ArgoCDExample

Install ArgoCD with repository

1. Prepare repository of the application in github: created service.yaml, deployment.yaml files
2. install argoCD from the internet.

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

free -h # check free mem space on WSL
kubectl get svc -n argocd # get services running in argocd namespace
kubectl port-forward -n argocd svc/argocd-server 8080:443 # forward ports locally

3. Login as default user admin. The password in secrets argocd-initial-admin-secret

kubectl get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -n argocd -o yaml
echo TXZhOGRIaWI3WTVnLXlyRg== | base64 --decode

Configure ArgoCD

1. create application.yaml and make sure that it corresponds to documentation
2. create namespace 'myapp' in k8s
3. ArgoCD doesn't know anything about our repository so to apply configuration do:

kubectl apply -f application.yaml

4. See synced project in 127.0.0.1:8080 you can find it.

Test automatic sync

change deployment.yaml