. Pre-Built CI/CD Pipeline Templates

Ananta Cloud provides reusable CI/CD pipeline blueprints for:

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments.
• Containerized application builds and releases.
• Policy checks, security scans, and test automation.

Supports platforms like:

• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI/CD
• Bitbucket Pipelines
• Jenkins (for custom enterprise workflows)

3. Multi-Stage Deployment Pipelines

Each pipeline follows a structured and auditable flow:

[ Commit / PR ]
       ↓
[ Lint / Unit Tests ]
       ↓
[ Build & Artifact Creation ]
       ↓
[ Static & Security Analysis ]
       ↓
[ Deploy to Dev ]
       ↓
[ Integration / E2E Tests ]
       ↓
[ Approval / Auto-Gate ]
       ↓
[ Deploy to Staging / Prod ]

• Approval gates and manual interventions are configurable per environment.
• Integrated rollback mechanisms enable fast recovery from failed deployments.

4. Environment-Aware GitOps Sync

• Git repositories are structured per environment (dev/, staging/, prod/ folders or branches).
• ArgoCD continuously monitors and applies changes to each environment based on Git commits.
• Supports multi-cluster and multi-region Kubernetes deployments.

5. Policy Enforcement and Security Checks

• Integrate with tools like OPA/Gatekeeper, tfsec, and kube-score for enforcing compliance.
• Use signed commits, merge checks, and required reviewers to ensure secure Git workflows.
• Secrets and sensitive variables are injected securely via Vault, External Secrets, or CI secrets managers.

Reference Architecture

Git Repository Structure:

infrastructure/
  ├── modules/
  ├── environments/
  │   ├── dev/
  │   ├── staging/
  │   └── prod/
applications/
  ├── service-a/
  ├── service-b/
  └── shared/

Sample Tools Stack

Category	Tool
CI/CD	GitHub Actions, GitLab CI
GitOps	ArgoCD, Flux
IaC	Terraform, OpenTofu
Secrets Management	Vault, External Secrets
Policy Enforcement	OPA, tfsec
Container Registry	ECR, GCR, Docker Hub
Testing	Cypress, Postman, JUnit

Benefits of GitOps & CI/CD with Ananta Cloud

Benefit	Description
Full Traceability	Every infrastructure and application change is recorded in Git history.
Audit & Compliance	Automated workflows enforce approvals, policy checks, and security scans.
Developer Velocity	Teams can ship features faster with confidence through automated pipelines.
Stability at Scale	Consistent, repeatable deployments reduce human error and configuration drift.
Easy Rollbacks	Rollback to any previous Git commit in minutes.

Getting Started

• Choose your GitOps tool (e.g., ArgoCD) and connect it to your Git repository.
• Deploy pipeline templates from Ananta Cloud’s CI/CD library.
• Set up your environment branches or directories.
• Define application and infra manifests, and push to Git.
• Watch changes propagate automatically through environments.

Ananta Cloud provides onboarding guides, sample repos, and reference environments to help your teams get up and running in hours—not weeks.