From Jenkins credential errors to a working pipeline, Kubernetes deployment, and automated GitOps reconciliation

Author: Jamiu Olatunji Bakre

Role: Cloud, DevOps and Platform Engineer

Tags: DevOps, Platform Engineering, Jenkins, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, GitOps, ArgoCD, Maven, Kustomize, Minikube

Project Overview

This project was an important step in my journey towards becoming a stronger Cloud, DevOps and Platform Engineer.

My goal was to understand how application code moves from a GitHub repository through an automated build process, becomes a Docker image, and is ultimately deployed and managed in Kubernetes.

I wanted to go beyond simply installing tools and following commands from a tutorial.…