[DevOps] ArgoCD Installation

Guide

1. Install ArgoCD

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

2. Access ArgoCD API Server

choose one of the following techniques to expose the Argo CD API server:

• Port Forward:

  kubectl port-forward svc/argocd-server -n argocd --address 0.0.0.0 8080:443
  

• Node Port:

  kubectl expose deployment argocd-server --type=NodePort --name=argocd-server-nodeport -n argocd
  kubectl patch service argocd-server-nodeport -n argocd --type='json' --patch='[{"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/ports/0/nodePort", "value":30000}]'
  

3. Login Using The CLI

• get password

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

• login CLI with password

  argocd login <ARGOCD_SERVER>
  

• Change the password

  argocd account update-password
  

  4. Add tls certificate for connecting to Git repositories

  1. Open Argocd Server UI
  2. Go to setting
  3. Click Certificates
  4. Add TLS Certificate
  5. Input git cert

     5. Add hostalises gitlab to argocd-repo deployment yaml

  hostAliases:

  • hostnames:
    • “gitlab.btech.id” ip: 192.168.1.19

6. Install Argocd CLI

curl -sSL -o /usr/local/bin/argocd https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/latest/download/argocd-linux-amd64
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/argocd

7. Login to Argocd CLI

Argocd login hostname

8. Setup a credential template for all repos under https://docker-build/repos

argocd repocreds add https://gitlab.btech.id/repo --username username --password password --upsert
argocd repo add https://gitlab.btech.id/calvin/argocd-config --username username --password password --upsert

References

• Argocd Official Page