ArgoCD for Beginners: Your First GitOps Deployment
Get started with ArgoCD and GitOps. Learn how to deploy your first application using Git as the source of truth for Kubernetes.
Install first, then the Flux comparison, then app-of-apps, drift, progressive delivery, and getting the cluster back from Git.
Six posts. ArgoCD against Flux sits at step two rather than step one deliberately: the comparison is the first thing everybody searches for and the wrong thing to read first, because you cannot judge it until you have run one of them.
Read this before you put GitOps in front of a cluster that matters. The last post is the one that pays for the other five.
Get started with ArgoCD and GitOps. Learn how to deploy your first application using Git as the source of truth for Kubernetes.
ArgoCD vs Flux comparison for GitOps. Learn the key differences, strengths, and when to choose each tool for your Kubernetes GitOps workflow.
Learn the App-of-Apps pattern in ArgoCD to manage hundreds of applications with a single root application. Scalable GitOps architecture explained.
How to detect and prevent configuration drift in Kubernetes with ArgoCD. Monitor unauthorized changes and keep your cluster in sync with Git.
Implement canary and blue-green deployments in Kubernetes with Argo Rollouts. Reduce deployment risk with progressive delivery.