Argo CD Setup and First Project

Prerequisite:

1. Install Minikube

2. Install Kubectl

Steps To Set Argo CD

Note: for more info for minikube use link: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

1. Set Up a minikube server with Argo CD

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

   Wait until all pods are running with 3rd cmd you will able to watch pod’s status

    kubectl get svc -n argocd
   

   

   Note that argocd-server service is the type of ClusterIP but we need to modify it to NodePort

    kubectl edit svc argocd-server -n argocd
   

   Then edit the file and save

   

minikube service list -n argocd

Check if your system has access to browser if not then run below cmd it will provide you HTTP and https URL

minikube service argocd-server -n argocd

Then copy the URL listed and paste it to browser, you will get an error but click on unsafe<IP> and you will get argoCD UI page in the browser

To login to UI use admin as username and password can get with the below cmd

kubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 -d; echo

In UI go to user info and update the password

2. Try with simple guestbook example

   1. open https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps

   2. argo CD UI → Applications → New App →add below details and click on create

      

      

    kubectl get deployment

If deployment is running then check argoCD UI

And that is how you can set up your first project with Argo CD