From Keel to Renovate: Better Container Image Updates for GitOps
For years I used Keel to automatically update container images in my Kubernetes clusters. It worked, but as I moved to GitOps with ArgoCD, Keel’s push-based approach became a liability. I migrated to Renovate for PR-based image updates, and it’s been a significant improvement. The Problem with Keel Keel watches for new container images and updates deployments directly in the cluster. You can configure it via annotations: metadata: annotations: keel.sh/policy: major keel.sh/trigger: poll When a new image appears, Keel modifies the deployment in-place. ...