To get the most out of this book
To run the code from all the chapters, you will need access to a Kubernetes cluster, which can be a local one, with the exception of the HA installation, which requires a cluster with multiple nodes. The tools we will use the most are kubectl, Helm, and Kustomize. In the Kubernetes cluster, we will install Argo CD, and the instructions can be found in Chapter 2, Getting Started with Argo CD for the normal installation or Chapter 3, Operating Argo CD for the HA one.
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Software/hardware covered in the book |
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Argo CD v2.1 and v2.2 |
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For some of the chapters, such as Chapters 3, Operating Argo CD and Chapter 5, Argo CD Bootstrap K8s Cluster we work with AWS EKS clusters, so you will need an AWS account set up and the AWS CLI installed. In Chapter 3, we also mention the eksctl CLI in order to ease the creation of the cluster where we will perform the HA installation, while in Chapter 5, Argo CD Bootstrap k8s Cluster, we recommend using Terraform for the cluster creation.
If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.
