container.training/slides/exercises/argocd-appset-details.md

Exercise — ArgoCD AppSet

We want to leverage ArgoCD to deploy the DockerCoins app with a generic Helm chart.

We also want to avoid repeating or copy-pasting YAML manifests for each component.

We will do this with an ArgoCD Application Set.

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Step 1

• Deploy the DockerCoins app with the following constraints:

  • use a generic helm chart (e.g. this one)

  • create a single ArgoCD Application Set instead of multiple Applications

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Step 2

• Add the following features:

  • deploy multiple instances in different namespaces

  • each instance can have different Helm values

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Step 3

Same as step 2, but with a single Application Set.

(For instance, using directory-based discovery, with one directory per environment.)