Promote and Roll Back with GitOps
Release a price change the GitOps way on a local Kubernetes cluster: make a new release, deploy it to staging, promote it to production through a branch, then roll production back with git revert, while Argo CD does every deployment. A local self-check verifies your history, the Git server and what Argo CD runs and has run, and writes your submission for instant, rubric-based feedback.
45 min
Est. time
3
Outcomes
4
Rubric criteria
60%
Pass score
What you'll learn
Skills you'll have real reps in after shipping this.
The scenario
Bean There runs its website the GitOps way: a configuration repository with a folder per environment, and Argo CD deploying whatever main says. The flat white is going up from 3.20 to 3.30.
The owner wants it tested in staging first, promoted to production through review, and, as it turns out, taken back off production the same afternoon, while staging keeps the new price for a later decision.
Your role
You are the developer releasing the change. Your deliverable is promote/ with release v2, a commit that moves staging to v2, a promotion of production to v2 from a pushed promote branch, a revert of that promotion, everything pushed and deployed by Argo CD, and notes on the audit trail and the rollback.
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Learning resources
Practice GitOps promotion and rollback with Argo CD
GitOps turns deployments into commits: a folder per environment in Git, an agent such as Argo CD applying whatever main says, and a git revert as the rollback. This kit sets up the café's website on a local Kubernetes cluster (kind) with Argo CD and a practice Git server. You make a new release, deploy it to staging, promote it to production through a branch, and roll production back, watching Argo CD do every deployment. A local self-check verifies your history, the server and what Argo CD runs and has run, and writes your submission only when everything genuinely passes. It is the Level 9 project in Preporato's Git course.