Operating in air-gapped environments imposes strict limitations on connectivity, security and compliance. This session tells the story of designing and implementing a secure, air-gapped control plane setup for Novo Nordisk, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, leveraging Crossplane for declarative infrastructure management and ArgoCD for GitOps workflows.
We’ll share how Novo Nordisk adopted and scaled the setup within their highly regulated environment:
-Architectural decisions tailored to the demands of the pharmaceutical industry
-Overcoming challenges related to security, scalability, and operational efficiency
-Strategies to replicate GitOps workflows in disconnected systems while maintaining the integrity of continuous delivery pipelines
The talk will dive deep into the technical challenges and solutions, focusing on how open-source tools like Crossplane and ArgoCD can be adapted for highly controlled environments without compromising functionality or flexibility.