Part 1: Getting Started

Deploy a minimal nginx app managed via Kustomize, write an ArgoCD Application manifest, and watch the GitOps loop in action — push to git, ArgoCD detects the diff, the cluster syncs.

Install ArgoCD on a local Kubernetes cluster, access the UI, set up the CLI, and understand what each component does — including the gotchas that will cost you an hour if you don’t know about them.