Harness makes GitOps onboarding simple with powerful, ready-to-use pipeline samples. From automated rollbacks to secure, multi-environment deployments, you can streamline and scale with confidence. Start small, go fast, and deploy safer with Harness GitOps.
Welcome to the world of GitOps—where deployments are as smooth as your morning coffee and rollbacks happen faster than you can say “Oops!” If you've ever struggled with messy deployments or wondered how to scale GitOps effortlessly, you're in the right place.
This blog is your ultimate onboarding guide to GitOps with Harness, featuring real-world samples to get you up and running in no time. Let's dive in.
🎯 What’s GitOps & Why Should You Care?
Imagine your deployments running on autopilot, driven by Git commits. No manual interventions, no surprises—just pure automation bliss. GitOps ensures that your infrastructure and applications stay declarative, version-controlled, and auditable at all times. Harness makes this even better with automation, verification, and rollback features baked right in.
If that sounds cool, buckle up—we’re about to show you how to supercharge your GitOps game.
📖 Learn more: Harness GitOps Documentation
🛠️ GitOps in Action: Must-Have Pipelines & Features
We’ve handpicked some powerful GitOps workflows for you. Just plug these into Harness and watch them streamline your deployment process.
1. PR Pipelines for App Management
Fetch application details and sync applications via a Harness pipeline.
2. Notifications When Pipelines Complete
Get notified when a pipeline completes—via Slack, Teams, or email.
3. Fail-Safe Deployments with Approvals
No more accidental deployments at 3 AM. Add approvals for production and keep things under control.
4. Instant Rollbacks for Failures
Something went wrong? Automated rollbacks restore your application to a healthy state quickly.
5. Deploy Multiple Apps in Parallel
Speed up deployments using matrix strategies to manage multiple applications simultaneously.
6. Continuous Verification (CV) to Ensure App Health
Automatically validate application health post-sync using real-time metrics from Datadog. Instantly detect issues like missing replicas or unhealthy pods.
7. Secure Deployments with STO
Scan your code for vulnerabilities before it goes live to ensure safe deployments.
8. ApplicationSets for Multi-Environment Deployments
Easily deploy to new environments by adding a config file in Git. Approvals ensure controlled rollouts.
🚀 What’s Next?
Congrats—you’re now on the path to GitOps success! We’ll be adding more advanced samples soon, so stay tuned.
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Currently building the next intelligent GTM platform to replace them all at Aurasell. With 3+ years across DevOps, Developer Relations, and Software Engineering, I love blending technical depth with community engagement. Previously at Harness, I built SDKs, APIs, CLIs, and a Gemini-powered FAQ tool while driving developer adoption through content, talks, and community collaboration. 🎓 B.Tech in CSE (KIIT). Passionate about DevOps, Cloud, and Observability — scaling automation, simplifying tech, and empowering developers is what I do best.