What’s in this course?

Argo CD for the Absolute Beginners - Hands-On is a comprehensive course is designed to guide you from foundational Argo CD knowledge to production-level skills.

The course starts with foundational topics, perfect for beginners, covering the GitOps Principles, then dive into the necessity and features of Argo CD. You will learn how to set up and manage a Argo CD environments and understand its architecture.

The course will explore Argo CD objects such as Applications and Projects, and you’ll become proficient in deploying Argo CD objects using ArgoCD console, Argocd CLI and a Declarative Approach. You’ll also learn how to perform advanced tasks like application upgrades and rollbacks, integrating Private Git repositories and working with Webhooks.

As you progress, you’ll delve into more specialized areas such as managing multiple Kubernetes clusters using Argo CD and app of apps pattern to manage complex applications in modular way. The course will also cover Argo CD monitoring.

By the end of this course, we will implement an end to end CI/CD Capstone project using Github actions and Argo CD.

Special Note:

This course is designed to showcase all practical concepts with live demonstrations. Every concept is presented in real-time, and any errors that arise are troubleshooted and addressed as they occur live in the demonstrations.

Legal Notice:

Argo CD or Argo Project is a registered trademarks of  The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and/or The Linux Foundation in the United States and other countries. This course is not certified, accredited, affiliated with, nor endorsed by The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and/or The Linux Foundation.

Course Structure:

• Lectures

• Demos

• Quizzes

• Assignments

  
  

Course Contents:

• Course Introduction

• Getting Started with GitOps

• Argo CD at a Glance

• Understanding Argo CD Architecture

• Installation and Configuration of Argo CD

• Argo CD Applications using UI, CLI and YAML

• Argo CD Projects using UI, CLI and YAML

• Automatic Sync Policy in Argo CD

• Rollouts and Rollbacks using Argo CD

• Application Deployment using Helm, Kustomize and Private Repositories

• Webhooks with Argo CD

• Managing Multiple Kubernetes Clusters with Argo CD

• Declarative Approach for Argo CD

• Argo CD Monitoring and Dashboarding

• End to End Capstone Project using GitOps and Argo CD

  
  

All sections of this course are demonstrated live, with the goal of encouraging enrolled users to set up their own environments, complete the exercises, and learn through hands-on experience!