
Flux CD Has a Free API — GitOps Continuous Delivery for Kubernetes
Flux CD is the CNCF graduated GitOps toolkit for Kubernetes. It automatically syncs your cluster state with Git repositories — any change in Git is applied to your cluster within seconds. Free, open source, used by companies like Deutsche Telekom, SAP, and D2iQ. Why Use Flux? True GitOps — Git is the single source of truth for your cluster Multi-tenancy — multiple teams, multiple repos, one cluster Helm & Kustomize — native support for both Image automation — auto-update deployments when new images are pushed Notifications — Slack, Teams, Discord alerts on deploy events Quick Setup 1. Install Flux # Bootstrap with GitHub flux bootstrap github \ --owner = my-org \ --repository = fleet-infra \ --branch = main \ --path = clusters/production # Check status flux check 2. Add a Git Source flux create source git my-app \ --url = https://github.com/my-org/my-app \ --branch = main \ --interval = 1m # Check via kubectl kubectl get gitrepositories -A kubectl get gitrepositories my-app -o json | j
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