README.md

argocd gitops playground

Experimenting local development workflows when doing GitOps and using argo-cd.

Local development

Dependencies:

• helm
• minikube
• kubectl

Start a cluster

minikube start

Bootstrap argo-cd install

kubectl apply -k ./control-plane/overlays/<env>

Get initial admin password

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

Login to argocd CLI & expose argo-cd UI

kubectl port-forward svc/argo-cd-argocd-server -n argocd 8443:443
argocd login 127.0.0.1:8443
open http://127.0.0.1:8443

Sync changes from local path

argocd app sync <app> --local ./add-ons/env/local-dev/<app>