FAQ

List of frequently asked questions.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to create the issue in the pipe-cd/pipecd repository or contact us on Cloud Native Slack (channel #pipecd).

1. What kind of application (platform provider) will be supported?

Currently, PipeCD can be used to deploy Kubernetes, ECS, Terraform, CloudRun, Lambda applications.

In the near future we also want to support Crossplane

2. What kind of templating methods for Kubernetes application will be supported?

Currently, PipeCD is supporting Helm and Kustomize as templating method for Kubernetes applications.

3. Istio is supported now?

Yes, you can use PipeCD for both mesh (Istio, SMI) applications and non-mesh applications.

4. What are the differences between PipeCD and FluxCD?

  • Not just Kubernetes applications, PipeCD also provides a unified interface for other cloud services (CloudRun, AWS Lamda…) and Terraform
  • One tool for both GitOps sync and progressive deployment
  • Supports multiple Git repositories
  • Has web UI for better visibility
    • Log viewer for each deployment
    • Visualization of application component/state in realtime
    • Show configuration drift in realtime
  • Also supports Canary and BlueGreen for non-mesh applications
  • Has built-in secrets management
  • Shows the delivery performance insights

5. What are the differences between PipeCD and ArgoCD?

  • Not just Kubernetes applications, PipeCD also provides a unified interface for other cloud services (GCP CloudRun, AWS Lamda…) and Terraform
  • One tool for both GitOps sync and progressive deployment
  • Don’t need another CRD or changing the existing manifests for doing Canary/BlueGreen. PipeCD just uses the standard Kubernetes deployment object
  • Easier and safer to operate multi-tenancy, multi-cluster for multiple teams (even some teams are running in a private/restricted network)
  • Has built-in secrets management
  • Shows the delivery performance insights

6. What should I do if I lost my Piped key?

You can create a new Piped key. Go to the Piped tab at Settings page, and click the vertical ellipsis of the Piped that you would like to create the new Piped key. Don’t forget deleting the old Key, too.