GitOps with Argo CD

Section 1: Introduction                            

• Knowledge Prerequisites                               
• Tool setup and config
• What is GitOps                                                

Section 2: Core Concepts                        

• Intro to ArgoCD                                
• Core Concepts                                 
• ArgoCD Architecture Overview                           

Section 3: Setting up ArgoCD                   

• Installation options                                          
• Non-HA Setup                                  
• Getting Initial Admin Password                                    
• Accessing ArgoCD Server                                            
• Access ArgoCD Server Using Port-Forward
• Install ArgoCD CLI                                        

Section 4: Applications                            

• Defining Applications                                      
• Creating an Application Declaratively using Yaml                                    
• Creating an Application Using Web UI                                       
• Creating an Application Using CLI                               
• Tools Detection                                
• Helm Options                                   
• Directory of Files Options                               
• Kustomize Options

Section 5: Projects                       

• Why Projects                                    
• Creating Projects                             
• Creating Basic Project                                    
• Creating a Project with Allowing Specific Destinations            
• Project Roles                                      

Section 6: Repositories                            

• Private Git Repos                                            
• K8s Secret for Argo CD Repos                                    
• Private Repos using Https                              
• Private Repos using SSH                               
• Private Helm Repos
• Credential Templates                                                                

Section 7: Sync Policies and Options                    

• Automated Sync                               
• Automated Pruning                                         
• Automated Self-Healing                                 
• Sync Options                                    
• Fail On Shared Resources
• Replace Resources                                                                                              

Section 8: Tracking Strategies                             

• Tracking Strategies                                         
• Tracking Git Tag                               
• Tracking Git Commit SHA               
• Tracking HEAD  
• Tracking Helm Chart Range of Versions      
• Tracking Helm Chart Latest Version
• Tracking Strategies for Helm Charts          

Section 9: Diffing Customization                          

• Diffing Customization                                      
• Diffing Customization Demo                       
• Diffing Customization, Istio Case  

Section 10: Sync Phases and Waves                    

• Sync Phases and Hooks                                
• Sync Waves                                      

Section 11: Remote Kubernetes Clusters                        

• Defining K8s Clusters                                     
• Demo: Remote Clusters                                 
• Practice (Interactive) - Remote Clusters                        

Section 12: Automation b CI Pipelines                            

• CICD Flow                                         
• Demo: Basic CI Pipeline   
• Practice (Interactive) - Basic CI/CD