Mar 23
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Kick off the first episode of this year’s GitOps Monthly series, where we highlight community insights and real-world practices. In this session, two expert speakers break down how Telekom runs GitOps at scale using Argo CD and Kargo, sharing practical architecture strategies, workflows, and lessons from operating at enterprise level. What you’ll learn: How Telekom platforms manage GitOps across hundreds of services Why teams move from traditional pipelines to pull-based deployments How Kargo enables safe, staged promotions across environments Real architecture patterns for scalable, reliable delivery Practical demos of ephemeral and stable deployment workflows Presenters: Taylor Thomas (Staff Software Engineer at Akuity) Johannes Sonner (Technical Product Manager at Telekom) Timestamps: 0:00 Intro & Welcome (GitOps Monthly kicks off + community links) 1:17 Session Topic + Sponsor Thanks (Acuity + today’s focus) 2:17 Speaker Introductions (Taylor + Johannes) 3:10 Agenda Overview (what they’ll cover + Q&A plan) 3:57 What Is Kargo? (continuous promotion in GitOps) 6:53 How Kargo Works (Flow Walkthrough: CI → artifacts → Git → Argo CD) 8:31 Key Benefits Explained (flexibility, visibility, reliable releases) 10:33 Telekom Scale Context (Deutsche Telekom scope + platform scale) 13:43 Why They Moved Away from Pipelines (visibility, reconciliation, cleanup) 16:24 Git-Based Deployment Advantages (auditability, UI, self-service, extensibility) 19:36 Platform Architecture Overview (control plane, Argo CD central role) 22:29 Demo Part 1 — Ephemeral Environments (MR-driven preview envs) 29:25 Q&A: Why Kargo Isn’t Used for Short-Lived Environments (tradeoffs + intent) 32:35 Demo Part 2 — Stable Deployment Promotion (Kargo starts after merge) 35:29 Manifest Rendering + Change Visibility Example (rendered manifests in Git) 37:05 Demo Continues (deploy, verification checks, stage tracking) 40:27 Challenges Observed (learning curve, hub/spoke scale, MR volume, many UIs) 43:32 Roadmap + Recent Features (warehouse perf, webhooks, label sync, custom steps) 47:32 Live Q&A (image updates, deployment history, approvals, custom steps) 53:33 Closing Remarks (wrap-up + thanks) 54:34 Next Session Promo (March 17 info + links) 55:39 Final Thanks & Sign-off Resources & Links: The Akuity Discord Channel: / discord Blog post: https://akuity.io/blog/the-rendered-manifests-pattern Get a Demo: https://akuity.io/get-in-touch [Upcoming Webinar] Enterprise GitOps: How to Simplify & Automate Promotions at Scale: https://landing.akuity.io/live-webinar-enterprise-gitops-how-to-simplify-automate-promotions-at-scale #GitOps #Kubernetes #DevOps #PlatformEngineering #ArgoCD #cloudnative #Kargo #CI/CD #CloudEngineering #GitOpsWorkflow #KubernetesTools #EnterpriseDevOps