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How to use vCluster, ArgoCD ApplicationSet and Pull request generator to manage short-live test ephemeral environments

Ephemeral test environments for CI workflows

You can read the article at:

• My portfolio website: https://lucabertelli.consulting/en/blog/vcluster
• On Medium: https://medium.com/@bertelli.luca/ephemeral-test-environments-for-ci-workflows

How to use vCluster and Argo Workflow to manage ephemeral test environments

Project structure:

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├── argo-workflow
│   └── lang
└── hello-world-app

• argo-workflow: CI/CD pipeline templates
  • lang: ArgoWorkflow Templates for supported languages
• hello-world-app folder: Go Hello world application that prints a beautiful octopus 🐙 in ASCII code

Key highlights from the article include:

1. vCluster Usage: The article introduces vCluster as a pivotal tool for creating lightweight, ephemeral Kubernetes clusters. It's interesting how vCluster can be employed to instantiate and manage test environments on-demand, covering the scenarios where temporary clusters are essential for testing.

2. Argo Workflow Implementation: The article delves into the integration of Argo Workflow, a workflow engine for Kubernetes, providing a way to configure the orchestration of the deployment, testing, and teardown processes efficiently. The tool also enables the final user to define another kind of process drawing DAGs (https://argoproj.github.io/argo-workflows/walk-through/dag/). This feature supports complex scenarios where there is a requirement to maximize parallelism when running tasks.