Argo CD Has a Free API: GitOps Continuous Delivery for Kubernetes

#gitops #cicd #devops #kubernetes

Why Argo CD

Argo CD watches your Git repository and automatically syncs Kubernetes state to match. Push a commit, Argo CD deploys it. Drift detection, rollbacks, multi-cluster — all from Git.

Install

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

# CLI
brew install argocd

# Get initial password
argocd admin initial-password -n argocd

Create an Application

apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
  name: my-app
  namespace: argocd
spec:
  project: default
  source:
    repoURL: https://github.com/myorg/k8s-manifests.git
    targetRevision: HEAD
    path: apps/my-app
  destination:
    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
    namespace: production
  syncPolicy:
    automated:
      prune: true
      selfHeal: true
    syncOptions:
      - CreateNamespace=true

CLI Commands

# Sync app
argocd app sync my-app

# Check status
argocd app get my-app

# Rollback
argocd app rollback my-app 1

# Diff
argocd app diff my-app

Helm Application

apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
  name: redis
spec:
  source:
    repoURL: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
    chart: redis
    targetRevision: 18.0.0
    helm:
      values: |
        architecture: standalone
        auth:
          enabled: false
  destination:
    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
    namespace: redis

Key Features

GitOps — Git as single source of truth
Auto-sync — deploy on push
Drift detection — alerts when cluster drifts from Git
Rollback — one-click revert to any previous state
Multi-cluster — manage multiple clusters from one Argo CD
SSO — OIDC, LDAP, SAML authentication
CNCF Graduated — production standard

Resources

Need to extract GitOps data, deployment history, or cluster configs? Check out my Apify tools or email spinov001@gmail.com for custom solutions.

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