Accessing Argo CD

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If you have not already enabled the admin user for your instance, follow these instructions.

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You can find the instance URL for Argo CD by visiting Argo CD → your instance. It is found in the upper left hand corner of the screen, to the right of the instance name and health status.

Access the Argo CD Dashboard

1. Click on the instance-id.cd.akuity.cloud.

2. Log in with the username admin and the password set (or generated) while enabling the admin user.

Access Argo CD using the argocd CLI

1. Install the argocd CLI:

Mac w/Homebrew

brew install argocd

Linux or WSL

curl -sSL -o /usr/local/bin/argocd https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/latest/download/argocd-linux-amd64

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/argocd

Windows w/ Powershell

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/latest/download/argocd-windows-amd64.exe -OutFile argocd.exe

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You will also need to move argocd.exe onto your PATH.

1. Log in by using the following command and following the prompts:

argocd login <instance url> --grpc-web

At this point, you're ready to use your Akuity-managed Argo CD instance as normal. To try it out by deploying an Application in the next section.