Build a GitOps Rollout Pipeline with ArgoCD Progressive Delivery
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Set up ArgoCD and Argo Rollouts, convert a Go API to a canary rollout with SLO analysis, and document the GitOps repo to earn your verifiable certificate.
The scenario
The SaaS (3-person platform team, growing the engineering org from 50 to 80 in 12 months) needs deployment safety to scale without growing the platform team.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Stand up an ArgoCD + Argo Rollouts GitOps pipeline with progressive delivery and SLO-driven auto-rollback for one service, then ship the playbook for the remaining 24.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Stand up ArgoCD with the app-of-apps pattern and Helm overlays
- Convert Deployments to Argo Rollouts with canary steps
- Write Prometheus analysis templates that drive auto-pause + rollback
- Document a GitOps pipeline cleanly enough for the team to adopt
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Container Orchestration with Kubernetes
Master · Cloud And Devops
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Container Orchestration with Kubernetes at the Master level. It sharpens the same practical skills your coursework expects — but in a real industry context with actual constraints and deliverables.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Kubernetes
Apply kubernetes to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Gitops
Apply gitops to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Argocd
Apply argocd to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Argo Rollouts
Apply argo rollouts to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Progressive Delivery
Apply progressive delivery to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Documentation
Apply documentation to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: