Posts in 2024

  • Introducing Capacitor, a general purpose UI for Flux

    2024-02-27 in Blog

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    tl;dr: Capacitor is a GUI that acts as a dashboard for Flux where you can get quick overview about your Flux resources and application deployments to debug issues quickly.

    Flux has been one of the most popular gitops tools available for years. Yet, it only existed as a CLI tool until now. Capacitor is a GUI that acts as a dashboard for Flux where you can get quick overview about your Flux resources and application deployments to debug issues quickly. A word from Laszlo, the maintainer of Capacitor “Hello Flux blog, Long time Flux user here, although I haven’t …

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Posts in 2023

  • Announcing Flux 2.2 GA

    2023-12-12 in Blog

    tl;dr: We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.2.0! Here you will find highlights of new features and improvements in this release, with the primary theme being Helm.

    We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.2.0! In this post, we will highlight some of the new features and improvements included in this release, with the primary theme being the many changes made to the helm-controller. This new release will also be demoed by Priyanka “Pinky” Ravi and Max Werner on Monday, December 18. To attend this demo and ask any questions, you can …

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  • Second Flux Security Audit has concluded

    2023-11-09 in Blog

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    tl;dr: Flux just went through its second CNCF-funded Security Audit. Here we publicly release and discuss the report.

    Precisely 2 years after performing our first security Audit, we had the chance to put Flux through a second audit this year, again facilitated by the CNCF and the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund. Trail of Bits partnered with us this time to make Flux even more secure. Flux passed the “General Availability” milestone earlier this year and the focus was on the features shipped in …

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  • Announcing Flux 2.1 GA

    2023-09-04 in Blog

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    tl;dr: Flux v2.1.0: New monitoring setup with support for custom metrics, performance improvements and much more!

    New releases We are happy to announce the latest GA releases for Flux and Flagger. Flux v2.1.0 This new release comes with lots of new features, fixes, restructured documentation and performance improvements. Everyone is encouraged to upgrade for the best experience. The Flux APIs were extended with new opt-in features in a backwards-compatible manner. The Flux Git capabilities have been improved …

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  • Announcing Flux 2.0 GA

    2023-07-20 in Blog

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    tl;dr: Flux 2.0 and General Availability!

    Flux 2.0 and General Availability! On July 5, 2023, Flux reached a major landmark with Flux 2.0 and the general availability of its GitOps components! Flux has continued to grow during its incredible journey. Its early iteration was built at Weaveworks for their own needs and for a previous SaaS product built on Flux. Flux led to Weaveworks CEO Alexis Richardson to coin the term, GitOps, which has …

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  • May 2023 Update

    2023-06-06 in Blog

    tl;dr: Flux v2.0.0-rc5 is out with lots of improvements, please test and give us feedback. We went to GitOpsCon / Open Source Summit - check out our talks from these events. That plus lots of news from our contributors and ecosystem.

    May was packed with exciting stories from Flux users, newly updated Flux adopters, contributors, contributions and a new GA release candidate! Also, don’t miss future Flux Bug Scrubs using ChatGPT. Flux technology things to know Three more Flux release candidates! Many improvements - Please test On our path to GA, we released v2.0.0-rc5, the fifth release candidate for the 2.0.0 release. It …

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  • April 2023 Update

    2023-05-02 in Blog

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    tl;dr: Flux v2 release candidate is out - we want feedback! We went to KubeCon and met many old and new friends - check out our talk videos. cdCon, GitOpsCon and OSS Summit are coming up with more chances to meet us. That plus lots of news from our contributors and ecosystem.

    As the Flux family of projects and its communities are growing, we strive to inform you each month about what has already landed, new possibilities which are available for integration, and where you can get involved. Read our last update here. It’s the beginning of May 2023 - let’s recap together what happened in April - it has been a lot! News in the Flux family Flux v2.0.0 release …

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  • How to use Weave GitOps as your Flux UI

    2023-04-04 in Blog

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    tl;dr: User of Flux have been asking for a Flux UI for a long time. Weave GitOps fills that gap and does lots more. Check out this post in our Flux Ecosystem series and learn about its other features, including 'GitOps Run' which you can see in the demo.

    Here comes the newest blog post in our ecosystem category. One of the key reasons to rewrite Flux was to break up the former monolith solution into separate controllers which provide distinct parts of the functionality. This allows users to pick just the parts they need, and integrators to very easily build on top of Flux’s APIs. Today we have a very active Flux Ecosystem - we very much …

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  • March 2023 Update

    2023-04-03 in Blog

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    tl;dr: The latest Flux brings performance improvements and Helm-related features. Our Ecosystem is growing (timoni) and sees lots of activity. Meet us at KubeCon - lots of opportunities to meet up. New Flux adopters join us and lots more happening!

    As the Flux family of projects and its communities are growing, we strive to inform you each month about what has already landed, new possibilities which are available for integration, and where you can get involved. Read our last update here. It’s the beginning of April 2023 - let’s recap together what happened in March - it has been a lot! News in the Flux family Flux v0.41: more …

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  • February 2023 Update

    2023-03-01 in Blog

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    tl;dr: February brings two Flux releases, making steady progress on our road to GA. GitLab adopts Flux for their GitOps capabilities. Truelayer moves to Flux 2 and realises 40x performance improvements. Buzzing Flux Ecosystem and loads of upcoming events to look forward to!

    As the Flux family of projects and its communities are growing, we strive to inform you each month about what has already landed, new possibilities which are available for integration, and where you can get involved. Read our last update here. It’s the beginning of March 2023 - let’s recap together what happened in February - it has been a lot! News in the Flux family Two Flux minor …

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