Argocd Kubernetes Gitops Tutorial

This repo contains all the code needed to follow along with our YouTube Tutorial or Written Article.

Prerequisites

To follow along with this tutorial, you'll need:

• kubectl installed and configured (https://youtu.be/IBkU4dghY0Y)
• Helm installed: https://rayanslim.com/course/prometheus-grafana-monitoring-course/helm-installation
• A GitHub account: (https://github.com/)

Install ArgoCD on your Cluster

helm repo add argo https://argoproj.github.io/argo-helm
helm repo update
kubectl create namespace argocd
helm install argocd argo/argo-cd --namespace argocd

Access ArgoCD UI

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

Retrieve Credentials

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

API Calls

Here are commands that you can use to add grades to the Grade Submission API. Windows Users should use Git Bash.

curl -X POST http://localhost:<port>/grades \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Harry", "subject": "Defense Against Dark Arts", "score": 95}'

curl -X POST http://localhost:<port>/grades \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Ron", "subject": "Charms", "score": 82}'

curl -X POST http://localhost:<port>/grades \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Hermione", "subject": "Potions", "score": 98}'

To verify, you can get all grades with:

curl http://localhost:<port>/grades

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