blumeops/argocd/manifests/argocd

ArgoCD

GitOps continuous delivery for Kubernetes, with self-management via ArgoCD.

Prerequisites

• Tailscale operator deployed (see argocd/manifests/tailscale-operator/README.md)
• Deploy key added to forge for SSH access to blumeops repo

Manual Bootstrap

Bootstrap is required when setting up a new cluster. After bootstrap, ArgoCD manages itself.

# 1. Create namespace
kubectl create namespace argocd

# 2. Apply ArgoCD manifests via kustomize
kubectl apply -k argocd/manifests/argocd/

# 3. Wait for ArgoCD to be ready
kubectl wait --for=condition=available deployment/argocd-server -n argocd --timeout=300s

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

# 5. Login and change password
argocd login argocd.tail8d86e.ts.net --username admin --grpc-web
argocd account update-password

# 6. Apply repo-forge secret for SSH access to forge
PRIV_KEY=$(op read "op://vg6xf6vvfmoh5hqjjhlhbeoaie/csjncynh6htjvnh2l2da65y32q/private key?ssh-format=openssh")$'\n' && \
kubectl create secret generic repo-forge -n argocd \
  --from-literal=type=git \
  --from-literal=url='ssh://forgejo@indri.tail8d86e.ts.net:2200/eblume/blumeops.git' \
  --from-literal=insecure=true \
  --from-literal=sshPrivateKey="$PRIV_KEY" && \
kubectl label secret repo-forge -n argocd argocd.argoproj.io/secret-type=repository

# 7. Apply ArgoCD Applications (self-management + app-of-apps)
kubectl apply -f argocd/apps/argocd.yaml
kubectl apply -f argocd/apps/apps.yaml

After step 7, ArgoCD manages itself and all applications defined in argocd/apps/.

Access

• URL: https://argocd.tail8d86e.ts.net
• Username: admin
• Password: Stored in 1Password after initial setup

ArgoCD CLI Commands

# Check all applications
argocd app list

# Sync a specific application
argocd app sync <app-name>

# Check application status
argocd app get <app-name>

# Hard refresh (clear git cache)
argocd app get <app-name> --hard-refresh

Adding New Applications

1. Create an Application manifest in argocd/apps/<app-name>.yaml
2. Commit and push to forge
3. ArgoCD (via app-of-apps) automatically picks it up

Example Application:

apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
  name: my-app
  namespace: argocd
spec:
  project: default
  source:
    repoURL: ssh://forgejo@indri.tail8d86e.ts.net:2200/eblume/blumeops.git
    targetRevision: main
    path: argocd/manifests/my-app
  destination:
    server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
    namespace: my-app
  syncPolicy:
    automated:
      prune: true
      selfHeal: true
    syncOptions:
      - CreateNamespace=true

Files

File	Description
kustomization.yaml	References upstream install.yaml + local customizations
service-tailscale.yaml	Tailscale Ingress for external access with Let's Encrypt TLS
argocd-cmd-params-cm.yaml	Patch to disable HTTPS redirect (TLS terminates at Ingress)
repo-forge-secret.yaml.tpl	Template documenting the forge SSH secret (manual)
README.md	This file

Notes

• TODO: Secrets (repo-forge) are not managed by ArgoCD and must be applied manually. Future improvement: integrate with a secrets operator (e.g., External Secrets).
• ArgoCD uses Tailscale Ingress with Let's Encrypt for TLS termination.
• The --grpc-web flag is required for CLI access through the Tailscale ingress.