Installing cert-manager and its addons can be a challenging task. Currently, we often rely on Helm for installation, but users experience difficulties with dependency management, complexity, and CRDs. At Venafi, we researched how tools like Helm, kpt, and flux work and demystified some of their magic, allowing us to better understand technical user problems and help users make informed decisions.

You will learn:
- the technical challenges of declarative application management on Kubernetes
(“resource dependency ordering“, “resource pruning“, “status checking“, “configuration drift“, “versioning“)
- the different solutions for these challenges
(Server Side Apply vs. 3-way merging, labelling vs. inventory objects, …)
- when to utilise Operators, GitOps, or CLI Tools for application deployment.