Argo CD Tutorial: App of Apps in 8 Minutes

In this hands-on Argo CD tutorial, Nicholas Mura (Developer Advocate at Akuity) demonstrates the App of Apps Pattern in Argo CD, a powerful GitOps strategy for managing complex Kubernetes deployments declaratively.

You’ll learn how to bootstrap a Kubernetes cluster, manage multiple applications, and declaratively control both your resources and application manifests — all through one “app of apps", Argo CD.

What you’ll learn:

- What is the App of Apps Pattern in Argo CD
- How to bootstrap a cluster with GitOps
- Managing existing apps declaratively
- Using Argo CD for multi-app deployment
- Sync policies and health status management

Resources to Explore:
- Start a free trial of the Akuity Platform: https://akuity.io/signup/
- Free course on GitOps and Argo CD: https://academy.akuity.io/courses/gitops-argocd-intro
- Deployment Made Easy with Argo CD (Blog): https://akuity.io/blog/deployment-made-easy-with-argo-cd
- Explore the Akuity Blog: https://akuity.io/blog/

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:56 Overview of the Setup
3:51 Creating an App of Apps
5:09 Adopting an Existing App
6:27 Cluster Bootstrapping with App of Apps
7:21 Outro

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