Argo CD-1: Understanding, Installing, and Using Argo CD as a GitOps Continuous Delivery Tool

In this article series, we will learn detailed information about Argo CD, and we will install Argo CD on the Google Cloud GKE Kubernetes cluster with different methods. We will connect and use Argo CD via CLI and UI. We will change the admin password by using ArgoCD UI and CLI. Finally, we will see how a Microservice application can be deployed to the Kubernetes cluster with various versions via Argo CD. We will do all of these step-by-step and practically.

Topics we will cover:

1. What is The Argo CD
2. Installing The Argo CD
2. 1. Connecting GKE Kubernetes Cluster
2. 2. Installing Argo CD into Kubernetes Cluster
2. 2. 1. By Using kubectl Command-Line Tool
2. 2. 2. By Using Helm
3. Accessing The Argo CD API Server
4. Logining to The Argo CD
4. 1. Installing Argo CD CLI
4. 2. Getting Argo CD Admin Password
4. 3. Logging to Argo CD By Using UI
4. 4. Logging to Argo CD By Using The CLI
5. Changing the Admin Password Via Argo CD UI and CLI
6. As a result
7. Next post: “Argo CD-2: Deploying a Microservice App into Google GKE Cluster Using Argo CD”
8. References

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When we complete the steps mentioned in this article, we will reach the results shown in the gif below.