nicoppido / argocd-helmchart

A repository to test ArgoCD with Helm

argocd-helmchart

A repository to test ArgoCD with Helm

Install ArgoCD

kubectl create namespace argocd
kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2.0.0/manifests/install.yaml

Get pwd

ARGO_PWD=$(kubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 -d)
# Set in nodePort
kubectl patch svc argocd-server -n argocd -p '{"spec": { "type": "NodePort", "ports": [ { "nodePort": 31550, "port": 80, "protocol": "TCP", "targetPort": 8080 } ] } }'
argocd login --username admin --password $ARGO_PWD localhost:31550 --insecure
# argocd account update-password

Configure a repository

Select the configuration menu and add a repositry in ssh

Create a project

Select Projects in the configuration menu and create a project

Configure a project

• Set the name
• Set the repository
• Set the cluster

• Allow cluster resources and namespace resources

Create a role for the project

Select the Roles tab.

Remember to create the role without policies, then update it with the policy

Create an Application

From the Manage application menu create a new app

Configure the Application

1. Give the application a name
2. Select a project
3. Always nice to have an automatic sync
4. Prune resources and self-heal to have the exact state of Git
5. Auto-create namespace if you need it

6. Set the repository url, branch and path to the chart

7. Select the cluster and the namespace
8. Choose the values.yaml file for the helm chart
9. Customize parameters

Application Created

Check in cluster resources

Create sync window

Go back to project configuration and select the "Add sync windows" button on top.

Update chart

Update deployment image by changing the image: nginx into image: busybox in the values.yaml file. Then commit and wait for the sync.

Verify synch