argo spike

Setup

Argo CLI

https://argo-workflows.readthedocs.io/en/latest/walk-through/argo-cli/

Follow the quickstart (dev) instructions

https://argo-workflows.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quick-start/

Install Argo

kubectl create namespace argo
kubectl apply -n argo -f https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/releases/download/v3.5.6/quick-start-minimal.yaml

Hello world

argo submit -n argo --watch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/main/examples/hello-world.yaml

Check dashboard

kubectl -n argo port-forward service/argo-server 2746:2746

Real workflow

argo submit -n argo --watch workflow.yml

Takeaways

• Generally impressed with user experience, polish, ease. Took 1 hour to build end-to-end, starting from knowing nothing and Argo not installed, to finishing our seal tags example.
• Submitting and watching jobs is amazing
• argo logs @latest 🤩
• Next step: dependencies, >1 processing step

Resources

• https://github.com/akuity/awesome-argo