Complete the CI/CD pipeline using ArgoCD for automated kubernetes deployment from GitLab

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• Installed argocd in kubernetes cluster.
• Changed the argocd-server service to nodeport
• Serves on port 31251

======================================= - Configure the git repository

====================== Create a new argocd application with its namespace in the default argo project.

-The source is the git repository

• Moved the manifest file into a folder , and this will be the main directory path argocd will look for manifest files to deploy.

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Deployed application in one click:

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From the service, application is running on port 31694 in argocd:

• Any changes to the application code in gitlab will update with a rolling update on refresh after image is available in docker hub, thus setting up a continuous pipeline.
• The refresh step is still manual as this is a localhost, and cannot be configured with a webhook in gitlab. A true continuous pipeline will have a webhook.
• I Plan on extending this into the cloud in an EKS or GKE cluster configured with argocd to demonstrate.