Unveiling the value proposition of Codefresh GitOps

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Discover how Codefresh's GitOps offering revolutionizes application development and deployment with streamlined operations and unified visibility.

Let us take you through the key features and benefits....

As a one-stop shop for Argo CD and Argo Rollouts, the GitOps Apps dashboard is where you create and manage Argo CD applications.

As a one-stop shop for Argo CD and Argo Rollouts, the GitOps Apps dashboard is where you create, monitor, and manage Argo CD applications.

The GitOps Apps dashboard tackles the challenge of keeping track of your applications and their deployments, whatever the frequency and scale, across all clusters in your enterprise.

DevOps engineers get a consolidated bird's-eye view of the applications under their care. Flexible view formats, a wide range of filters, progressive delivery views, and enriched CI and CD information, provide full traceability and visibility of deployments.

Let's touch on the main features and functionality in the GitOps Apps dashboard.

When you get to the GitOps Apps dashboard, you see all applications in your account, across clusters and namespaces.

View applications in List or Card views, and tailor the information displayed to just what you need with our customizable filters.

The Card view is similar to Argo CD's application view, presenting applications in a flat list.

The List view displays the hierarchical structure of your applications.

Whichever the view format, a wide range of filters, application- and attribute-based, allow you to customize the data presented.

* Application-based filters such as the Health status filter brings you a snapshot of deployed applications by their health statuses. Clicking a status filters by applications that match the status.

* Attribute-based filters include Application Type, Clusters, Namespaces and more.

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The Warnings/Errors button on the toolbar allows you to stay on top of issues with instant alerts for problematic applications. Whether it's Argo CD-generated errors or custom warnings from Codefresh.

Dive deeper into individual applications to explore resource states, deployment history, configuration, and more. We have dedicated tabs for every aspect of application management.

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The Application Header provides at-a-glance information on health and sync statuses, auto-sync enabled/disabled indications, plus handy links to repositories.

The Timeline tab displays all the deployments for the selected application, with the Current Release deployment record at the top, followed by the list of Previous Releases.

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DORA metrics is ubiquitous in the world of DevOps as a software lifecycle improvement tool for engineers and managers.

Codefresh has out-of-the-box support for DORA metrics, and our DORA Metrics dashboard provides enterprise-wide visibility into performance.

* The Totals snapshot distills keymetrics for quick recap and failure rate and to a

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Platform managers

By monitoring DORA metrics, platform managers can gain insights into team efficiency, identify areas for improvement, and track the impact of process changes over time. This data-driven approach enables organizations to optimize their software delivery pipelines and achieve higher levels of performance and productivity.

The Images Dashboard streamlines container management for DevOps teams and infrastructure administrators by providing a centralized hub for monitoring and managing container images.

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DevOps engineers benefit from actionable insights into their development processes, empowering them to identify areas for optimization and enhance collaboration.rs

gain valuable visibility into team efficiency and effectiveness, enabling data-driven decision-making and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

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The GitOps Apps dashboard presents a comprehensive view of your applications, allowing you to drill down into their resources, deployment timelines, and more for insights.

For example, a significant increase in deployment lead time for an application in the GitOps Apps Dashboard can lead you to discover that spikein thelead time spike coincides with an uptick indeploymentfrequency and a higher change failure rate, as indicated by our DORA Metrics dashboard. Thiscorrelation suggests that efforts to increase deployment velocity may have inadvertently introduced instability into thedeploymentprocess.

These insights are crucial for individual applications. What is also crucial for DevOps engineers and managers are insights for these applicationsin thewider context of their development anddeploymentlifecycle. Thisis exactly what Codefresh GitOps offers through Enviroments and Products, the next-generation paradigm fordeploymentand development.

The Images Dashboard streamlines container management for DevOps teams and infrastructure administrators by providing a centralized hub for monitoring and managing container images.

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The GitOps Apps dashboard presents a comprehensive view , and the DORA metrics ,it doesn't give you the context between applications.

Our Environments and Products brings you the

An Environment consolidates information for all Argo CD applications deployed to clusters and namespaces, allowing you to easily track what's deployed where at any given moment.

In Codefresh GitOps, an Environment is a custom entity defined by one or more pairs of K8s clusters and namespaces. It consolidates information for all Argo CD applications deployed to those clusters and namespaces, allowing you to easily track what's deployed where at any given moment.

Products act as a bridge between applications and their respective Environments. By linking applications to Products, you can easily track their deployment across different Environments, providing clarity and control over your deployment pipelines.

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Here are some key benefits of Environments:

Similar to the GitOps Apps dashboard, we have the Environments and Products dashboards where you create, view, and manage Environments, Products, and applications.

***Mirror your SDLC**

Environments are designed to mirror your software development life cycle (SDLC). By aligning applications with their development stages, Environments offer a clear and contextual view of the entire application lifecycle, as it moves from development to production.

Creating Environments and Products is straightforward and intuitive:

* For Environments, all you need is a unique name, and the Kubernetes clusters and namespaces to associate with the Environment to "catch" deployed applications.[Read more]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/dashboards/gitops-environments/#create-environments).

* Creating a Product is equally straightforward. You can create Products from the UI, or declaratively through simple annotations in application manifests.[Read more]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/dashboards/gitops-products/#assigning-applications-to-products).

***Effortless creation**

Creating an Environment in Codefresh is straightforward and intuitive. All you need is a unique name and the Kubernetes clusters and namespaces to associate with the Environment.

Environments are equally simpletoscaleandmaintain as they are to create. Whether expanding infrastructure or adapting to evolving project requirements, scaling isassimple as adding more Environments, or adding more clusters or namespaces to existing Environments.

For flexibility, Codefresh allows youtoalso add Environments without deploying any applications to them.

A unique feature commontoboth EnvironmentsandProducts is the release version of applications. Helm-based applications display the release version of the application, the_app version_asdefined in the Helm chart, identifying the specific release versions in the different Environments.

Displayed prominently for each application, this information is invaluabletoeasily track what's actually deployed across Environments.

Clicking the version displays the application’s dependencies and their versions, and allows you to compare them across deployments in different Environments.

You can easily see which version is deployed where. The comparison view is useful for troubleshooting to identify if the version that works in`dev` is the same as the version with the problem in`staging`.

In Codefresh GitOps, a Product is a custom entity that allows you to group interconnected Argo CD applications, providing a cohesiveview of these applications as they progress through the developmentand deployment lifecyle.

Consider any practical scenario of numerous indivdiual but connected applications, such as user management or billing. Instead of monitoring and managing each application separately, creating a Product enables you to track and manage them collectively.

Take action for applications without navigating from wherever you are, Environments or Products. Manage applications through each application's context menu, including manual sync, refresh, and other frequently used options. These options are identical to those available for individual applications in the GitOps Apps dashboard.

[Read more]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/dashboards/gitops-products/#manage-applications-in-products).

In every Environment, a toolbar displays the number of applications categorized by health status. Clicking on a status filters the displayed applications accordingly.

***Unified application management**

Managing complex Argo CD applications across multiple Environments can be challenging.

By grouping similar Argo CD applications into a unit, Products allow you to also efficiently manage them cohesively.

Productsact as a bridge between applicationsandtheir respective Environments. By linking applications to Products, you can easily track their deployment across different environments, providing clarity and control over your deploymentpipelines.

TheProductsdashboard offers three distinct views: Pods, Git,andFeatures. Beyond the standard technical details and Git hash information, these enriched views provide real-time insights into the changes in the application repo, deploymentdetails, code changes, and feature tracking.

***Effortless creation**

As with Environments, creating a Product is equally straightforward. You can create Products from the UI, or declaratively through annotations in your application manifests.

Whether you're a developer tracking the latest commits or a project manager monitoring feature releases, these integrated views offer valuable insights tailored to your role.

***Real-time insights with integrated views**

The Products dashboard offers three distinct views - Pods, Git, and Features. These views provide real-time insights into the changes in the application repo, deployment details, code changes, and feature tracking. Whether you're a developer tracking the latest commits or a project manager monitoring feature releases, these integrated views offer valuable insights tailored to your role.

[Read more]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/dashboards/gitops-products/#integrated-insights-with-pod-git-feature-views).

Enterprisesusing Argo CD for deployments oftencome up againstthe complexity ofusing Argo CD at scale.

Codefresh GitOpshas native support for Argo CD,and we are alsoan active maintainer of the open source community version of Argo CD.

Enterprisesleveraging Argo CD for deployments oftenfacethe complexity ofmanaging deployments at scale.

Codefresh GitOpsoffers native support for Argo CD,while serving asan active maintainer of the open source community version.

Installing Codefresh GitOps through the GitOps Runtime installs a forked version of the Argo Project with its components: Argo CD, Argo Rollouts, Argo Workflows and Argo Events.

Our GitOps Runtime solves these issues with unique benefits. A wizard guides you through the steps required to install the GitOps Runtime. The installation includes a forked version of the Argo Project with its components: Argo CD, Argo Rollouts, Argo Workflows and Argo Events.

[Read more]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/installation/gitops/hybrid-gitops-helm-installation/).

In summary:

* Every GitOps Runtime is an Argo CD instance.

* Every GitOps Runtime can connect to and manage any number of external clusters.

* All GitOps Runtimes are managed and synchronized by a single control plane.

Here are a few key benefits of GitOps Runtimes over Argo CD instances for deployment:

***Scalability**

Single control plane management eliminates the challenge of scaling and maintaining multiple Argo CD instances.

Scaling down on Argo CD instances is equally straightforward: by connecting additional remote clusters to an existing GitOps Runtime, you can reduce the number of Argo CD instances.

And these are the benefits:

***Single pane of glass visibility**

All Argo CD instances in Codefresh being managed through a single control plane means full visibility for all Runtimes and clusters. Runtime and cluster topology can be viewed in the same location.

All Argo CD instances in Codefresh being managed through a single control plane means full visibility for all Runtimes.

Installed Runtimes are displayed in the GitOps Runtimes page with all the information you need on the Runtime, and actions to manage it.

The Topology view is particularly useful for Runtime and cluster topology in the same location.

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The single pane of glass visibility extends also to the Argo CD applications associated with these Runtimes, removing the pain of fragmented views between Argo CD instances. All applications are displayed in the GitOps Apps dashboard regardless of the clusters on which they are deployed. There's no need to track applications across clusters manually.

The single pane of glass visibility extends also to the Argo CD applications associated with these Runtimes, removing the pain of fragmented views betweendifferentArgo CD instances. All applications are displayed in the GitOps Apps dashboard regardless of the clusters on which they are deployed. There's no need to track applications across clusters manually.

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***Effortless maintenance**

The Version column of the Runtime notifies whenever a new version is available, providing a link to the complete changelog for informed decisions on upgrades.

***Flexibile scalability**

Single control plane management eliminates the challenge of maintaining multiple Argo CD instances. You can install any number of Argo CD instances and the Runtime handles the logistics.

Scaling down on Argo CD instances is equally straightforward: by connecting additional remote clusters to an existing GitOps Runtime, you can reduce the number of Argo CD instances.

***Faster security remediations**

As an active maintainer of Argo CD, Codefresh ensures timely fixes for security vulnerabilities in our forked version, before rollout to the community version.

***Centralized administration**

Enterprise-level administrative functionality for user, permission, and audit management is centralized, and Argo CD agnostic.

[Read more]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/installation/gitops/monitor-manage-runtimes/).