Argo CD Core - A Pure GitOps Agent for Kubernetes

Argo CD Core is a tool for cluster bootstrapping that allows administrators to manage system add-ons of clusters without the burden of SSO. It is recommended for cluster administrators who already have full access to all the clusters.

• Argo CD Core is a tool for cluster bootstrapping
• It allows administrators to manage system add-ons of clusters without the burden of SSO
• It is recommended for cluster administrators who already have full access to all the clusters

The presenter demonstrated how Argo CD Core can be used to solve the problem of grouping clusters. By re-bootstrapping the cluster and assigning it to a test group, the administrator was able to use Argo CD to manage the cluster without accessing the Kubernetes cluster to reconfigure it and create or delete applications. The administrator was able to do all operations in git and did not need to run a user interface, set up any groups, or any SSO authentication.

Argo CD is well known for being extremely helpful for application developers’ teams. Kubernetes administrators, however, have similar but slightly different requirements. In both cases, GitOps is the way to go. As one of the best-known GitOps operators, Argo CD is a popular choice among cluster administrators, but many application developers’ specific features might be standing in the way rather than helping. There is no need to fight with the tool since you can get precisely what you need instead. You don’t have to configure multi-tenancy and SSO integration if you don’t benefit from it. In this presentation, we will describe Argo CD Core - the officially supported Argo CD distribution that includes only the core features and is tailored towards cluster administrator use cases. The presentation covers the main Argo CD Core features and describes how you can combine them with ApplicationSet to get an efficient and flexible Kubernetes cluster management solution.