Posts in 2026
Bootstrapping Flux with Terraform, the right way
2026-04-28 in Blog
tl;dr: A Terraform module that bootstraps Flux Operator without fighting Flux for resource ownership, keeps secrets out of state, runs in the same root module as the cluster, and handles platform prerequisites that Flux itself depends on.
Today we are excited to introduce a new Terraform module (fully compatible with OpenTofu) that bootstraps Flux Operator into a Kubernetes cluster and then gracefully steps aside, letting Flux do what Flux does best. Here are some of the problems it sets out to fix. Ownership handoff Terraform is the natural place to install Flux right after a cluster comes up — credentials are in scope, providers …
Stairway to GitOps: Scaling Flux at Morgan Stanley
2026-03-15 in Blog
tl;dr: Reflecting on Morgan Stanley's journey to production GitOps with Flux, presented at FluxCon NA 2025.
One of the things we love most about this community is hearing how you take Flux and run with it - truly solving problems for teams at scale. At our inaugural FluxCon NA, Tiffany Wang and Simon Bourassa from Morgan Stanley gave us a glimpse of their Flux environment. Their talk, “Stairway to GitOps,” walked us through a five-year journey from push-based pipelines to a self-service …
Announcing Flux 2.8 GA
2026-02-24 in Blog
tl;dr: We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.8.0! Here you will find highlights of new features and improvements in this release.
We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.8.0! In this post, we highlight some of the new features and improvements included in this release. Highlights Flux v2.8 comes with Helm v4 support, bringing server-side apply and enhanced health checking to Helm releases. Big thanks to the Helm maintainers for their work on Helm v4 and for collaborating with us to ensure a smooth integration with …
Posts in 2025
Announcing Flux 2.7 GA
2025-09-30 in Blog
tl;dr: We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.7.0! Here you will find highlights of new features and improvements in this release.
We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.7.0! In this post, we highlight some of the new features and improvements included in this release. Highlights Flux v2.7 marks the General Availability (GA) of the image update automation features and comes with new APIs ExternalArtifact and ArtifactGenerator for advanced source composition and decomposition patterns. In this release, we have also …
Time-based deployments with Flux Operator
2025-07-07 in Blog
tl;dr: Update your Kubernetes workloads based on schedules with Flux Operator
We are thrilled to announce time-based deployments, a feature long-awaited by Flux users, in Flux Operator v0.23.0! Organizations using Flux for GitOps deployments frequently require sophisticated control over when changes are applied to production systems, particularly in regulated industries or critical business environments. Key requirements include adhering to Change Advisory Board (CAB) …
FluxCon NA 2025
2025-06-05 in Blog
tl;dr: Announcing FluxCon NA 2025
This year at KubeCon NA in Atlanta, we’ll be hosting the first-ever FluxCon! We’re so excited to have a space specifically for Flux end-users to share their stories. FluxCon will be taking place on November 10th, 2025. We’ve added a number of new features to Flux and continue to stabilize API’s for a stable, scalable lifetime. FluxCon is a great way to learn about new …
Announcing Flux 2.6 GA
2025-05-29 in Blog
tl;dr: We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.6.0! Here you will find highlights of new features and improvements in this release.
We are thrilled to announce the release of Flux v2.6.0! In this post, we will highlight some of the new features and improvements included in this release. Highlights Flux v2.6 marks the General Availability (GA) of the Flux Open Container Initiative (OCI) Artifacts features. The OCI artifacts support was first introduced in 2022, and since then we’ve been evolving Flux towards a Gitless …
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 …