Gausahmed / argocd-gitops

A repository to get into gitops using argocd

ArgoCD on Local K8s Cluster

This is a simple guide to setup ArgoCD on a local K8s cluster.

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Kubectl

Setup

1. kubectl create namespace argocd

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

3. Check the status of the pods

kubectl get pods -n argocd

4. kubectl port-forward svc/argocd-server -n argocd 8080:443
5. kubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 -d; echo
6. https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cli_installation/ - Install ArgoCD CLI
7. kubectl patch svc argocd-server -n argocd -p '{"spec": {"type": "LoadBalancer"}}'
8. kubectl get svc argocd-server -n argocd
9. argocd login localhost - Login to ArgoCD CLI
10. argocd account update-password
11. argocd cluster add docker-desktop
12. argocd app list
13. kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=argocd
14. Add app from CLI - argocd app create guestbook --repo https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps.git --path guestbook --dest-server https://kubernetes.default.svc --dest-namespace default
15. argocd app list

References

• ArgoCD
• ArgoCD on Minikube
• ArgoCD on Docker Desktop

argocd app create guestbook --repo https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps.git --path guestbook --dest-server https://kubernetes.default.svc --dest-namespace default