GitOps Your Costs: Automated FinOps Through Argo Workflows

Abstract

GitOps revolutionized deployment practices, now it's time to apply those same principles to cost optimization. This session demonstrates how to build automated FinOps pipelines using Argo Workflows and Events. From our past experience, cost optimization workflows that automatically rightsize deployments based on utilization metrics, implement progressive cost reduction through Argo Rollouts, and trigger cleanup workflows for idle resources. We'll show real implementations where teams reduced waste by 45% through GitOps-driven optimization. Discover patterns for cost-aware CI/CD that prevents expensive misconfigurations from reaching production, automated weekend scale-downs for development environments, and policy-as-code for resource limits. You'll leave with ready-to-use Argo workflow templates, event configurations for cost triggers, and integration patterns with popular FinOps tools. Perfect for teams wanting to operationalize cost optimization without manual intervention.