In this webinar, Christian Hernandez (Argo Project Maintainer & Head of Community at Akuity) takes you through the best practices for setting up, scaling, and optimizing Argo CD for Kubernetes deployments. Whether you're just getting started with GitOps or looking to improve your Argo CD implementation, this session covers installation recommendations, repository structuring, application syncing, ApplicationSets, and handling application dependencies.
What You'll Learn:
- The best installation methods (Helm, YAML, Operator) & scaling strategies
- How to structure repositories (Monorepos vs. Polyrepos)
- Application syncing techniques and sync options
- Dynamic ApplicationSets and managing dependencies
- Best practices for ProgressiveSyncs and App-of-Apps
Resources & Next Steps:
- Argo CD Docs: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io
- GitOps Best Practices eBook: https://landing.akuity.io/gitops-best-practices-whitepaper
- Learn about the Akuity platform: https://akuity.io/
- Watch more GitOps webinars and on-demand sessions: https://akuity.io/resources
Links Referenced in the Video:
GitHub Gist: https://gist.github.com/christianh814/b9073c052b1bc6ec6d0cf484a84dd145
Application Dependencies: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/7437
Disable application health checks: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/3781
Sync Options: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user-guide/sync-options/
Application Specification: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user-guide/application-specification/
Christian's Example Repo: https://github.com/christianh814/example-control-plane-repo/tree/main
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
5:35 Agenda
6:35 Installation
25:05 Repo Considerations
32:12 Application Syncing
39:32 Application Sets
44:21 Application Dependencies
59:11 How You Handle Dependencies will Depend...
59:51: Things to Research
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