ARGOCD CHEAT SHEET

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v1.0
CLI App Commands
  • argocd app listList apps
  • argocd app getApp details
  • argocd app createCreate app
  • argocd app syncSync app
  • argocd app deleteDelete app
Sync Status
  • SyncedLive = desired
  • OutOfSyncDiffers from Git
  • UnknownCannot determine
Health Status
  • HealthyRunning correctly
  • ProgressingRolling out
  • DegradedErrors present
  • SuspendedPaused
  • MissingNot deployed
Project Commands
  • argocd proj listList projects
  • argocd proj getProject info
  • argocd proj createCreate project
  • argocd proj add-sourceAdd source repo
Application Manifest
apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1 kind: Application metadata: name: my-app namespace: argocd spec: project: default source: repoURL: https://github.com/org/repo.git targetRevision: HEAD path: k8s/overlays/prod destination: server: https://kubernetes.default.svc namespace: my-app syncPolicy: automated: prune: true selfHeal: true
Sync Options
syncPolicy: automated: prune: true # Delete removed resources selfHeal: true # Fix drift automatically allowEmpty: false # Prevent empty app syncOptions: - CreateNamespace=true - PrunePropagationPolicy=foreground - PruneLast=true retry: limit: 5 backoff: duration: 5s maxDuration: 3m
CLI Sync Options
  • --pruneDelete removed
  • --forceForce sync
  • --dry-runPreview changes
  • --revisionSpecific commit
  • --resourceSync specific
Cluster Commands
  • argocd cluster listList clusters
  • argocd cluster addAdd cluster
  • argocd cluster rmRemove cluster
  • argocd cluster getCluster details
AppProject Configuration
apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1 kind: AppProject metadata: name: my-project namespace: argocd spec: description: Project for team apps sourceRepos: - 'https://github.com/org/*' destinations: - namespace: '*' server: https://kubernetes.default.svc clusterResourceWhitelist: - group: '' kind: Namespace
Hooks
  • PreSyncBefore sync
  • SyncDuring sync
  • PostSyncAfter sync
  • SyncFailOn failure
  • SkipSkip resource
Source Types
  • DirectoryPlain YAML
  • HelmHelm chart
  • KustomizeKustomize
  • JsonnetJsonnet files
  • PluginCustom plugin

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