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Flux at KubeCon NA 2025
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Welcome, Flux friends! We're excited to see you in Atlanta. Here's your guide to all things Flux and GitOps at KubeCon North America 2025.
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FluxCon is Here!
The first-ever FluxCon is our co-located event for the whole community.
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+When: Monday, November 10, 2025 - 1:20 pm - 5:40 pm
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+Where: Building B | Level 3 | B309
View the Full FluxCon Schedule
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Visit the Flux Project Booth
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Have questions? Want to talk GitOps? Or just want to grab some stickers? Come say hi to the Flux maintainers! Stefan will also be be at the booth for extended Q&A after each session.
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Booth 8A, Project Pavilion
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+We'll be using
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+Flux Operator MCP Server
+to show off
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+AI Assisted GitOps.
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+The Project Pavilion is located in the Solutions Showcase. We're near the center :)
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Talks on Flux
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Don't miss these Flux and GitOps-ecosystem sessions during the main conference.
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Project Lightning Talk: ⚡ GitOps With Or Without Git Using Flux
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Tamao Nakahara, Community Maintainer
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+ Mon, Nov 10 • 11:55pm - noon EST (and outside the venue for Q&A)
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+ Building C | Level 3 | Georgia Ballroom 2
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+ View on Sched
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Flux - The GitLess GitOps Edition
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Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane & Dipti Pai, Microsoft
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+ Tues, Nov 11 • 5:45pm - 6:15pm EST
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+ Building C | Level 3 | Georgia Ballroom 2
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AI-Assisted GitOps With Flux MCP Server
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Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane
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+ Thurs, Nov 13 • 11:00am - 11:30am EST
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+ Building B | Level 2 | B206
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Talks about GitOps
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These talks cover techniques that are useful with Flux. Make a friend and share your experiences!
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Bringing OCI into the GitOps World
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Jesse Suen, Akuity
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+ Thurs, Nov 13 • 11:45am - 12:15pm EST
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+ Building B | Level 4 | B406b-407
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GitOps Without Variables
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Brian Grant & Alexis Richardson, ConfigHub Inc.
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+ Thurs, Nov 13 • 1:45pm - 2:15pm EST
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+ Building B | Level 5 | Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1
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GitOps and the Manifest Dilemma: Helm, Kustomize, Crossplane, Kro, and Beyond
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Dag Bjerre-Andersen, Egmont
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+ Thurs, Nov 13 • 1:45pm - 2:15pm EST
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+ Building B | Level 3 | B312-314
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+ View on Sched
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Announcing Flux 2.7 GA
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We're thrilled to announce the Flux 2.7 General Availability release. This is a major milestone, bringing GA status to our image update automation features.
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Key highlights include:
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+ - General Availability of Image Update Automation
+ - New API:
ExternalArtifact for extending Flux with your own sources
+ - New API:
ArtifactGenerator for composing sources and decomposing monorepos
+ HelmRelease using valuesFrom can now watch ConfigMaps and Secrets for value changes- OpenTelemetry (OTEL) tracing support
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Read the full 2.7 Release Announcement
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Flux 2.7.x Upgrade Instructions The Flux 2.7 release removes old API versions. To ensure a smooth upgrade, please follow the detailed instructions before updating your clusters.
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+ Upgrade instructions & Support here
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Flux Resources
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Flux (and Flagger) is a set of continuous and progressive delivery solutions for Kubernetes that are open and extensible. It is the GitOps engine for Microsoft’s Arc Kubernetes, AWS’s EKS-Anywhere, GitLab, and many more.
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Flux is a CNCF graduated project and is General Availability.
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Ecosystem
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Flux has a rich ecosystem of extensions and compatible, open software.
+Here are a few things to look at:
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Welcome, Flux friends! We're excited to see you in Atlanta. Here's your guide to all things Flux and GitOps at KubeCon North America 2025.
+Welcome, Flux friends! We're excited to see you in Amsterdam. Here's your guide to all things Flux and GitOps at KubeCon Europe 2025.
- Visit the Flux Project Booth
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Have questions? Want to talk GitOps? Or just want to grab some stickers? Come say hi to the Flux maintainers! Stefan will also be be at the booth for extended Q&A after each session.
-
Booth 8A, Project Pavilion
-We'll be using
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-Flux Operator MCP Server
-to show off
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-AI Assisted GitOps.
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+ View the Full FluxCon Schedule
-The Project Pavilion is located in the Solutions Showcase. We're near the center :)
-Don't miss these Flux and GitOps-ecosystem sessions during the main conference.
+A full morning of Flux talks featuring production stories from Air France–KLM, NatWest, Orange, and our maintainers.
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Project Lightning Talk: ⚡ GitOps With Or Without Git Using Flux
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Tamao Nakahara, Community Maintainer
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FluxCon | Welcome + Opening Remarks
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Francesco Beltramini, ControlPlane
- Mon, Nov 10 • 11:55pm - noon EST (and outside the venue for Q&A)
+ Mon, Mar 23 • 09:00 - 09:05 CET
- Building C | Level 3 | Georgia Ballroom 2
+ Elicium 1
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View on Sched
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Flux - The GitLess GitOps Edition
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Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane & Dipti Pai, Microsoft
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Vibe Coding Meets GitOps
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Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane
- Tues, Nov 11 • 5:45pm - 6:15pm EST
+ Mon, Mar 23 • 09:10 - 09:35 CET
- Building C | Level 3 | Georgia Ballroom 2
+ Elicium 1
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View on Sched
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AI-Assisted GitOps With Flux MCP Server
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Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane
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Air France–KLM's GitOps Takeoff: Real Stories From the Flight Deck
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Alaoui Echerif Amine & Ravi Ramrattan, Air France KLM
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+ Mon, Mar 23 • 09:40 - 10:05 CET
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+ Elicium 1
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Agentic GitOps: Evolving Enterprise Delivery
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Andy Martin, ControlPlane
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+ Mon, Mar 23 • 10:10 - 10:15 CET
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+ Elicium 1
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May the Flux Be With You: Tales From the GitOps Trenches at NatWest
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Joel King & Lee Coupe, NatWest Group
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+ Mon, Mar 23 • 10:20 - 10:45 CET
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+ Elicium 1
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Towards Better Canary Releases With Flagger and Gateway API
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Sanskar Jaiswal, Kong
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+ Mon, Mar 23 • 11:00 - 11:25 CET
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+ Elicium 1
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Talking to Your Cluster: Conversational GitOps with Flux MCP
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William Rizzo, Mirantis
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+ Mon, Mar 23 • 11:30 - 11:55 CET
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+ Elicium 1
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+ View on Sched
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⚡ Lightning Talk: Flux-Powered Bootstrapping a Kubernetes With GitOps and CaC
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Paris Nakita Kejser, Astrona
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+ Mon, Mar 23 • 12:00 - 12:10 CET
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+ Elicium 1
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Sylva, Taming Complexity With FluxCD Dependency Management
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Thomas Morin & Francois Eleouet, Orange
- Thurs, Nov 13 • 11:00am - 11:30am EST
+ Mon, Mar 23 • 12:15 - 12:40 CET
- Building B | Level 2 | B206
+ Elicium 1
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View on Sched
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Talks about GitOps
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These talks cover techniques that are useful with Flux. Make a friend and share your experiences!
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Flux at KyvernoCon
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Flux and Kyverno together - attend this cross-project session in the afternoon:
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Bringing OCI into the GitOps World
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Jesse Suen, Akuity
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Policy & GitOps Unite! Kyverno and Flux Save Cluster City
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Cortney Nickerson, Nirmata & Leigh Capili, ControlPlane
- Thurs, Nov 13 • 11:45am - 12:15pm EST
+ Mon, Mar 23 • 13:35 - 14:00 CET
- Building B | Level 4 | B406b-407
+ E106-108
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View on Sched
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Visit the Flux Project Booth
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Have questions? Want to talk GitOps? Or just want to grab some stickers? Come say hi to the Flux maintainers! Stefan will also be be at the booth for extended Q&A after each session.
+
Booth 5B, Project Pavilion
+
+We'll be using
+
+Flux Operator MCP Server
+to show off
+
+AI Assisted GitOps.
+
+The Project Pavilion is located in the Solutions Showcase. We're near the center :)
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+
+
Flux at KubeCon
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+
Catch these Flux sessions during the main conference:
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+
+
-
GitOps Without Variables
-
Brian Grant & Alexis Richardson, ConfigHub Inc.
+
⚡ Project Lightning Talk: FluxCD - Gitops For All Sizes
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Tamao Nakahara, Community Maintainer
- Thurs, Nov 13 • 1:45pm - 2:15pm EST
+ Mon, Mar 23 • 14:15 - 14:20 CET
- Building B | Level 5 | Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1
+ Elicium 2
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View on Sched
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GitOps and the Manifest Dilemma: Helm, Kustomize, Crossplane, Kro, and Beyond
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Dag Bjerre-Andersen, Egmont
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From "No Time for GitOps" to Enterprise Adoption: Selling Flux the Human Way
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Lucas Hornung & Christian Matthaei, Tchibo GmbH
- Thurs, Nov 13 • 1:45pm - 2:15pm EST
+ Wed, Mar 25 • 11:45 - 12:15 CET
- Building B | Level 3 | B312-314
+ Hall 7 | Room B
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View on Sched
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Pull Request Wars: The Flux Awakens - Ephemeral Kubernetes Environments Strike Back
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Matteo Bianchi, GitHub & Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane
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+ Wed, Mar 25 • 15:00 - 15:30 CET
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+ Hall 8 | Room G
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+ View on Sched
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Announcing Flux 2.7 GA
-
We're thrilled to announce the Flux 2.7 General Availability release. This is a major milestone, bringing GA status to our image update automation features.
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Visualizing GitOps: A Tour of Flux UIs in the Open Source Ecosystem
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Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane
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+ Thurs, Mar 26 • 13:45 - 14:15 CET
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+ Elicium 2
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+ View on Sched
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Announcing Flux 2.8 GA
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We're thrilled to announce the Flux 2.8 General Availability release. This is a major milestone, bringing Helm v4 support natively to Flux.
Key highlights include:
- - General Availability of Image Update Automation
- - New API:
ExternalArtifact for extending Flux with your own sources
- - New API:
ArtifactGenerator for composing sources and decomposing monorepos
- HelmRelease using valuesFrom can now watch ConfigMaps and Secrets for value changes- OpenTelemetry (OTEL) tracing support
+ - Helm v4 support with server-side apply and kstatus-based health checking
+ - Helm v3 backward compatibility for existing releases + opt-ins
+ - Reduced mean time to recovery - new revisions can immediately cancel stale health checks
+ - CEL expressions for readiness evaluation of Helm-managed objects
+ ArtifactGenerator support for extracting and modifying Helm charts- PR/MR comment providers for preview environment feedback loops
+ - Cosign v3 support for verifying OCI artifacts and container images
+ - Custom SSA apply stages for ordering resource application in kustomize-controller
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Read the full 2.7 Release Announcement
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Read the full 2.8 Release Announcement
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Flux 2.7.x Upgrade Instructions The Flux 2.7 release removes old API versions. To ensure a smooth upgrade, please follow the detailed instructions before updating your clusters.
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-
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Flux 2.8.x Upgrade Instructions Releases of Flux 2.7+ and up remove old API versions. To ensure a smooth upgrade, please follow the detailed instructions before updating your clusters.
Upgrade instructions & Support here
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Flux Resources
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Flux (and Flagger) is a set of continuous and progressive delivery solutions for Kubernetes that are open and extensible. It is the GitOps engine for Microsoft’s Arc Kubernetes, AWS’s EKS-Anywhere, GitLab, and many more.
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Flux (and Flagger) is a set of continuous and progressive delivery solutions for Kubernetes that are open and extensible. It is the GitOps engine for Microsoft's Arc Kubernetes, AWS's EKS-Anywhere, GitLab, and many more.
Flux is a CNCF graduated project and is General Availability.
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