Install ArgoCD

July 31, 2022

Quick install

mkdir -p ~/git/github.com/argoproj
cd ~/git/github.com/argoproj
kubectl create namespace argocd
git clone https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd.git
kubectl apply --namespace argocd -f ~/git/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/manifests/install.yaml

Access ArgoCD

To access ArgoCD you port forward as below. The installation process automatically creates an admin user. You’ll see the generated password below.

echo "argocd password: $(kubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret  -ojson | jq -r .data.password| base64 -d)"
kubectl port-forward svc/argocd-server -n argocd 8080:443