Learn FLUXCD-GITOPS with Real Code Examples
Updated Nov 27, 2025
Learning Path
Learn Kubernetes fundamentals
Understand GitOps principles
Install and bootstrap FluxCD in a cluster
Practice deploying apps with Kustomize and Helm
Automate image updates and multi-cluster deployments
Skill Improvement Plan
Week 1: Single-cluster deployment with Kustomize
Week 2: HelmRelease deployments
Week 3: Automate image updates
Week 4: Multi-environment GitOps pipelines
Week 5: Multi-cluster management and advanced automation
Interview Questions
What is GitOps and how does FluxCD implement it?
Explain FluxCD controllers and their roles
How do you manage secrets with FluxCD?
What is a HelmRelease and how is it used?
How does FluxCD detect and reconcile drift?
Cheat Sheet
flux bootstrap github <org>/<repo>
flux create source git <name> --url=<repo_url>
flux create kustomization <name> --path=./apps/webapp
flux reconcile kustomization <name>
flux get all
Books
Mastering FluxCD GitOps
GitOps with Kubernetes and FluxCD
Continuous Delivery with FluxCD
FluxCD in Practice
Cloud-Native GitOps with FluxCD
Tutorials
Getting Started with FluxCD GitOps
Deploying Applications with HelmRelease
Kustomize Overlays for Multi-Environment Deployments
Automating Image Updates in FluxCD
Monitoring and Drift Detection with FluxCD
Official Docs
FluxCD documentation
GitOps Toolkit reference
HelmRelease and Kustomization guides
Image automation documentation
Community Links
FluxCD Slack channel
StackOverflow FluxCD tag
GitHub FluxCD repositories
Weaveworks community forum
YouTube FluxCD GitOps tutorials
Community Support
FluxCD Slack channel
StackOverflow FluxCD tag
GitHub FluxCD repositories
FluxCD community forum
YouTube FluxCD tutorials