Posts in 2025
AI-Assisted GitOps with Flux Operator MCP Server
2025-05-14 in Blog
tl;dr: Bridging the gap between AI assistants and GitOps pipelines
In this blog post, we introduce the Flux MCP Server, a new component of the Flux Operator project that connects AI assistants directly to your Kubernetes clusters, enabling seamless interaction through natural language. It serves as a bridge between AI tools and your GitOps pipelines, allowing you to analyze the cluster state, troubleshoot deployment issues, and perform operations using …
GitHub App bootstrap with Flux Operator
2025-04-14 in Blog
tl;dr: Simplify your GitOps installation with Flux Operator and GitHub App authentication
In this blog post, we will showcase how Flux Operator can be used to bootstrap Kubernetes clusters using the GitHub App authentication method introduced in Flux 2.5.0. Prior to Flux 2.5.0, the GitHub repository authentication methods were based on using a secret that is tied to a GitHub user, be it a personal access token (PAT) or an SSH deploy key. When the user leaves the organization, the …
Announcing Flux 2.5 GA
2025-02-20 in Blog
tl;dr: We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.5.0! Here you will find highlights of new features and improvements in this release.
We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.5.0! In this post, we will highlight some of the new features and improvements included in this release. Highlights Flux v2.5 marks a significant milestone in the project’s evolution, we have integrated Common Expression Language (CEL) with the Flux controllers to enable long-awaited features such as custom health checks and webhook receiver …
Posts in 2024
Announcing Flux 2.4 GA
2024-09-30 in Blog
tl;dr: We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.4.0! Here you will find highlights of new features and improvements in this release.
We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.4.0! In this post, we will highlight some of the new features and improvements included in this release. General availability of Flux S3-compatible Source API This release marks the General Availability (GA) of Flux Bucket API which allows storing the desired state of Kubernetes clusters in S3-compatible storage services such as Amazon S3, Azure …
Announcing Flux 2.3 GA
2024-05-13 in Blog
tl;dr: We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.3.0! Here you will find highlights of new features and improvements in this release.
We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.3.0! In this post, we will highlight some of the new features and improvements included in this release. General availability of Flux Helm features and APIs This release marks a significant milestone for the Flux project, after almost four years of development, the helm-controller and the Helm related APIs have reached general availability. The …
Flux project gains New Corporate Support and Ecosystem in 2024
2024-03-19 in Blog
tl;dr: Flux project gains new supporters in 2024
The CNCF graduated Flux project is proud to announce that it will receive enhanced support from dedicated companies in 2024. These organizations are committed to the ongoing maintenance and development of Flux GitOps tools. At KubeCon EU 2024 in Paris, the Flux project has keynote highlights, sessions, and a booth. Vendors and clouds are stepping up contributions Major vendors are ramping up their …
Introducing Capacitor, a general purpose UI for Flux
2024-02-27 in Blog
tl;dr: Capacitor is a GUI that acts as a dashboard for Flux where you can get quick overview about your Flux resources and application deployments to debug issues quickly.
Flux has been one of the most popular gitops tools available for years. Yet, it only existed as a CLI tool until now. Capacitor is a GUI that acts as a dashboard for Flux where you can get quick overview about your Flux resources and application deployments to debug issues quickly. A word from Laszlo, the maintainer of Capacitor “Hello Flux blog, Long time Flux user here, although I haven’t …
Posts in 2023
Announcing Flux 2.2 GA
2023-12-12 in Blog
tl;dr: We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.2.0! Here you will find highlights of new features and improvements in this release, with the primary theme being Helm.
We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.2.0! In this post, we will highlight some of the new features and improvements included in this release, with the primary theme being the many changes made to the helm-controller. This new release will also be demoed by Priyanka “Pinky” Ravi and Max Werner on Monday, December 18. To attend this demo and ask any questions, you can …
Second Flux Security Audit has concluded
2023-11-09 in Blog
tl;dr: Flux just went through its second CNCF-funded Security Audit. Here we publicly release and discuss the report.
Precisely 2 years after performing our first security Audit, we had the chance to put Flux through a second audit this year, again facilitated by the CNCF and the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund. Trail of Bits partnered with us this time to make Flux even more secure. Flux passed the “General Availability” milestone earlier this year and the focus was on the features shipped in …
Announcing Flux 2.1 GA
2023-09-04 in Blog
tl;dr: Flux v2.1.0: New monitoring setup with support for custom metrics, performance improvements and much more!
New releases We are happy to announce the latest GA releases for Flux and Flagger. Flux v2.1.0 This new release comes with lots of new features, fixes, restructured documentation and performance improvements. Everyone is encouraged to upgrade for the best experience. The Flux APIs were extended with new opt-in features in a backwards-compatible manner. The Flux Git capabilities have been improved …