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Argo-cd

Getting Started

  • create argocd namespace
kubectl create namespace argocd
  • install argo-cd stable manifests
kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/stable/manifests/install.yaml
  • install argocd CLI
./argocd.sh
  • expose the argo-cd API server using service type LoadBalancer
kubectl patch svc argocd-server -n argocd -p '{"spec": {"type": "LoadBalancer"}}'
  • get the initial password for argo-cd API server
kubectl get pods -n argocd -l app.kubernetes.io/name=argocd-server -o name \
    | cut -d'/' -f 2
  • login using the CLI with username admin
argocd login <argocd_server>
  • change argo-cd API server password
argocd account update-password
  • register a cluster to deploy applications to (i.e. kind-kind cluster)
argocd cluster add kind-kind
  • create an application from a git repository
argocd app create guestbook \
    --repo https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps.git \
    --path guestbook --dest-server https://kubernetes.default.svc \
    --dest-namespace default
  • view the application status
argocd app get guestbook
  • sync (deploy) the application
argocd app sync guestbook