cd-example-project

• jsonnet usage

Pre-reqs

brew install --cask docker
brew install kubectl
brew install kubecfg
brew install minikube
brew install argocd

Install locally

• Start docker desktop
• minikube start
• Run below setup script

kubectl create namespace argocd
kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/stable/manifests/install.yaml
kubectl patch svc argocd-server -n argocd -p '{"spec": {"type": "LoadBalancer"}}'

Setup ArgoCD

• Open port-forward tunnel
  • kubectl port-forward svc/argocd-server -n argocd 8080:443
• (wait for pods) Obtain default password
  • kubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 -d; echo

(Optional) Change ArgoCD password

• Login with admin user
  • argocd login localhost:8080
• Update password
  • argocd account update-password
• Check new password
  • argocd login localhost:8080
• Delete initial password secret
  • kubectl delete secret -n argocd argocd-initial-admin-secret

UI

• Access UI via https://localhost:8080/login?

Github required secrets

DOCKERHUB_TOKEN
DOCKERHUB_USERNAME
GIT_TOKEN // https://github.com/settings/tokens

Deploy app (connect to git)

• IMPORTANT: Change [YOU] to match your github url in argocd-app.yaml

• Connect to Git via https://localhost:8080/settings/repos?addRepo=true

  • Make your life easy by marking as public (for testing)

• Create app kubectl apply -f infra/minikube-app.yaml -n argocd

• App can be seen at https://localhost:8080/applications?

NOTES

• Argocd will update from the repo every 3 minutes (be patient!)