CI/CD pipelines for NF upgrades: GitOps, ArgoCD, Flux

GitOps Principles for Network Function Delivery

GitOps is an operational framework that uses Git repositories as the single source of truth for infrastructure and application configurations. In a telecom context, every NF deployment configuration, Helm values file, Kubernetes manifest, and cluster configuration is stored in version-controlled Git repositories. Changes to the network are made exclusively through Git commits, with pull requests providing peer review, approval workflows, and audit trails. ArgoCD, the most widely adopted GitOps controller for Kubernetes, continuously monitors Git repositories and automatically reconciles…