Argo cd plugin to support Cue language, a.k.a Cuelang

Examples

• See folder examples
• find more examples in repo infra/k8s/modules

Your can pass extra parameters into argocd application declarations to customize deployments!

• That is necessary to customize helm template result with extra args
• You can find examples here

Features

• you can use this plugin and cue to implement

  • kubernetes manfiests
  • helm charts

• it is in customize format with pinned all dependencies

• using at the moment of this writing:

  • cue 0.7.1 (See here for adjustments)
  • helm v3.10.3 (See here for adjustments)
  • argocd v2.8.11 (Replace approproate file in plugin folder if necessary)
  • kubectl v1.29.1
  • dependencies are easily adjustable in install_deps.sh

• tested on

  • local Kind cluster for amd64 cpu arch, kind v0.22.0, kube v1.29.2
  • microk8s with arm64 cpu architecture too, microk8s 1.28.7

• inspired by official guide and their helm example plugin

Getting started with kind cluster

• install

  • Taskfile
  • Kind

• run task cluster:create

• run task cluster:scan

  • get observed ipaddress+port
  • replace cluster address+port in ~/.kube/config for kind cluster with this value

• deploy argo with task argo:deploy ( kubectl apply -k ./plugin )

• deploy sample apps task argo:apply

Some docs

• Cuelang docs
• argocd cue discussion