To see how Argo works, you can run examples of simple workflows and workflows that use artifacts. For the latter, you'll set up an artifact repository for storing the artifacts that are passed in the workflows. Here are the requirements and steps to run the workflows.
- Installed Kubernetes 1.9 or later
- Installed kubectl
- Have a kubeconfig file (default location is
~/.kube/config
).
On Mac:
brew install argoproj/tap/argo
On Linux:
curl -sSL -o /usr/local/bin/argo https://github.com/argoproj/argo/releases/download/v2.2.1/argo-linux-amd64
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/argo
kubectl create ns argo
kubectl apply -n argo -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo/v2.2.1/manifests/install.yaml
NOTE: On GKE, you may need to grant your account the ability to create new clusterroles
kubectl create clusterrolebinding YOURNAME-cluster-admin-binding --clusterrole=cluster-admin --user=YOUREMAIL@gmail.com
To run all of the examples in this guide, the 'default' service account is too limited to support features such as artifacts, outputs, access to secrets, etc... For demo purposes, run the following command to grant admin privileges to the 'default' service account in the namespace 'default':
kubectl create rolebinding default-admin --clusterrole=admin --serviceaccount=default:default
For the bare minimum set of privileges which a workflow needs to function, see Workflow RBAC. You can also submit workflows which run with a different service account using:
argo submit --serviceaccount <name>
argo submit --watch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo/master/examples/hello-world.yaml
argo submit --watch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo/master/examples/coinflip.yaml
argo submit --watch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo/master/examples/loops-maps.yaml
argo list
argo get xxx-workflow-name-xxx
argo logs xxx-pod-name-xxx #from get command above
You can also create workflows directly with kubectl. However, the Argo CLI offers extra features that kubectl does not, such as YAML validation, workflow visualization, parameter passing, retries and resubmits, suspend and resume, and more.
kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo/master/examples/hello-world.yaml
kubectl get wf
kubectl get wf hello-world-xxx
kubectl get po --selector=workflows.argoproj.io/workflow=hello-world-xxx --show-all
kubectl logs hello-world-yyy -c main
Additional examples are available here.
Argo supports S3 (AWS, GCS, Minio) as well as Artifactory as artifact repositories. This tutorial uses Minio for the sake of portability. Instructions on how to configure other artifact repositories are here.
brew install kubernetes-helm # mac
helm init
helm install stable/minio --name argo-artifacts --set service.type=LoadBalancer --set persistence.enabled=false
Login to the Minio UI using a web browser (port 9000) after exposing obtaining the external IP using kubectl
.
kubectl get service argo-artifacts -o wide
On Minikube:
minikube service --url argo-artifacts
NOTE: When minio is installed via Helm, it uses the following hard-wired default credentials, which you will use to login to the UI:
- AccessKey: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
- SecretKey: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
Create a bucket named my-bucket
from the Minio UI.
Edit the workflow-controller config map to reference the service name (argo-artifacts) and secret (argo-artifacts) created by the helm install:
kubectl edit cm -n argo workflow-controller-configmap
...
data:
config: |
artifactRepository:
s3:
bucket: my-bucket
endpoint: argo-artifacts.default:9000
insecure: true
# accessKeySecret and secretKeySecret are secret selectors.
# It references the k8s secret named 'argo-artifacts'
# which was created during the minio helm install. The keys,
# 'accesskey' and 'secretkey', inside that secret are where the
# actual minio credentials are stored.
accessKeySecret:
name: argo-artifacts
key: accesskey
secretKeySecret:
name: argo-artifacts
key: secretkey
NOTE: the Minio secret is retrieved from the namespace you use to run workflows. If Minio is installed in a different namespace then you will need to create a copy of its secret in the namespace you use for workflows.
argo submit https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo/master/examples/artifact-passing.yaml
By default, the Argo UI service is not exposed with an external IP. To access the UI, use one of the following methods:
kubectl -n argo port-forward deployment/argo-ui 8001:8001
Then visit: http://127.0.0.1:8001
kubectl proxy
Then visit: http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/v1/namespaces/argo/services/argo-ui/proxy/
NOTE: artifact download and webconsole is not supported using this method
Update the argo-ui service to be of type LoadBalancer
.
kubectl patch svc argo-ui -n argo -p '{"spec": {"type": "LoadBalancer"}}'
Then wait for the external IP to be made available:
kubectl get svc argo-ui -n argo
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE
argo-ui LoadBalancer 10.19.255.205 35.197.49.167 80:30999/TCP 1m
NOTE: On Minikube, you won't get an external IP after updating the service -- it will always show
pending
. Run the following command to determine the Argo UI URL:
minikube service -n argo --url argo-ui