GitOps Advanced

Purpose

Implement advanced GitOps patterns: multi-cluster management, ApplicationSets, sync strategies, progressive delivery, cluster bootstrapping, and GitOps at enterprise scale. Covers ApplicationSet generators, sync wave orchestration, multi-cluster topology, image updater, and secrets management.

Agent Protocol

Trigger

Exact user phrases: "GitOps advanced", "multi-cluster GitOps", "ApplicationSet", "ArgoCD ApplicationSet", "sync wave", "sync phase", "progressive delivery GitOps", "cluster bootstrapping", "GitOps at scale", "ArgoCD multi-cluster", "ArgoCD image updater", "GitOps secrets", "SealedSecrets", "External Secrets Operator", "ArgoCD projects", "ArgoCD RBAC", "ArgoCD HA", "ArgoCD cluster federation", "ArgoCD argocd-notifications", "Config Management Plugins".

Input Context

• Number of clusters managed (1, 10, 100+)
• Git provider (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
• Current ArgoCD/Flux version
• Existing cluster topology (hub-spoke, peer-to-peer)
• Secrets management approach (SOPS, SealedSecrets, External Secrets, Vault)
• Team structure and RBAC requirements
• Compliance/audit requirements
• CI/CD pipeline tooling