Ship with GitOps: Push to Git, It Deploys

What you will build

A cluster that deploys itself from Git, with a rollback you can demo in under a minute.

Starting point: you only need a Vultr account. This challenge is self-contained, so you can do it without having done any other.

The plan

1. Create a VKE cluster
2. Install Argo CD and expose it securely
3. Put your app manifests in a Git repo and point Argo CD at it
4. Change the image tag in Git and watch the rollout
5. Push a deliberately broken release
6. Revert the commit and show the cluster recover

kubectl get applications -n argocd

How you will be judged

• No manual kubectl apply after setup
• Self-heal is on: manual edits get reverted
• A clear before, broken and recovered timeline

Never commit secrets to the repo. Use sealed secrets or an external secret store.