Scaling Multi-cluster Management with Argo CD and Application Sets
summary
Hands‑on workshop builds an Argo CD control plane on Akuity, spins two Minikube clusters inside a devcontainer, and deploys an agent into each cluster; bootstraps two ApplicationSets that template Helm umbrella charts for add‑ons (cert‑manager, Kyverno, external‑secrets) and apps. A Git + clusters + matrix generator combination produces per‑cluster applications, clusters opt in with labels like enable_cert_manager=true and per‑cluster overrides live in clusters/dev/add-ons/cert-manager. Clicking the label in the demo immediately creates synced, healthy apps (two clusters, three add‑ons deployed to prod).
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Workshop introduction
- 1:02Workshop agenda
- 6:21Multi-cluster needs standardization
- 13:25Workshop environment setup
- 18:45Argo CD on Akuity
- 25:08Bootstrapping Argo CD
- 39:43Application sets and labels
- 44:14Cluster add-ons deployment
- 48:11Applications deployment
- 49:58Q&A on multi-cluster
- 1:07:28Cargo introduction
- 1:22:36Q&A on Cargo
- 1:28:50Closing remarks
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