ArgoCD, not the Ben Affleck movie, or insurance duck commercial..

Install ArgoCD:

brew install argocd
kubectl port-forward svc/argocd-server -n argocd 8080:443
argocd login 127.0.0.1:8080

Code:

kubectl create namespace argocd
kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/stable/manifests/install.yaml

Port-forward:

• Option 1 from CLI

• Option 2 from K9s

“Secret” Password:

• Option 1 from CLI

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

• Option 2 from K9s
  • go to secrets
  • hit x on the preferred option you desire
  • initial admin secret – login to argocd
  • secret – to get RSA private keys

Helm Chart install:

• See pods in k9s

• Port-forward to 8888

Scale-Up Replicas to 10:

• Update your github file & commit
• Watch MAGIC..or “agentic-ai” – whatever you wanna call it
• Notice in k9s the pods age

Rollback in ArgoCD

• For a quick fix cuz not sure what broke, can quickly go back instead of push more supposed changes/fixes from github

• Annnnnd see the termination of pods from the rollback in ArgoCD