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# Course: Prep Course - GitOps Certified Associate (CGOA)

> Practical hands-on GitOps course teaching principles and patterns, Argo CD and tooling, secrets management, CI integration, observability, release strategies, labs, and certification preparation.

Notes for the **Prep Course - GitOps Certified Associate (CGOA)** course: 41 lessons across 6 sections.

## Introduction

* [Course Introduction](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Introduction/Course-Introduction/page.md)

## GitOps Terminology

* [Course Overview](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Terminology/Course-Overview/page.md)
* [Continuous and Declarative Description](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Terminology/Continuous-and-Declarative-Description/page.md)

## GitOps Principles

* [What is GitOps](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Principles/What-is-GitOps/page.md)
* [GitOps Principles](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Principles/GitOps-Principles/page.md)
* [Demo Declarative Configuration and Git as Single Source of Truth](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Principles/Demo-Declarative-Configuration-and-Git-as-Single-Source-of-Truth/page.md)
* [ArgoCD Basics](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Principles/ArgoCD-Basics/page.md)
* [ConceptsTerminology](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Principles/ConceptsTerminology/page.md)
* [ArgoCD Application Specifications](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Principles/ArgoCD-Application-Specifications/page.md)
* [Demo Install ArgoCD](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Principles/Demo-Install-ArgoCD/page.md)
* [Demo Implementing Pull Based Deployments](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Principles/Demo-Implementing-Pull-Based-Deployments/page.md)
* [Demo Manual Reconciliation](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Principles/Demo-Manual-Reconciliation/page.md)
* [Demo Continuous Reconciliation](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Principles/Demo-Continuous-Reconciliation/page.md)

## GitOps Patterns

* [GitOps Reconciler Types In Cluster and External](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Patterns/GitOps-Reconciler-Types-In-Cluster-and-External/page.md)
* [Pull vs Push Deployment Model](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Patterns/Pull-vs-Push-Deployment-Model/page.md)
* [Demo ArgoCD Pull Based Reconciler ConfigMap](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Patterns/Demo-ArgoCD-Pull-Based-Reconciler-ConfigMap/page.md)
* [Demo ArgoCD Event Driven Reconciler Webhook](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Patterns/Demo-ArgoCD-Event-Driven-Reconciler-Webhook/page.md)
* [Bitnami Sealed Secrets](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Patterns/Bitnami-Sealed-Secrets/page.md)
* [Demo Setup Bitnami Sealed Secrets](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Patterns/Demo-Setup-Bitnami-Sealed-Secrets/page.md)
* [Demo Encrypt Secrets Using Bitnami Sealed Secrets](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Patterns/Demo-Encrypt-Secrets-Using-Bitnami-Sealed-Secrets/page.md)
* [Deployment and Release Patterns](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Patterns/Deployment-and-Release-Patterns/page.md)
* [Demo Rolling vs Recreate](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Patterns/Demo-Rolling-vs-Recreate/page.md)
* [Demo Setup Argo Rollouts](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Patterns/Demo-Setup-Argo-Rollouts/page.md)
* [Demo Argo Rollout Blue Green](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Patterns/Demo-Argo-Rollout-Blue-Green/page.md)
* [Blue Green vs Canary vs AB vs Shadow](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Patterns/Blue-Green-vs-Canary-vs-AB-vs-Shadow/page.md)
* [Demo Argo Rollout Canary](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/GitOps-Patterns/Demo-Argo-Rollout-Canary/page.md)

## Tooling

* [Manifest Format and Packaging](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Tooling/Manifest-Format-and-Packaging/page.md)
* [Demo Kustomize](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Tooling/Demo-Kustomize/page.md)
* [Demo Helm](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Tooling/Demo-Helm/page.md)
* [State Store Systems](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Tooling/State-Store-Systems/page.md)
* [Demo OCIOpen Container Initiative](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Tooling/Demo-OCIOpen-Container-Initiative/page.md)
* [Interoperability with Notifications Observability and Continuous Integration Tools](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Tooling/Interoperability-with-Notifications-Observability-and-Continuous-Integration-Tools/page.md)
* [ArgoCD Metrics Monitoring](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Tooling/ArgoCD-Metrics-Monitoring/page.md)
* [Demo Monitoring through Prometheus Grafana](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Tooling/Demo-Monitoring-through-Prometheus-Grafana/page.md)
* [Demo Raise Alert using AlertManager](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Tooling/Demo-Raise-Alert-using-AlertManager/page.md)
* [Reconciliation Engines ArgoCD Flux and alternatives](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Tooling/Reconciliation-Engines-ArgoCD-Flux-and-alternatives/page.md)

## Related Practices

* [Configuration as Code CaC and Infrastructure as Code IaC](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Related-Practices/Configuration-as-Code-CaC-and-Infrastructure-as-Code-IaC/page.md)
* [DevOps and DevSecOps](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Related-Practices/DevOps-and-DevSecOps/page.md)
* [CI and CD](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Related-Practices/CI-and-CD/page.md)
* [Demo CICD vs GitOps Part 1](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Related-Practices/Demo-CICD-vs-GitOps-Part-1/page.md)
* [Demo CICD vs GitOps Part 2](/docs/Prep-Course-GitOps-Certified-Associate-CGOA/Related-Practices/Demo-CICD-vs-GitOps-Part-2/page.md)


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