Source for this article on Medium https://itnext.io/argo-cd-rancher-desktop-for-a-local-gitops-lab-8d044089f50a
With help and inspiration from https://github.com/tarosaiba/argocd-on-rancher-desktop
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Install ArgoCD
Follow the getting started instructions on the Argo CD website. The first step creates a new namespace,
argocd, where Argo CD services and application resources will live.kubectl create namespace argocd kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/stable/manifests/install.yaml
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Deploy the additional configmap and redeploy the app
This sets the server to be in insecure mode (so we don't need to config a certificate) as described in the Argo CD docs. Then, restart the Argo CD server
kubectl -n argocd apply -f argocd-cmd-params-cm.yaml kubectl -n argocd rollout restart deployment argocd-server
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Deploy the ingress
There are two options to deploy the ingress
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Use a normal ingress. I like this because it shows up nicely with the hostname when I run
kubectl get all,ingkubectl -n argocd apply -f argocd-ingress-server.yaml
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If you're using Rancher Desktop, you can use the Traefik ingress
kubectl -n argocd apply -f traefik/argocd-ingress-server-traefik.yaml
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Log into and get to know ArgoCD
Visit the app by logging in with username
adminand the password inargocd-initial-admin-secret. You can get that from the command provided in the docs shown belowkubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 -d
In Powershell, you'll need two commands, example commands & output below
PS C:\Users\jyee\code\argocd-rd> $argocdPasswd = kubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" PS C:\Users\jyee\code\argocd-rd> [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($argocdPasswd)) 5zcZjHZdpfYCQz5u
Browse to http://argocd.rancher.localhost/ with a Chromium or Firefox-based browser to use the
.localhostmagic
- Create a new app in Argo CD by clicking the NEW APP button in the upper left
- Application name: set to some app name. Example:
simplest-k8s - Select the default project name:
default - Leave the checkboxes empty for the deletion finalizer, sync options, and prune propagation properties
- SOURCE Repository URL: set to the repository. Example:
https://github.com/jwsy/simplest-k8s - SOURCE Revision: set to the branch to sync. Example:
main - SOURCE Path: set to the path where manifests files are. Example:
. - DESTINATION Cluster URL: set to the cluster. Example:
https://kubernetes.default.svc - DESTINATION Namespace: set to the namespace where the app will deploy to:
https://kubernetes.default.set
- Sync with a dry run to check your manifests
- Sync the app and watch the magic!