Kubernetes/ArgoCD

Install cli

Note: Requires jq

REPO=argoproj/argo-cd
REPO_FILE=argocd-linux-amd64
BINARY=argocd
LATEST=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO}/releases/latest" | jq -r .tag_name | tr -d v); echo ${LATEST}
TEMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
curl -L https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/download/v${LATEST}/${REPO_FILE} -o ${TEMPDIR}/${BINARY}
sudo install ${TEMPDIR}/${BINARY} /usr/local/bin/${BINARY}

# Version
argocd version
argocd: v3.1.8+becb020
  BuildDate: 2025-09-30T16:04:21Z
  GitCommit: becb020064fe9be5381bf6e5818ff8587ca8f377
  GitTreeState: clean
  GoVersion: go1.24.6
  Compiler: gc
  Platform: linux/amd64
argocd-server: v3.1.8+becb020
  BuildDate: 2025-09-30T15:33:46Z
  GitCommit: becb020064fe9be5381bf6e5818ff8587ca8f377
  GitTreeState: clean
  GoVersion: go1.24.6
  Compiler: gc
  Platform: linux/amd64
  Kustomize Version: v5.7.0 2025-06-28T07:00:07Z
  Helm Version: v3.18.4+gd80839c
  Kubectl Version: v0.33.1
  Jsonnet Version: v0.21.0

Login

ARGOCD_SERVER=argocd.acme.com
ARGOCD_ADMINPASSWORD=$(kubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 -d)

# Usual login
argocd login $ARGOCD_SERVER --username admin --password $ARGOCD_ADMINPASSWORD --grpc-web

# Behind a proxy or ArgoCD is configured only on port 80 (never worked)
argocd login argocd.acme.com --username admin --password $ARGOCD_ADMINPASSWORD --plaintext --port-forward --port-forward-namespace argocd
'admin:login' logged in successfully
Context 'port-forward' updated