The highlights, and more!

What's new

• Role Based Access Control (RBAC) for Pipeline RuntimesGranular control over runtimesOptimized resource management for runtimesOptimized cloud builds
• Keeping it secured: patching our Runtime ArgoCD CVEs as soon as they were released
• Usability enhancements and bug fixes

Learn more in the release notes

Manage your Pipeline Runtimes access (RBAC for Pipeline Runtimes)

Introducing RBAC for Pipeline Runtimes allows granular access control not just for Pipeline Runtimes, but also for runtime environments and resources within pipelines. This also brings the following benefits:

• Users can safeguard their production resources
• Application teams gain independence based on platform team guardrails
• You can optimize cost and performance by selecting the right resources for the build

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Everything you ever wanted to know about deletion and Argo CD finalizers but were afraid to ask

Accidentally deleting an application is bad, but accidentally deleting all of them is a lot worse. In this post, you learn about several use cases for finalizers. Pasha also shares possible scenarios of how and when your application can get destroyed. Learn about the application and application set controllers, and the various ways of deleting apps from the UI, Git, and the cluster.

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GitOps secrets with Argo CD, Hashicorp Vault, and the External Secret Operator

Teams adopting GitOps often ask how to use secrets with Argo CD. We’ve seen several approaches to secret management. These include sealed secrets, the Argo CD Vault plugin, and the External Secret Operator.?In this post, Kostis showcases the External Secret Operator and Hashicorp Vault and focuses on:

• How to avoid saving any secrets in Git, including tokens for fetching the application secrets
• How to refresh secrets automatically without pod restarts and application deployments

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The Codefresh YouTube channel is growing

We’re adding more videos to our YouTube channel all the time. Tune in for help with your GitOps-based software delivery so you can get new features to production faster and more reliably. Check out our latest bite-sized Codefresh Chronicles episodes, on-demand webinars, and more.?

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Celebrate some wins with us ??

• Codefresh hosted an Argo CD contributor’s experience meeting?
• We’re finalizing the schedule for ArgoCon. We can’t wait to see you there!
• Codefresh closed two CVEs in Argo CD:

Upcoming events

Codefresh 101 webinar series?

It's not too late to sign up for our Codefresh 101 series. We covered all things CI/CD on August 6, and would love you to join our last 2 sessions. We'll cover deploying to Kubernetes with GitOps, and managing environments and promotions.?

• GitOps and Argo – Tuesday, August 20
• Environments and promotions – Tuesday, September 3

Register now >?

KCD Sydney

September 5–6. Join us at Kubernetes Community Day (KCD) in Sydney where Codefresh is a diamond sponsor. Say hello to us at our booth and learn more about Codefresh and Octopus.

We’re also hosting live GitOps certification workshops in Sydney and Melbourne prior to the conference. To get certified for GitOps with Argo, register your interest today.

KubeCon North America?

November 12–15. Codefresh will be at KubeCon 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah, as a platinum sponsor. We're also sponsoring ArgoCon and Kubernetes on Edge Day.

Join us to discuss all things GitOps and CD at scale with Codefresh and Octopus.

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Just for fun ??

When they tell you they deploy without committing to Git.?