ArgoCD example - GitOps

By: Dinesh Tripathi

Getting Started with ArgoCD

What is ArgoCD?

ArgoCD is a CD tool and works with kubernetes based resources.

Lab Prerequisites

• Minikube or any other kubernetes cluster is up and running

This is an example of how to do a GitOps with ArgoCD.

Lab Steps

• Step 1 - Create namespace

  kubectl create namespace argocd

• Install ArgoCD

  kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/stable/manifests/install.yaml

• Port forward to access the service

  kubectl port-forward svc/argocd-server -n argocd 8080:443

• Run the below command to get the password and user username as admin

  kubectl get pods -n argocd -l app.kubernetes.io/name=argocd-server -o name | cut -d'/' -f 2

  

• Create an app using UI

  kubectl get pods -n argocd -l app.kubernetes.io/name=argocd-server -o name | cut -d'/' -f 2