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Volume 73 | Issue 5 | Year 2025 | Article Id. IJCTT-V73I5P119 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V73I5P119

Evolution of CI/CD in Cloud-Native Development

Aditya Bhatia

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01 Apr 2025 05 May 2025 17 May 2025 31 May 2025

Citation :

Aditya Bhatia, "Evolution of CI/CD in Cloud-Native Development," International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT), vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 155-161, 2025. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V73I5P119

Abstract

As the conventional setup for Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) makes way for an architecture based on cloud-native principles, the criticality of having scalable, static workflows that are also automated and secure becomes ever more apparent. With the increasing integration of AI models in the software development lifecycle, GitOps principles provide critical traceability and reversibility for future CI/CD pipelines. My work in this area has led me to focus on GitOps and Kubernetes-native CI/CD for modern enterprises. These setups are not yet the de facto standard, but they represent an evolutionary step forward that increasingly looks to the principles of GitOps for implementing CI/CD in a Kubernetes landscape. This paper will not only interrogate these principles but also assess key technologies working behind these principles: Argo CD, Flux, Tekton, and Argo Workflows. It also presents some of the advancements and challenges in the field and what the future holds.

Keywords

CI/CD, Kubenetes, GitOps, Argo CD/Workflow, Flux, Tekton.

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